Abstract In this article we present a preliminary theoretical background and some empirical findings concerning a migrating trend between the fields of politics, PR and journalism: one day a political reporter, the next a communication officer; one day a PR consultant, the next a state secretary. To understand contemporary politics one must, we argue, comprehend the convergence between three fields of power holders that together form the realm of politics and communication: elite politicians, elite political reporters and elite communication/PR officers. Together, they form a communication elite that sets the parameters for the public discourse on politics. When politics is produced and constructed in, and through, social networks formed by elite agents from politics, journalism and PR, what does this mean for how democracy is worked out and what does it mean for citizenship in general?

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政治，新闻和公关之间的迁移

摘要在本文中，我们提供了有关政治，公关和新闻领域之间迁移趋势的初步理论背景和一些实证研究结果：一天是一名政治记者，第二天是一名通讯官员；一天是公关顾问，第二天是国务卿。我们认为，要理解当代政治，必须理解三个构成政治和沟通领域的权力拥有者之间的融合：精英政治家，精英政治记者和精英沟通/公关人员。他们一起构成了沟通精英，为政治上的公众话语设定了参数。当政治活动是由来自政治，新闻和公关的精英特工组成的社交网络并通过这些社交网络进行构建和构建时，