Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
4106MEDCUL-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. Introduce students to a range of methods for studying political activism and the media
2. Provide students with an understanding of key theories that underpin an analysis of political communication and political protest
3. Examine the mediation of political communication through a range of established, social and digital media forms.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Collate and annotate a range of relevant examples of political communication
2.
Evaluate new online forms of party political communication and activist communication and their role in transforming contemporary political structures and systems
3.
Use relevant concepts to analyse and critique political communication practices.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to Political Communication; the Public Sphere; (New) Social Movements; Alternative Media activism; Digital Activism; Political parties, protest groups and their political communication strategies.
Module Overview:
This module introduces you to a range of techniques for the analysis of political activism and political communication. It pays particular attention to new and emerging methods of communicating information on a variety of social and digital media platforms. It will look at key moments during the development of social media and net platforms such as the Arab Spring, and the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. The module will assess how online and social media have transformed political communication and empowered grassroots activists to become involved in major political issues.
This module introduces you to a range of techniques for the analysis of political activism and political communication. It pays particular attention to new and emerging methods of communicating information on a variety of social and digital media platforms. It will look at key moments during the development of social media and net platforms such as the Arab Spring, and the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. The module will assess how online and social media have transformed political communication and empowered grassroots activists to become involved in major political issues.
Additional Information:It is a module that introduces students to a range of techniques for the analysis of political activism and political communication. It also pays particular attention to new and emerging methods of communicating information on a variety of social and digital media platforms.