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| Title |
Elective course: Political Communication in a Hybrid Media System
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| Semester |
E2023
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| Master programme in |
Communication Studies * / Journalism / Communication Studies / Media and Communication
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation |
Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
10
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| Responsible for the activity |
Eva Mayerhöffer (evamay@ruc.dk)
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| Head of study |
Chris Peters (cpeters@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
IKH Registration & Exams (ikh-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60575
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
The course contains presentation and critical discussion as well as testing knowledge of a defined media and communication subject area/field of activity, including presentation and discussion of current concepts, theories, and research methods, possibly in collaboration with practitioners within the field. |
| Detailed description of content |
Digital media have fundamentally changed how political, media and civil society actors communicate to their stakeholders. In the so-called hybrid media system, traditional ways to communicate about politics have not become irrelevant but are continuously redefined by new digital platforms, actors and logics. The course will introduce students to state-of-the-art theory and research on political PR and journalism, political campaigning and public affairs and discuss current trends and challenges in political communication, such as political polarization, digital propaganda, misinformation, digital activism and movement formation. The course furthermore includes workshop elements facilitated by RUCs Digital Media Lab. Here, students will have the opportunity to collect relevant digital and social media data to conduct own analyses. The course is concluded with an individual written take-home assignment, based on one of the topics covered in the course and a self-chosen case (e.g. based on the data collected during the workshop). The target group of the course are master students in communication and journalism. |
| Course material and Reading list |
Course literature will be available in Moodle. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
10 ECTS (270 hours), divided into:
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| Format |
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| Evaluation and feedback |
Oral and written evaluation at the end of the course. Standardized evaluation in accordance with the rotating evaluation scheme implemented by the Study Board. |
| Programme |
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| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
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| Form of examination |
Individual written take-home assignment
The character limit of the assignment is: 28,800-36,000 characters, including spaces. The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The duration of the take-home assignment is 14 days and may include weekends and public holidays. The assignment must document that the student possesses a confident mastery of written English, including grammar and linguistic correctness. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria |
The exam is an individual, written assignment assigned by the course instructor. The assignment must meet all formal requirements. Emphasis in its assessment is placed on the extent to which the student can: • Select, account for, and apply relevant theories, concepts, and models to identify, analyse, and evaluate a given communication problem. • Analytically and critically reflect upon the chosen theories, concepts, and models. • Outline and explain different approaches or perspectives on how to address problems around mediated communication, and how these relate to each other. • Formulate the exam in a professionally precise and clear manner that demonstrates mastery of academic standards for written presentations. |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 08/05/2023 |
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