Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Introduction to Political Communication
Term
2023C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
401
Section ID
PSCI1210401
Course number integer
1210
Meeting times
MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Meeting location
ANNS 109
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Julia M Cope
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Nya Kathleen Mbock
Shawn Thomas Patterson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Nya Kathleen Mbock
Shawn Thomas Patterson
Description
This course is an introduction to the field of political communication and conceptual approaches to analyzing communication in various forms, including advertising, speech making, campaign debates, and candidates' and office-holders' uses of social media and efforts to frame news. The focus of this course is on the interplay in the U.S. between media and politics. The course includes a history of campaign practices from the 1952 presidential contest through the election of 2020.
Course number only
1210
Cross listings
COMM2260401
Use local description
No