Professional Associations

International:

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
International Communication Association (ICA)
Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)

Comments:

ICA, IAMCR and ALAIC are international associations in the field of communication. APSA and IPSA are associations in the field of political science. LASA is an interdisciplinary association, gathering scholars from different fields who study Latin American issues. The first five associations have political communication divisions. Click here to access the site of ICA's Political Communication Division. APSA's and ICA's Political Communication Divisions edit jointly a bulletin, the Political Communication Report.

In Brazil:

Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Política (COMPOLÍTICA)
Associação Brasileira dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação (COMPÓS)

Check the site of COMPÓS´ Political Communication Division (GT Comunicação e Política)

Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (INTERCOM)
Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política - ABCP

Comments:

COMPOLÍTICA is a professional association in Brazil that gathers political communication researchers. COMPÓS is the national association of graduate programs in communication and ANPOCS is the main association of the social sciences in Brazil. Both have political communication divisions or working groups. INTERCOM and ABCP do not have working groups about political communication, but include several divisions with related themes.

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Academic Jornals

In the US:

Political Communication
International Journal of Press/Politics (Click here to access the special issue on "Media and Democratization in Latin America")

In Brazil:

Comunicação & Política
Opinião Pública
Contemporanea
E-compos
Intercom

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Research Centers on Political Communication

In Brazil:

Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Mídia e Política (NEMP) da UnB
Laboratório de Pesquisas em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública (Doxa) do IUPERJ
Núcleo de Estudos em Arte, Mídia e Política (NEAMP) da PUC/SP

International:

Political Communication Lab - Stanford University (United States)
The Annenberg Public Policy Center - The University of Pennsylvania (United States)
Political Communication Center - University of Oklahoma (United States)
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy - Harvard University (United States)
Center for Communication and Civic Engagement - University of Washington (United States)

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Personal Home Pages

In Brazil:

Sergio Mattos
Marcelo Bolshaw Gomes

In the US:

Stephen Reese
W. Lance Bennett
Pippa Norris
William Gamson
Jon Krosnick

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