Class Political Communication

Teaching methodologies are based on the combination of a theoretical approach and a practical approach, focused on capturing the theories and issues of the area of study in question. Exercise debate and critical reflection on the subjects taught and develop research and writing skills, specifically through the preparation of a guided essay, with a view to learning scientific elaboration with the rigor and acuity appropriate to a Master's degree.

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1. Communication, Politics and Political Communication. Concepts and interdisciplinarity. 2. Effects of the media. Audiences and attitudes. 3. The importance of communication in the exercise of power. Agenda interaction 4. Communication and visual culture. 5. Political systems. Institutions and Media. Media systems. Journalism and democracy. 6. Political speech. 7. Mass, elite, group, niche and interpersonal political communication. 8. Internet and social networks in politics. 9. Informative, entertainment and humor media. 10. Artificial intelligence and democracy. 11. The crisis of European democracies, representation systems and the Welfare State. The consequences of globalization and the new world order. Migratory flows, ethnic minorities, communitarization, failures of integration policies. Religious fundamentalisms, social fractures and new types of threats

Being a theoretical-practical curricular unit, it is structured based on expository classes where concepts, theories and analysis of typical cases of this area of knowledge will be presented, articulated with the debate in a seminar of some selected texts, complemented with a case study, guided tutorial.

Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann, G. (2020). Rethinking political communication in the digital sphere. The Journal of International Communication, 26(2), 190-210. Freelon, D., & Wells, C. (2020). Disinformation as political communication. Political communication, 37(2), 145-156. Kenski, K., & Jamieson, K. H. (Eds.). (2017). The Oxford handbook of political communication. Nina, S. R., & Santana-Pereira, J. (2021). Feasting our eyes on the candidates: Visual cues in televised debates prime personality traits of lesser known candidates and promote learning. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 26(1), 236-255. Wolfsfeld, G. (2022). Making sense of media and politics: Five principles in political communication. Routledge. Wolfsfeld, G., Sheafer, T., & Althaus, S. L. (2022). Building theory in political communication: The Politics-Media-Politics approach. Oxford University Press.