03834nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-54405-7 DE-He213 20251030111717.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240312s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031544057 978-3-031-54405-7 10.1007/978-3-031-54405-7 doi JN1-9692.2 JP bicssc 1D bicssc POL058000 bisacsh JP 1D thema Bentivegna, Sara. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72865 (Un)Civil Democracy [electronic resource] : Political Incivility as a Communication Strategy / by Sara Bentivegna, Rossella Rega. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVII, 102 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 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. This 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. Europe Politics and government. 69875 Communication in politics. 65259 Elections. 70850 European Politics. 69876 Political Communication. 67745 Electoral Politics. 70851 Rega, Rossella. author. (orcid)0000-0002-1827-7425 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-7425 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72866 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031544040 Printed edition: 9783031544064 Printed edition: 9783031544071 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54405-7 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 58262 58262