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Election posters are one of the oldest channels of political communication. With the advent of modern democracy, following the revolutions in the mid-19th century, posters were important. They helped parties and candi- dates to spread information about policy, ideology and, not least, they were used for attacking opponents (Gerverau, 1991; Hâkansson et al., 2014; Vigs0, 2004)
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Johansson, B. (2014). Negativity in the Public Space: Comparing a Hundred Years of Negative Campaigning on Election Posters in Sweden. In: Canel, M.J., Voltmer, K. (eds) Comparing Political Communication across Time and Space. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137366474_5
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