Class Political Communication

Political Communication is a curricular unit of the Aplication Communication Degree, biannual and taught in the 1st year. It provides the theoretical basis for understanding the relationship between Communication and Politics. Stimulates critical thinking about the influence of political marketing on communication; on the relationship between journalism/public opinion; on the main current challenges in the media: misinformation and fake news, and also on the concepts of communication, democracy and citizenship.

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1. Epistemological and methodological issues in Politics and Communication 2. Political Communication: perspectives, definitions and delimitations of the field 3. Political Communication and Political Culture 4. The field of research in Political Communication 5. Technologization, media totalization and privatization of the State 6. From Politics to Policies. Contemporary issues of Political Communication 7. Perspectives on Political Communication.

The methods to be used will essentially be expository and interrogative, taking into account the nature of the materials. The pedagogical techniques to be used will be: the exposition technique; ice-breaker technique; brainstorming technique; case study technique; group work technique and debate technique. The curricular unit will have continuous assessment with analysis of frequency and participation/work with debates.

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