To introduce the students to the field political communication.
Contents
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.