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166-210 Political Communication | |
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Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Michael Crozier |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year politics. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Thirty contact hours per semester. A 2-hour lecture per week for 10 weeks and 1-hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester |
Subject Description | This subject examines the role of communication systems in the constitution of contemporary political and social life. It pays particular attention to the new modes and means of political communication given the developments in information technologies and global reach. It introduces students to a number of different approaches to the understanding and analysis of political communication in the information age. The subject explores substantive topics such as political consultants, spin-doctoring and pollsters; civic malaise; virtual war; political scandal; distant emotion; new social movements and cyberdemocracy; network society; and shock-jock politics. On completion of this subject students should have an understanding of a number of the key configurations of contemporary political communication. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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