2024 Book Chapter The Latin American political discourseBolívar, Adriana and Block, Elena (2024). The Latin American political discourse. The Routledge Handbook of Political Communication in Ibero-America. (pp. 49-60) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003388937-5 |
2024 Conference Publication A critical approach to the use, research, and teaching of social media in Chavista Venezuela: weapons for achieving justice or for hindering social and political change?Block, Elena (2024). A critical approach to the use, research, and teaching of social media in Chavista Venezuela: weapons for achieving justice or for hindering social and political change?. ICA Post-Conference Strengthening Communications for Social Justice through Education and Research, Brisbane, Australia, 25 June 2024. |
2024 Conference Publication The use of strategic silence in government pandemic communicationElena Block, Le, Thu Luong, Neal, Regan and Cicero, Eloise (2024). The use of strategic silence in government pandemic communication. 74th Annual ICA Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 20-24 June 2024. |
2024 Journal Article When communist propaganda meets western public relations: examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communicationLe, Thu Luong and Block, Elena (2024). When communist propaganda meets western public relations: examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication. Public Relations Inquiry, 13 (1), 33-67. doi: 10.1177/2046147x231218310 |
2023 Book Chapter “Social Responsibility” as a weapon? : Public service journalism as private media’s main CSR tool in Chavista VenezuelaBlock, Elena (2023). “Social Responsibility” as a weapon? : Public service journalism as private media’s main CSR tool in Chavista Venezuela. CSR Communication in the media: media management on sustainability at a global level. (pp. 179-196) edited by Weder, Franzisca, Rademacher, Lars and Schmidpeter, René. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-18976-0_13 |
2022 Book Discursive disruption, populist communication and democracy: the cases of Hugo Chávez and Donald J. TrumpBlock, Elena (2022). Discursive disruption, populist communication and democracy: the cases of Hugo Chávez and Donald J. Trump. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003118602 |
2021 Conference Publication Greta Thunberg’s mediatised and polarising moral advocacy style: potential for climate reconciliation in democracy?Block, Elena (2021). Greta Thunberg’s mediatised and polarising moral advocacy style: potential for climate reconciliation in democracy?. 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA). Communication and trust: building safe, sustainable and promising futures., Virtual, 6-9 September 2021. |
2021 Journal Article Discordant storytelling, ‘honest fakery’, identity peddling: how uncanny CGI characters are jamming public relations and influencer practicesBlock, Elena and Lovegrove, Rob (2021). Discordant storytelling, ‘honest fakery’, identity peddling: how uncanny CGI characters are jamming public relations and influencer practices. Public Relations Inquiry, 10 (3), 2046147X2110269-293. doi: 10.1177/2046147x211026936 |
2020 Conference Publication Customized algorithmic DGI ‘characters,’ sentiment, and trust: how brand Lil Miquela is jamming influencer relationsBlock, Elena and Lovegrove, Rob (2020). Customized algorithmic DGI ‘characters,’ sentiment, and trust: how brand Lil Miquela is jamming influencer relations. 70th Annual ICA Conference, Open Communication, Virtual, 20-27 May 2020. |
2018 Journal Article Review of: Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American PopulismBlock, Elena (2018). Review of: Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism. Hahr-Hispanic American Historical Review, 98 (4), 711-713. doi: 10.1215/00182168-7160391 |
2017 Conference Publication Making sense of Trump’s communicative style in times of discursive disruption: are there lessons from Chávez’s Venezuela?Block, Elena and Negrine, Ralph (2017). Making sense of Trump’s communicative style in times of discursive disruption: are there lessons from Chávez’s Venezuela?. ECREA Political Communication Interim Conference 2017, University of Zurich, 22-23 November 2017. |
2017 Journal Article The populist communication style: toward a critical frameworkBlock, Elena and Negrine, Ralph (2017). The populist communication style: toward a critical framework. International Journal of Communication, 11 (1), 178-197. |
2015 Book Political communication and leadership: mimetisation, Hugo Chavez and the construction of power and identityBlock, Elena (2015). Political communication and leadership: mimetisation, Hugo Chavez and the construction of power and identity. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315694436 |
2013 Journal Article A culturalist approach to the concept of the mediatization of politics: the age of "media hegemony"Block, Elena (2013). A culturalist approach to the concept of the mediatization of politics: the age of "media hegemony". Communication Theory, 23 (3), 259-278. doi: 10.1111/comt.12016 |
2010 Journal Article Populismo, libertad de expresion y cuidadania [Populism, freedom of expression and citizenship]Block, Elena (2010). Populismo, libertad de expresion y cuidadania [Populism, freedom of expression and citizenship]. Comunicación: estudios venezolanos de comunicación, 35 (149), 64-72. |