Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Политика и СМИ
ID 998610
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Политология и мировая политика)
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Тюркин Михаил Вячеславович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In the age of postindustrial society, postmodern culture and digital technologies, the political sphere is getting increasingly mediatized. It results, for instance, in the merger of political and media elites and transformation of public policy into show business. The course is focused on various aspects of political communications and sheds light on how media cover and at the same time shape domestic and foreign politics of different actors, including states, international organizations and a variety of non-governmental agents. Students of this course will be given theoretical tools to critically analyze relevant political agenda formed by opinion leaders, bloggers and professional journalists via traditional and new media outlets. These comprise print and online newspapers, radio and podcasts, TV and YouTube channels as well as different digital platforms, etc. On a more practical level, students will develop the skills in creating media content in different journalistic genres, ranging from hard news to columns and interviews.
Learning Objectives
- 1. Familiarization of students with the key debates and trends in contemporary media studies as well as communication theory at the intersection with political science.
- 2. The ability to practically implement this theoretical apparatus in media production and media analytics.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- knows basic concepts, tendencies and debates in media and communication studies
- writes simple journalistic texts in different genres, ranging from news to opinion pieces
- uses storytelling techniques when creating media content on policy-related topics
- visualizes their media content on political topics
- applying the theories when analyzing relevant news agenda
- works with political information: finds, defines and uses data from different media sources
- describes the role of traditional and social media in the political context
- reckons ethical dilemmas in media and media production
- describes global media trends and their connection with political and cultural contex
- understands the distinguishing features of regional media systems
Course Contents
- Information, news and politics
- Communication theories and politics
- Media and politics: mutual influence
- Media ethics, censorship and propaganda
- Media, globalization and regionalization
Assessment Elements
- Participation during the classes - 0,2Description: Students' participation assessment is based on their contributions during class discussions, their engagement with the course material and classmates and the quality of the completed hometasks. Students will have the opportunity to improve their participation grade throughout the semester by preparing presentations, actively engaging in discussions, asking and answering questions as well as demonstrating a willingness to learn from the instructor and their peers.
- Journalistic materials - 0,2Description: The students are expected to write 2-5 journalistic texts in different genres, ranging from hard news stories to opinion pieces. The size of the text is 1000-10000 characters with spaces. The final score is the average score for all materials. In case some of the materials are not done, the average score is calculated from the sum of the total number of papers that the student had to submit within the framework of this control element.
- Test - 0,3Description: Students take a test to check their knowledge of key course-related issues. The tasks include 10 closed and 10 open questions, which require answers in the form of a mini-essay.
- Final Project - 0,3Description: The students are expected to create individually or in small groups (2-5 persons) an analytic article, expert interview, multimedia longread, video, podcast, series of posts for social media or any other material relevant to the current social or political agenda. The topic, format and genre should be chosen and discussed with the tutor in advance.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.3 * Final Project - 0,3 + 0.3 * Test - 0,3 + 0.2 * Journalistic materials - 0,2 + 0.2 * Participation during the classes - 0,2
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Doing visual ethnography, Pink, S., 2013
- How we think : digital media and contemporary technogenesis, Hayles, N. K., 2012
- McQuail's mass communication theory, McQuail, D., 2010
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- The citizen audience : crowds, public, and individuals, Butsch, R., 2008
- The handbook of media audiences, , 2014