Teaching
New Master Track Political Communication
Introduction
The track ‘Political Communication’ addresses issues that are at the core of our democracies. It provides a wide understanding of the role and significance of media, of journalism and information for public opinion.
Key topics in Political Communication
Students of the track Political Communication study the following topics:
- How do the interactions between (non-)government actor, politicians, journalists and citizens take shape and what features and effects do they have?
- How is the use of media changing for citizens informing themselves?
- Who tries to influence the news?
- How does the media’s information offering come into being?
- What effects are discernable on public opinion and political behavior?
Important topics include the emergence of weblogs and citizen journalism, increasing globalisation, agenda-setting and the framing of socially relevant issues by stakeholders, politicians, spin doctors and media.
Courses
The track Political Communication will be offered in English. The specialisation seminars of the track Political Communication are:
1. Political Communication I: Journalism and the Media (12EC)
2. Political Communication II: Citizens and Public Opinion (12EC)
These courses are required for students of this track.
Career prospects
The track provides a grounding for editorial, policy, advisory and research positions in the media sector, in government, in politics, in civil-society organisations and in the commercial world. Graduates can be found working as spokespersons, information officers, PR managers or communication consultants for numerous organisations ranging from local municipalities to the European Union and from non-governmental organisations to ministries, in the Dutch and international business world and at a wide variety of consultancies.
Others start their own communication consultancies, publishing companies, or on-line service companies, become documentary makers or journalists, or conduct (media) market research for opinion pollsters or join a company or ministry as management trainees.
Faculty Political Communication
- prof. dr. Claes de Vreese
- prof. dr. Klaus Schönbach
- prof. dr. Kees Brants
- dr. Hajo Boomgaarden
- dr. Andreas Schuck
- dr. Rens Vliegenthart
- dr. Joost van Spanje
- dr. Otto Scholten
- dr. Jan de Ridder
- dr. Connie de Boer
- dr. Piet Bakker
- dr. Ester de Waal
- dr. Sophie Lecheler
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