The Discursive Psychology of Political Communication

This introductory chapter presents an overview of the book, its scope and argument. We discuss the notion of political communication and its varied, occasionally contested, meaning in various academic fields. In particular we highlight the part played by discursive psychology in this debate. We conclude by arguing that discursive perspectives to political communication have the potential to encourage the development of an enriched dialogue between discrete fields concerned with the nature of political communications in media democracies.