Communicating Politics (L2155)

15 credits, Level 5

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll examine how political ideas are communicated and how this shapes the possibilities and constraints of political action. You’ll explore communication as an active and contentious process that takes place both in everyday life and traditional political settings.

Key topics include:

• how political messages are crafted and communicated
• the ways messages are repurposed and subverted
• the influence of a rapidly changing political and technological environment.

You’ll analyse a wide range of primary sources, including speeches, news reports, TV shows, and memes, to understand the dynamics of political communication.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.