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Political Communication – (M.A.)
City University London
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| Application Deadline: | We have no specific application deadline, and an early application is recommended | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,017 - ≈ € 13,035 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of City University London
As the shape of politics and communication has changed significantly in recent times, approaches to teaching and research in political communication has widened.
Political party membership and election turnouts are steadily declining while interest group membership and issue-based campaigning are on the increase.
Professional marketing, advertising and public relations approaches, developed in the corporate sector, have become central to the political process.
This course, which analyses a wide range of forms of political communication from government and political party communication to the activities and communications of corporations, social movements and interest groups, will appeal to anyone with an academic, personal or professional interest in media and communications or politics.
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching
We will teach you through a combination of lectures, classes and seminars, taking place in the first and second academic periods (September-April).
Assessment
The majority of postgraduate sociology modules are assessed by 100% coursework. However, some modules outside of the department may have different assessment methods so please check carefully. You are required to obtain a minimum pass mark of 50% in all assessment components.
Dissertation
The dissertation of 15,000 words accounts for one-third of the total marks for the MA degree. Career Prospects
82 percent of City's 2009 Sociology graduates were in employment or further study within six months of completing their course.
These courses will appeal to you if you wish to achieve a broad study of the subject, either as preparation for a research degree, entry into employment in the wide realms of media and communications, or as a means of furthering your understanding if you are already working in the domain.
These courses can lead to a wide variety of careers in broadcasting, press and telecoms networks, NGOs, the development sector and consultancies, advertising, marketing, politics, journalism, media management and regulatory agencies.
Contents
Course Content
Traditionally, research and teaching in political communication has concentrated exclusively on institutional politics.
Governments, political parties and elections have dominated the agenda. However, as the shape of politics and communication have changed significantly in recent times, such an approach now seems to be far too narrow.
Political party membership and election turnouts are steadily declining while interest group membership and issue-based campaigning are on the increase.
Professional marketing, advertising and public relations approaches, developed in the corporate sector, have become central to the political process.
This course covers several aspects of political communications, including:
* government and political party communication and media relations
* political marketing, public opinion and election campaigning
* global institutions and international politics and communications
* the activities and communications of corporations, social movements and interest groups
* the production, regulation and consumption of both mass and alternative media
* different forms of promotional/political culture social and political theory
* communication issues surrounding human rights, race, citizenship and democratisation.
The course will appeal to anyone with an academic, personal or professional interest in media and communications or politics.
It will suit those: wanting to go on to do further postgraduate research; policy-makers and communicators employed in government, political institutions and campaigning groups; journalists and others employed in the media and cultural industries/institutions.
Course Structure
You complete six taught modules: three core modules and three electives. You also take part in a dissertation workshop and produce a dissertation over the summer.
Core modules:
* Political communication
* Political sociology
* Approaches to social research
* Sociology dissertation
Elective modules - choose three from:
* Media information markets
* International communications and conflict
* Democratisation, information and communication
* Representation and reception
* Transnational media and communication
* Globalisation and the City
* Rights, multiculturalism and citizenship
* Analysing media discourses
* Media and human rights
* Issues in media and communication research
* Media, violence and culture
* Global insecurity
* Surveillance studies: theories and concepts
* Feminisms and the media: representation, technology and change
* The information society
* Human rights and social theory
* International organisations in global politics
NB. Elective modules choices are subject to availability.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
The normal requirement is a good honours degree in any subject but applicants are also welcome from those who with substantial experience in the media, information services or the communication sectors.
If your first language is not English you must show evidence that your command of the English Language is suitable for entry to Postgraduate study. You would be expected to have one of the following English Language qualifications:
* A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by the University as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions in Australia, Canada or the USA.
* GCE O-level/GCSE English language or English literature, grade C minimum.
* Cambridge ESOL CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) at grade C or above.
* An overall score of 6.5 in the English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum of 6.0 for each subtest.
* A score of 600 minimum (computer score 250) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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