JOURNALISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES

Silvio Waisbord is a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, United States. He is the president of the International Communication Association and editor of the International Journal of Communication. He has authored and edited twenty books on journalism and politics, communication studies, media policy, and communication for social change. His latest book is Introduction to Journalism (Polity). Email: waisbord@gwu.edu

Liziane Guazina is a professor at the School of Communication at the University of Brasília, Brazil, leading the research groups "Culture, Media, and Politics" and "Observatory of 21st Century Populism." She is a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Information Disputes and Sovereignty - INCT-DSI. Email: lguazina@unb.br