THE PHENOMENON OF POLITICAL PERSONALIZATION
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absolwentka Wydziału Dziennikarstwa
i Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Publication date: 2020-01-27
Studia Politologiczne 2010;16
ABSTRACT
The article treats of political communication actual problems concerning
evolutionary trends in election practice. One of election process tendencies is
political personalization, which is expressed in democratic elections in the world.
The article’s purpose is to show mass-media role in creating an evolution of this
phenomenon. Political personalization is the subject when general attention in
election strategy is focused on politician as a person. Political party and a ideological
program plays lesser role in election process. The article’s aim is to present political
personalization in interpretation of A. Mughan, who leaded interesting analysis on
this matter. Mass-media are one of most important reasons stimulating political
personalization. Television plays key role in personalization process through
influence on political image creating.
A. Mughan put also a question concerning institutional factors impact on
political personalization, assuming that in parliamentary systems with strong
party leadership we can face the “presidentialization of parliamentary elections”
phenomenon following American political system.