Publicity, communication and community in the information age

Szécsi, Gábor and Mák, Kornél: Publicity, communication and community in the information age. Belvedere Meridionale, (30) 4. pp. 203-210. (2018)

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Abstract

In the age of electronic communication, a new virtual social space is in the making which strengthen the cohesion of competing virtual communication communities, and in which, therefore, the influence of traditional social and political institutes declines. The new communication situations created by the use of electronic technologies (radio, television, the internet, mobile telephony) transform our notion and expectations of political communication, and have a tremendous impact on the social and political rituals. This article argues that the new multi-channel communication situations created by the use of new media have a significant impact on politicians who address so many different types of people simultaneously. The aim of my essay is to show how the networked spaces of multi-channel electronic communication, the multiple public spheres and the new, informationcentered redefinition of social and political categories transform the style and content of political communication and, thus, our expectations concerning the political performances.

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