New technologies and new media have significantly influenced the process of political communication they have created new opportunities such as the great interactivity of communication the personalization of a message or an uncountable number of possibilities for campaigning this publication is a collection of socio political studies which analyze the phenomenon of political communication . Political communication in the era of new technologies frankfurt a m u a peter lang 2013 studies in communication and politics 1 285 s 5495 eur isbn 978 3 631 64411 9 in der kommunikations und politikwissenschaft nimmt der teilbereich der politischen kommunikation nach wie vor eine eher untergeordnete rolle ein. Political communication in the era of new technologies ml peter lang d i t i o n contents editors introduction 7 chapter 1 the impact of new technologies on political communication western patterns and the case of poland 11 boguslawa dobek ostrowska jan garlicki part i the internet and political communication 29 chapter 2 democratic potentials of online communication for political debate . Political communication in the era of new technologies tions with politics th e articles are organized in the sequence of the communication process th e issue starts with studies on the production and processing of political messages by parties and politicians and it ends with investigations on how new communication technologies impact on citizens th e fi rst and the second article shed . Studies of news journalism and political communication he has published five books including comparing political communication theories cases and challenges and seventy book chapters and journal articles frank is on the editorial boards of journalism and the international journal of press politics and serves as vice chair of the journalism