The Psychology of Political Communicators: How Politicians, Culture, and the Media Construct and Shape Public Discourse

About

Ofer Feldman is a Professor of Political Psychology and Behavior at the Faculty of Policy Studies Doshisha University Kyoto Japan. He is the author of more than 90 journal articles and book chapters and more than 100 encyclopedia items in the fields of political psychology/behavior communication studies and Japanese politics and the sole author sole editor and co-editor of 15 books and monographs including Talking Politics in Japan Today (2004) Seiji shinrigaku Political Psychology (in Japanese 2006) and the Politische Psychologie: Handbuch für Studium und Wissenschaft Political Psychology: Handbook for Study and Science (in German 2015 with Sonja Zmerli). Sonja Zmerli is Professor of Political Science at the Institut dÉtudes Politiques de Grenoble France. Her research interests revolve around social capital civil society political support income inequality and welfare regimes. Her articles have appeared in Public Opinion Quarterly European Political Science Review American Behavioral Scientist and Social Science Research. Most recently she has co-edited the Handbook on Political Trust (2017 with Tom van der Meer).