Political Impression Management: How Metaphors, Sound Bites, Appearance Effectiveness, and Personality Traits Can Win Elections

Landtsheer, Christ’l De; Vries, Philippe De; Vertessen, Dieter

doi:10.1080/15377850802005083

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“…First, voters form intuitive impressions of politicians based on style, appearance and personality (De Landsteer et al 2008. Second, political actors seek to control the impression they give to maximise the impact on voters (De Landsteer 2004).…”

Section: Impression Managementmentioning

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Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

Jackson

Lilleker

2011

The Journal of Legislative Studies

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Twitter, a microblogging site which allows users to deliver statements, thoughts and links in 140 characters to followers as well as a wider Internet audience, is the latest online communications technology adopted by MPs. Assessing the use of early adopters, this article considers which MPs are most likely to use Twitter (e.g. tweeting), and how. Content analysis of tweeting MPs was conducted, and identified personal and political characteristics which may influence use. The data suggested that of the six characteristics tested, gender, party and seniority had most impact on adoption. Applying Jones and Pittman's (1982) typology there is clear evidence that MPs use Twitter as a tool of impression management. Constituency service is a secondary function of the use of Twitter by MPs. Where MPs use Twitter as part of their constituency role it is to promote their local activity. We note that a small group of MPs use Twitter as a regular communication channel, but most are only occasionally dipping their toe into the microbloggersphere.

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Section: Impression Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

Jackson

Lilleker

2011

The Journal of Legislative Studies

252

117

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“…We argue that metaphors can both be used to boost frame salience by eliciting certain thoughts and feelings (e.g. Bougher, 2012;De Landtsheer, De Vries, & Vertessen, 2008;Hartman, 2012), and to boost frame importance by rendering the complexities of politics in comprehensible narratives (Kalmoe, 2014;Lau & Schlesinger, 2005). We thus propose that -all other things being equal -metaphorical frames increase frame salience and increase frame importance compared to non-metaphorical frames.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Recategorizing political frames: a systematic review of metaphorical framing in experiments on political communication

Brugman

Burgers

Steen

2017

Annals of the International Communication Association

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“…Although credibility might be considered important at all times, it is particularly relevant in light of the current debates on personalization and perception politics (de Landtsheer, de Vries, and Vertessen 2008;Garzia 2011). Politics has become dramatized and -in line with the rules of media logic -style instead of content has come to the fore.…”

Section: Credibility and Political Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 98%

Credibility Enacted: Understanding the Meaning of Credible Political Leadership in the Dutch Parliamentary Election Campaign of 2010

Zuydam

Hendriks

2015

Journal of Political Marketing

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In times of perception politics, the credibility of electoral candidates is a crucial asset in political marketing. This raises the question to which political leaders citizens attribute credibility, and how political credibility is gained and lost through media performance.We analyze and compare two contrasting cases during the Dutch parliamentary election campaign of 2010. Whereas in this campaign Mark Rutte -leader of the liberal party VVD -gained credibility, the credibility of Job Cohen -at the time leader of the socialdemocratic PvdA -waned substantially. To understand this we extend the source credibility approach with a dramaturgical approach, and as such we shed light on what happens in the dynamic, interactive process between leaders and audiences in which credibility is constructed.

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Political Impression Management: How Metaphors, Sound Bites, Appearance Effectiveness, and Personality Traits Can Win Elections

Cited by 66 publications

References 22 publications

Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

Recategorizing political frames: a systematic review of metaphorical framing in experiments on political communication

Credibility Enacted: Understanding the Meaning of Credible Political Leadership in the Dutch Parliamentary Election Campaign of 2010

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