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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
YMI 524	NEW MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION	3 + 0	1st Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	This course aims at enabling students to evaluate the impact of new media in society, as well as to critically assess the different ways in which it plays a disruptive role in democratic life-for political elites, citizens, and institutions. Main course language is English.
Course Content	This course will address the ways in which new media pose challenges to contemporary political life, with emphasis on the use of social media by political elites and citizens (e.g., for campaigns, participation, and activism), as well as on online harms and digital threats to democracy, such as misinformation, disinformation, incivility, and polarization. This course will include political communication (new and old media); digital democracy and concerns regarding the digital divide; political memes and user generated content; fake news; the relationship between social media and political knowledge and participation; the role of social media in elections, social movements and protests; and concerns regarding privacy, surveillance, and election interference.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Can evaluate the impact of new media in society, as well as to critically assess the different ways in which it plays a disruptive role in democratic life-for political elites, citizens, and institutions.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	4	56
Mid-terms	1	24	24
Final examination	1	28	28
Presentation / Seminar Preparation	3	15	45
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

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