In this course you will examine how politics and power is communicated and how communication is part of governing all kinds of populations. You will consider where power lies and how it is exercised in an increasingly technologized world.
You will explore electoral politics, the use of major political frameworks, mediatization, and the consequences for policy.
There is a focus on the formation of publics, and the discursive framings, rhetorics and techniques used in journalism, opinion polling, public relations and advertising, ‘mass’ media and networked media.
Current environmental, social, geopolitical, and other collective action problems, or political issues, are selected for attention.