Public policy is communicated through a series of direct pronouncements, legislation and law, policy documents, media releases and advertisements as well as interpretation and commentary provided by the media. The mix of genres which give authority and legality to parliamentary, judicial and party political decisions can move hearts and minds, generate passion, provoke anger and stimulate debate.
In this course you will further develop your research, interpretation and communication skills with a particular focus on the production of policy-related texts. How we communicate policy matters in terms of who has a voice, what is said and how issues are represented and framed.

Throughout the course consideration will be given to the way policy actors seek to use communication strategies to set political agendas, communicate policy research and construct policy problems.