99986 - MEDIA E POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

Learning outcomes

As a result of taking this course, the students should be able to:

• demonstrate understanding of the main concepts in the study of the role of the media in politics
• link media-related issues to contemporary debates in international relations
• master concepts such as Public Diplomacy, Soft Power and Digital Diplomacy;
• know the main strategies available to governmental and non-governmental political actors to communicate in the contemporary international public sphere;
• analyze the degree of effectiveness of media strategies covering international political news
• demonstrate understanding of the role and the position of media institutions in the wider context of socio-political relations

Course contents

The Course comprises 2 thematic modules. The Module 1 will analyze the changes in the media industry in the new century, trying to highlight the technological and digital transformations that have profoundly changed this sector.

During the Module 2, the focus is devoted to the political, cultural and institutional changes that these transformations have produced, focusing particularly on those social movements that could not have existed without these changes.

 

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

REQUIRED READING:

1. Scheinbaum Mark (ed) (2020. The Role of Media in International Relations. Cognella Academic Publishing.

RECOMMENDED READING:

1. Alleyne, Mark D. (1995) International Power and International Communication. Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Bahador, B. (2007). The CNN Effect in Action: How the News Media Pushed the West toward War in Kosovo. Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Bahador, B., Kemp, G., McMillan, K. and Christ Rudd (eds). (2016). Politics and the Media, Auckland UP
4. Brommerson, D., Ekengren, A. (2017). The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decision-Making and Humanitarian Intervention. Palgrave Macmillan
5. Cook, T. (2005). Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution. University of Chicago Press.
6. Carruthers, S. L. (2000), The Media at War: Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century, Palgrave MacMillan.
7. Graber, D. A. (2010). Media Power in Politics. CQ Press
8. Hamelink, C.J. (2015). Global Communication. Sage Publications. Miller, D. (2007). Media Pressure on Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan.
9. Ó Siochrú, S., Girard, B. and Amy Mahan. 2002. Global Media Governance: A Beginner’s Guide.
10. Rowman & Littlefield. Rozell, Mark (ed.) (2003). Media Power, Media Politics.
11. Seib, P. (2012). Real Time Diplomacy: Power and Politics in the Social Media Era. Palgrave Macmillan.
12. Taylor, P. (1997) Global Communications, International Affairs and the 3 Media Since 1945 (The New International History). Routledge.
13. Thussu, D.K. (2009). Mediapolitik: How the Mass Media Have Transformed World Politics. Routledge.

Teaching methods

Teaching Methods and Learning:

In congruence with the teaching and learning strategy of the University of Bologna, the following tools are used:

• Classes consist of online-lectures embedding interactive learning (class discussions on contemporary or past events, as well as case studies assigned by the instructor);
• During the practical part, the lecturer encourages to use canva, mindmeister, workflowy as working interactive instruments of communication.

Office hours

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