April 28, 2017
Political Branding, Public Sphere/Space and the Corruption of Communication
by B. S. Wijaya & Andi Faisal
DOI: 10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.63
Abstract—In the 2014 Indonesia’s presidential election, the frenetic of imaging communications and persuasion fulfilled the public space and sphere, involving not only the campaign teams of each candidate but also broad public participation. Using a discursive approach with Habermasian’s public sphere as an analytical tool, this paper examines how political branding, the corruption of communications and the discourse of public sphere/space intersect producing what we call the communication fog. We identified some forms of communication corruption in political branding in the public Continue reading
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