| Dozent/in |
Mathilde Maria Van Ditmars, PhD |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Hauptseminar |
| Code |
FS201273 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2020 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
wöchentlich (Di), ab 18.02.2020, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, HS 13 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
wöchentlich |
| Inhalt |
The purpose of this seminar is to understand the evolution of media systems in the Western world in relation to politics. We will trace the evolution of the media environment from the appearance of the Radio, to broadcast TV, to cable and satellite TV, to the Internet and the spreading of new media; and study how these developments impact voters, political parties, and elections. Recurring themes in the seminar will involve: the impact of the changing information environment on the composition of the audience; the consequences of media transformation in terms of the quality of information; the differences across countries in terms of professionalization and political parallelism of the media; the impact of the Internet in terms of civic and political engagement; how new media affect the mobilization strategies of social movements; the polarizing effect of fragmented media systems and the creation of gated communities; the evolution of political campaigning from mailing letters to microtargeting; the mediatization of politics in TV series such as House of Cards and Borgen.
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| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
aktive Teilnahme, Essay, (benotet) / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
Studienschwerpunkt: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Politische Kommunikation |
| Hörer-/innen |
Nein |
| Kontakt |
mathilde.vanditmars@unilu.ch |
| Material |
Pflichtlektüre und Seminarmaterialien zugänglich auf Online-Plattform OLAT |
| Literatur |
- Bennett, W. L. and S. Iyengar (2008). “A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication’’. Journal of Communication, Vol. 58(4): 707–731. - Groeling, T. (2013). “Media Bias by the Numbers: Challenges and Opportunities in the Empirical Study of Partisan News”. Annual Review of Political Science, Vol.16(1): 129-151. - Hallin, D. C. and P. Mancini (2004). Comparing media systems: Three models of media and politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 4. - Iyengar, S. and D. R. Kinder (1987). News That Matters: Television and American Opinion. University of Chicago Press, chapter 7 - Kahne, J. & Bowyer, B. (2018). “The Political Significance of Social Media Activity and Social Networks.” Political Communication, Vol. 35(3): 470-493. - Lazarsfeld, P. F, B. Berelson and H. Gaudet (1944). The People's Choice: How the Voter Makes Up His Mind in a Presidential Campaign. New York: Columbia University Press, chapter 1, 14, 16 - Nickerson, D. and T. Rogers (2014). “Political Campaigns and Big Data”. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 28(2): 51–74. - Prior, M. (2007). Post-broadcast democracy: How media choice increases inequality in political involvement and polarizes elections. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1. |