IMPACT aims at giving to its students a critical perspective on how the internationalization of communication, the sharp increase and speeding up of the production of information, and the unprecedent development of digital media, play a role in the way political action, citizens mobilizations and public debates are now be framed.

Course leader
Benjamin Ferron is Doctor in Political Sciences (2012) and Lecturer in the Communication Department at UPEC. PhD in political science (2005), Stphanie Wojcik is Lecturer in information and communication sciences in the department of political and publi

Target group
The course is available for Master level students interested in political and public communication, social movements and transnational media activism, as well as the role of communication technologies in international relations. Suitable academic backgrounds include communication studies, political sciences, discourse analysis, area and cultural studies and sociology.

Course aim
Becoming familiar with international communication as a field of studyUnderstanding how open data, governmental transparency & citizen mobilizations could be linkedAnalyzing the dynamic relationships between social networks and the building-up of public debates Analyzing digital processes in electoral campaigns Finding out transnational political action, mediactivism and alternative communication

Fee info
EUR 0: Early bird (all inclusive) until 15 th March

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Country: France
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