Political advertising research: a bibliometric analysis
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Raquel Ceballos Molano
Carlos Fernando Osorio Andrade
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Arango Espinal, E., Ceballos Molano, R., & Osorio Andrade, C. F. (2021). Political advertising research: a bibliometric analysis. Revista Guillermo De Ockham, 18(2), 181–189. https://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.4574 (Original work published July 6, 2020)
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Political advertising has become a field of high interest to social scientists over time. The purpose of this document is to analyze the literature developed around the subject, identifying the growth trend over time, relevant authors, regions where the concept has been studied, fundamental characteristics of political advertising, and finally, future lines of research. The research uses a bibliometric analysis of 295 manuscripts extracted from Web of Science. The results suggest that the field of political advertising has been growing in the last five years. However, in Latin America, academic production is scarce. It is evident that the topics of greatest interest have revolved around the role that political advertising plays in promoting candidates and parties, the effects of the announcements on the electorate and the influence of aggressive or negative advertising.
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Benoit, W. L. (2000). A functional analysis of political advertising across media, 1998. Communication Studies, 51(3), 274–295.
Benoit, W.L. & Klyukovski, A.A. (2006). A functional analysis of the 2004 Ukrainian debates. En: Argumentation, Vol. 20, p. 209-225.
Berelson, B. R., Lazarsfeld, P. F., McPhee, W. N., & McPhee, W. N. (1954). Voting: A study of opinion formation in a presidential campaign. University of Chicago Press.
Bordons, M., & Zulueta, M. . (1999). Evaluación de la actividad científica a través de indicadores bibliométricos. Revista Española de Cardiología, 52(10), 790–800. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0300-8932(99)75008-6
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Fowler, E. F., Franz, M., & Ridout, T. N. (2015). Political Advertising in 2012. Dataset]. Version, 1.
Fowler, E. F., & Ridout, T. N. (2009). Local television and newspaper coverage of political advertising. Political Communication, 26(2), 119–136.
Franz, M. M., & Ridout, T. N. (2007). Does political advertising persuade? Political Behavior, 29(4), 465–491.
Freedman, P., Franz, M., & Goldstein, K. (2004). Campaign advertising and democratic citizenship. American Journal of Political Science, 48(4), 723–741.
Freedman, P., & M. Goldstein, K. (1999). Measuring Media Exposure and the Effects of Negative Campaign Ads. American Journal of Political Science (Vol. 43). https://doi.org/10.2307/2991823
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Kumar, A., & Pathak, P. (2013). Political advertising in India: a perspective. Management Insight, 8(1).
Larreguy, H. A., Snyder Jr, J. M., & Marshall, J. (2018). Leveling the playing field: How campaign advertising can help non-dominant parties. Journal of the European Economic Association, 16(6), 1812–1849. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvy001
Lotka, A. J. (1926). The frequency distribution of scientific productivity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 16(12), 317–323.
Low, M. B., & MacMillan, I. C. (1988). Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges. Journal of Management, 14(2), 139–161. https://doi.org/10.1177/014920638801400202
Martens, C. D. P., Lacerda, F. M., Belfort, A. C., & Freitas, H. M. R. de. (2016). Research on entrepreneurial orientation: current status and future agenda. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 22(4), 556–583. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-08-2015-0183
Matthes, J., & Schmuck, D. (2015). The Effects of Anti-Immigrant Right-Wing Populist Ads on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes: A Moderated Mediation Model. Communication Research, 44(4), 556–581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650215577859
Noyons, E. C. M., Moed, H. F., & Luwel, M. (1999). Combining mapping and citation analysis for evaluative bibliometric purposes: A bibliometric study. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(2), 115–131. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:2<115::AID-ASI3>3.0.CO;2-J
Okubo, Y. (1997). Bibliometric indicators and analysis of research systems.
Pinkleton, B. E., Um, N.-H., & Austin, E. W. (2002). An exploration of the effects of negative political advertising on political decision making. Journal of Advertising, 31(1), 13–25.
Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical Bibliography or Bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation (Vol. 25).
Rey-Martí, A., Ribeiro-Soriano, D., & Palacios-Marqués, D. (2016). A bibliometric analysis of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research, 69(5), 1651–1655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.033
Sassmannshausen, S. P., & Volkmann, C. (2013). A bibliometric based review on social entrepreneurship and its establishment as a field of research. Schumpeter Discussion Papers.
Schildt, H. A., Zahra, S. A., & Sillanpää, A. (2006). Scholarly communities in entrepreneurship research: A co–citation analysis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 30(3), 399–415.
Schmuck, D., & Matthes, J. (2017). Effects of economic and symbolic threat appeals in right-wing populist advertising on anti-immigrant attitudes: The impact of textual and visual appeals. Political Communication, 34(4), 607–626.
Shah, D. V., Cho, J., Nah, S., Gotlieb, M. R., Hwang, H., Lee, N. J., … Mcleod, D. M. (2007). Campaign ads, online messaging, and participation: Extending the communication mediation model. Journal of Communication, 57(4), 676–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00363.x
Sohal, S. & Kaur, H. (2018). A Content Analysis of YouTube Political Advertisements: Evidence from Indian Parliamentary Elections. Journal of Creative Communications, 13(2), 133–156. Recuperado de: https://doi.org/10.1177/0973258618761408
Soley, L. C., & Reid, L. N. (1982). Promotional Expenditures in U.S. Congressional Elections. Journal of Marketing & Public Policy, 1(1), 147–155. https://doi.org/10.1177/074391568200100112
Spenkuch, J. L., & Toniatti, D. (2018). Political advertising and election results. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(4), 1981–2036. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjy010
Valentino, N., Hutchings, V., & Williams, D. (2004). The Impact of Political Advertising on Knowledge, Internet Information Seeking, and Candidate Preference. Journal of Communication (Vol. 54). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02632.x
Van Eck, N. J., Raan, T., & Waltman, L. (2012). Waltman, L., N.J. van Eck, and A.F.J. van Raan (2012) Universality of Citation Distributions Revisited Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(1) 72-77.
Van Steenburg, E. (2015). Areas of research in political advertising: A review and research agenda. International Journal of Advertising, 34(2), 195–231. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2014.996194
Virgen Ortiz, V., Oliveros, C. E., & Betancourt Guerrero, B. (2014). Análisis bibliométrico del campo de formación de emprendedores . Cuadernos de Administración (Universidad Del Valle) . scieloco .
Williams, C. B., & Gulati, G. J. “Jeff. (2018). Digital Advertising Expenditures in the 2016 Presidential Election. Social Science Computer Review, 36(4), 406–421. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439317726751
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