Modus operandi of the political communication

Abstract

The aim of this article is to reveal the intricacy (characteristic traits) of the political communication and its significance for the proper functioning of demo - liberal politics. On the modern political scene we constantly encounter a “mass hysteria”. Its source is a common misunderstanding attached to the basic political ideas. The phenomenon of political communication is obviously supposed to counter and solve such problems.  Moreover, it contains certain specific, positive functions: informational, educational, and those of identifying, integrating, mobilizing which stand as the core of the idea, in theory. In practice, the constant elements of contemporary political communications are: misinformation, provocation, lie and manipulation. The conclusion is the following: political communication in politics, instead of raising it to a higher cultural level, unfortunately contributes to the decay of the political culture.