Political Communication

Code Cours
1920-FLSH-POLS-FR-1001
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Damien Boone
Period

Présentation

Goal

At the end of this class students should know :




  • the identitites of the main players in the French
    political world today and their communication strategies


  • the most commonly used theories of political
    communication


  • the recent changes in political communication on
    account of technological innovations





Presentation

Session 1 : Introduction


Theme 1 :
Basics in political communication


Session 2 : the main specificities of
political communication


Session 3 : Right/Left – do they communicate
differently?


Session 4 : tools and methods of political
communication


Session 5 : the effects of political
communication


Theme 2 : new
technology and political communication


Session 6 : general intro


Session 7 : the idea of the public arena


Session 8 : internet and participative
democracy


Session 9 : recent developments in political
practice


Session 10 : towards a more global political
communication


Session 11 : what comes next ?


Session 12 : conclusion


Modalités

Evaluation

Ressources

Bibliography

Philippe Riutort,, <i>Sociologie de la communication politique</i>, La Découverte, Paris, 2007.|| Roland Cayrol,, <i>Les Médias</i>, PUF, Paris, 1991.|| Thomas, Meyer, <i>Media Democracy</i>,, Polity, Cambridge, 2002.|| Philip, Seib (ed.) <i>Political, Communication</i>, Sage, Londres, 2008.|| Lynda, Lee-Kaid&amp; Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.), <i>The Sage handbook, of Political Advertising</i>, Sage, Londres, 2006.|| Loïc Blondiaux, <i>La fabrique de l’opinion</i>, Seuil, Paris, 1998.|| Stephen, Tansey, <i>Politics : the Basics</i>,, Routeledge, Londres New York, 2000.|| Austin, Ranney, <i>Governing, an Introduction to, Political Science</i>, Prentice Hall, 1993.||