| Dozent/in |
PhD Rebecca Kittel |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
FS231568 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2023 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Fr, 24.02.2023, 12:00 - 14:00 Uhr (Einführungsveranstaltung)
Fr, 17.03.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B01
Sa, 18.03.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B01
Fr, 31.03.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B58
Sa, 01.04.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B58 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
wöchentlich |
| Inhalt |
This course gives an overview of party competition and how political communication interacts with party competition. The course, first, provides an introduction on how parties work and the interplay of party systems, electoral systems and legislative arenas as one platform of competition. It discusses how electoral systems can affect party competition and how parties position themselves in parliament to win the most votes. Further, the course discusses how parties use certain rhetorical strategies to communicate with their voters. Looking at different communication arenas (e.g. parliaments or Twitter), we will discuss various communication strategies of parties. A focus is drawn to emerging quantitative text analysis techniques (text-as-data) providing a first insight into emerging Computational Social Sciences methods. Also, we discuss the effect of different framing strategies on voters.
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| Schlagworte |
Nachhaltigkeit |
| Lernziele |
Students will learn state of the art research on party competition with a strong focus on parties’
political communication strategies. The course will focus on comparative politics approaches
in party research but will also go beyond that. Thus, the course aims to provide an overview
on (i) interaction of party and electoral systems; (ii) salience theory, issue ownership and party
positions; (iii) rhetorical strategies of parties with examples of text-as-data approaches; and (iv)
how framing strategies can affect voters.
Further, students will learn how to read scientific papers and discuss them in class. We
will focus on pitfalls, but also strengths of the required readings, so that students are prepared
to write their own (term) paper. Also, students will get an insight into emerging text-as-data
techniques in Political Science research. Using party and communication research as an example,
we will look at current state of the art research in the emerging field of Computational Social
Sciences. The course is designed as a introductory comparative politics course with a strong
substantive focus on party politics and political communication. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
Research-Masterseminar; Open for advanced BA-students |
| Prüfung |
In-class presentation on research article |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Active participation, short presentation / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
To receive the ”Best¨atigte Teilnahme” for the course students should attend all sessions and
hand in three brief response papers before the respective block. A response papers can be of
any of the mandatory readings. Response papers should not exceed 500 words. You should try
to pose questions and/or criticism that you may have on the readings. You can also connect
it to broader Political Science or Societal questions. Also, students are required to have done
the assigned readings before each class. Further on students are required to participate in the
course and take part in the discussions. The course is designed in an interactive way. Thus, all
listed readings that do not explicitly state to be an additional reading are mandatory. |
| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
rebecca.kittel@eui.eu |
| Material |
Syllabus |
| Literatur |
Syllabus |