03427nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153072001500168072001500183072002300198072001800221100007900239245013700318250001800455264007900473300004400552336002600596337002600622338003600648347002400684505026200708520148200970650003702452650003102489650001502520650002302535650002902558650002402587700014402611710003402755773002602789776003602815776003602851776003602887856004602923978-3-031-54405-7DE-He21320251030111717.0cr nn 008mamaa240312s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315440577 a10.1007/978-3-031-54405-72doi 4aJN1-9692.2 7aJP2bicssc 7a1D2bicssc 7aPOL0580002bisacsh 7aJPx1D2thema1 aBentivegna, Sara.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10a(Un)Civil Democracyh[electronic resource] :bPolitical Incivility as a Communication Strategy /cby Sara Bentivegna, Rossella Rega.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVII, 102 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: Politicians and the Attractions of Incivility -- Chapter 2: The Media Industry of Incivility -- Chapter 3: Citizens and the Seductive Power of Incivility -- Chapter 4: Incivility as a Tool for Social Change -- Chapter 5: Incivility and Democracy.  aThis book offers a systematization of the recourse to political incivility by different subjects and in different contexts. The authors argue that incivility has now become a strategic resource that can be used by various actors in the public arena to achieve specific goals. We are referring not only to traditional political subjects, but also to journalists, citizens, movements and protest groups, that is to a plurality of actors who, from different angles, contribute to the construction of the “political spectacle”. This resource can be activated according to circumstances and conveniences, whether their nature be political (to place an issue at the center of public debate or a new actor in the offer range), mediatic (to achieve an increase in visibility or viewership) or relational (to expand one’s visibility and centrality in social media). The book identifies common elements linking the different levels of use of incivility, which can be traced in uncivil forms of communication. These are their expressive power (memorable gestures and unequivocal messages, which are immediately recognizable and visible), their aggregation power (they build group identities, and consolidate allegiances and bonds) and their mobilization power (they galvanize people, and inspire them to participate and take action). Sara Bentivegna is Full Professor at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Rossella Rega is Associate Professor at the University of Siena, Italy. 0aEuropexPolitics and government. 0aCommunication in politics. 0aElections.14aEuropean Politics.24aPolitical Communication.24aElectoral Politics.1 aRega, Rossella.eauthor.0(orcid)0000-0002-1827-74251https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-74254aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303154404008iPrinted edition:z978303154406408iPrinted edition:z978303154407140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54405-7