Communication Studies addresses critical thinking, communicative concepts and skills, and relational and participatory effectiveness in personal, public, and professional spheres. This is a Communication Studies course and as such this course will give you the tools needed to dissect your experiences in our communicative world, namely the theory and practice of political communication in Pakistan. A democracy’s success depends upon open and direct communication between its citizens and those who govern them. Therefore, the main goal of the course is to teach students about the role of communication in informing, influencing, and legitimizing decisions in domestic politics. To this end, students will examine the intersection of politics and communication; specifically, the interaction of media, politicians, and the constituency, thus providing a survey of the field of political communication.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- identify and explain key concepts in political communication and apply that knowledge to communicative situations occurring in the public sphere;
- recognize, describe, and demonstrate how political candidates and elected officials employ and are constrained by communication;
- identify, interpret, assess, and synthesize political communication research;
- analyze, evaluate, and compare the persuasiveness of political actions