PC1A Introduction to Political Communication, 4 ECTS – Dept. of Political Science and International Relations

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PC1A Introduction to Political Communication 4 ECTS

Organised by

International Relations/ISSS

Person in charge

Professor Brian McNair

Belongs to following study modules

Learning outcomes

To introduce the students to the field political communication.

The course defines the field of political communication, introduces its central concepts and reviews its main research traditions.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	10 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Modes of study

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Active participation and essay.

Recommended year of study

The course is organised only once, in January 2007.

Study materials

The students are expected to read the given texts for the lectures (a list of readings for each lecture given in advance). Cottle, S (ed.), News, public Relations and Power. Sage 2003; Franklin, B, Packaging Politics. Arnold 2004. 2nd edition; McNair, B, Journalism & Democracy. Routledge 2000; McNair, B, An introduction to Political Communication. Routledge 2003. 3rd edition; Lilleker, D, Key Concepts in Political Communication. Sage 2006.