Comments about Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc - At the institution - Kingston Upon Thames - Greater London
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Objectives
This programme examines: -struggles over the communication of politics; and -what is communicated in traditional ways and what is communicated in new ways within nation states.
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Academic title
Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc
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Course description
What will you study?
During this course you will:
-gain an overview of the main specialisms in the field and how they link to each other – how political journalists engage with spin doctors, for example, and how both are being challenged by blogs and online news sites;
-learn about how activists use lobbyists to press their case with governments at the same time as they use PR consultants to develop media strategies;
-attend guest lectures by practitioners who will address the latest developments in the field and what it means for their jobs;
-develop the ability to think critically about current issues, debates and theories;
-have the opportunity to undertake practical work – perhaps devising some aspect of a media strategy or campaign pitch for example; and
-develop your analytical skills and competence through a dissertation.
Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. We will endeavour to schedule taught sessions in the evening to accommodate part-time students but this may not always be possible.
Core modules
-Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning
-Media, Public Policy and International Politics
-Research Skills and Methods in Social Science
-Dissertation
Option modules
-A Change is Gonna Come: Global Perspectives and Cultures of Popular Music
-British Society Since the 1960s
-Case Studies in Conflict
-Contemporary Political Economy of European Media
-Politics of Tribalism and Conflict
-Principles of Intercultural Communication
-Questions of Censorship
-Theories of Media and Communication I
