MEDIA AND POLITICAL MARKETING

India's democracy certainly faces many challenges; even after that our country remain as
robust and proud democracy. The modern political marketing landscape provides myriad
opportunities to connect with the potential voters and shape their opinion favourable to the
concerned political parties. Political parties adopt various marketing strategies and other
judicious tactics to improve their vote share and also to control the media- the fourth wheel of
democracy. In this book, authors are making an earnest attempt to unfold the various
marketing strategies adopted by the different political parties, the role of media in
promoting/demoting the political party, perception of voters towards the various election
strategies and media – the main player during the elections. In the era of post-truth discourse,
this book will be an eye-opener for the various political parties, media and voters. The book
also deals with the functions, approaches and more over the various marketing strategies like
STP, SOSTAC and 7P’s in political marketing.