Computational Political Communication: Theory, Applications, and Interdisciplinary Challenges

The challenge of disentangling political communication processes and their effects has grown with the complexity of the new political information environment.But so have scientists’ toolsets and capacities to better study and understand them.This edited volume focuses on the use of Computational Communication Science (CCS) to address key questions in political communication, highlighting methodological innovations and the theoretical, practical, and institutional challenges in the field.Topics include clickbaiting, propaganda, political polarization, and media framing. The book starts by mapping the challenges and opportunities of data collection and analysis, focusing on computational methods to address theory-driven questions in political communication.Chapters highlight the theoretical, empirical, and institutional aspects of Computational Communication Science (CCS) relevant to the field, assessing the challenges of data requirements, digital signal semantics, and the crucial role