In this course you will examine how political power, forms of governing and communication are intimately connected, and why these connections matter. You will explore practices and technologies of communication, and their various uses, as integral parts of a wider political economy.

Areas to be examined include rhetorics, political economy, democracy, rights and freedoms, changing business and work practices, the knowledge economy, digital communication and the role of technologies in society, and a variety of important contemporary political issues.

Throughout the course attention is paid to communication as something that is applied, as practices and technologies. You will also investigate the political, economic and commercial locations and aspects of such communication.