From the moment one becomes aware of himself, he interacts with his environment and realizes this interaction through communication. Thus, the concept of communication has become a concept used in every field of life and associated with many disciplines. This concept manifests itself in the political field as in many other fields. Communication in the political sphere provides information to the target audience of the politicians, receives their support and brings them together within the framework of their own thoughts. Communication in the political sphere intensifies within the framework of political campaigns, especially at election times. The main reason for this concentration is the desire of political personalities to come to power. They convey many messages to their target audiences through the political campaigns they create in line with their desires. On the other hand, the target audience exposed to the messages constitutes some perceptions against the political structure that sends the message. The perception developed through messages should have positive reflections on the political structure. These positive reflections can be realized in a planned and programmed way, not in a beautiful way. Thus, perception management is an indispensable phenomenon in the field of political communication. For this reason, the main purpose of this study is to determine how the communication activities formed by political parties are perceived by the target audience in terms of ideology, to determine the effect levels of communication tools and methods in the formation of perceptions within the scope of political communication and to determine whether or not the perception management rules determined for political actors and organs are applied. to determine. The survey method has been taken into consideration in achieving this aim. The universe of the research is composed of students of Selcuk University Faculty of Communication. The sample was chosen as 256 students whose arrival was determined by good method. Considering the results of the study, the political ideologies of the five leading parties in the Turkish Grand National Assembly were determined. Significance levels of the mass media, which have an effect on the formation of political perceptions, were determined separately and it was observed that the importance level of the internet in the formation of political perceptions was higher than the other mass media. This study is important both in terms of providing benefit to political actors and bodies in perception management practices in terms of politics and contributing to the literature in this respect.