220028 VO VERTHE: VO VERGLPO Political Communication and Media Governance in Comparative Perspective (2020S)
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Details
Language: English
Examination dates
Tuesday
07.07.2020
Tuesday
01.09.2020
09:45 - 11:15
Digital
Friday
27.11.2020
16:45 - 18:15
Digital
Friday
29.01.2021
16:45 - 18:15
Digital
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
10.03.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Tuesday
24.03.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Tuesday
28.04.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Tuesday
12.05.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Tuesday
09.06.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Tuesday
30.06.
16:45 - 19:45
Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
There will be a final exam for this class, worth 100% of the final grade. Questions will be based on the material presented in class and the readings available on Moodle.
UPDATE DUE TO COVID-19 MEASURES:
The examination on 7 July 2020 will be held online on Moodle. There will be 8 short-answer questions worth 5 points each and 2 open-ended questions worth 30 points each. Please read the announcements on Moodle regularly for details and updates about future examination dates.
UPDATE DUE TO COVID-19 MEASURES:
The examination on 7 July 2020 will be held online on Moodle. There will be 8 short-answer questions worth 5 points each and 2 open-ended questions worth 30 points each. Please read the announcements on Moodle regularly for details and updates about future examination dates.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
A = 1 (Very Good): 87 - 100%
B = 2 (Good): 75 - 86,99%
C = 3 (Satisfactory): 63 - 74,99%
D = 4 (Enough): 50 - 62,99%
F = 5 (Not Enough): 00 - 49,99%For questions, please contact ani.baghumyan@univie.ac.at or aytalina.kulichkina@univie.ac.at
B = 2 (Good): 75 - 86,99%
C = 3 (Satisfactory): 63 - 74,99%
D = 4 (Enough): 50 - 62,99%
F = 5 (Not Enough): 00 - 49,99%For questions, please contact ani.baghumyan@univie.ac.at or aytalina.kulichkina@univie.ac.at
Examination topics
Readings will be assigned weekly and discussed in class. All literature will be available on Moodle.
Reading list
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., Huber, B., & Liu, J. (2017). Personality traits and social media use in 20 countries: How personality relates to frequency of social media use, social media news use, and social media use for social interaction. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20(9), 540-552.
• Valenzuela, S., Correa, T., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2018). Ties, likes, and tweets: Using strong and weak ties to explain differences in protest participation across Facebook and Twitter use. Political Communication, 35(1), 117-134.
• Enli, G. (2017). Twitter as arena for the authentic outsider: exploring the social media campaigns of Trump and Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. European Journal of Communication, 32(1), 50-61.
• Litt, E., & Hargittai, E. (2016). The imagined audience on social network sites. Social Media and Society, 2(1), 2056305116633482.
• Gruzd, A., Wellman, B., & Takhteyev, Y. (2011). Imagining Twitter as an imagined community. American Behavioral Scientist, 55(10), 1294-1318.
• Bode, L. (2016). Political news in the news feed: Learning politics from social media. Mass Communication and Society, 19(1), 24-48.
• Bakshy, E., Messing, S., & Adamic, L. A. (2015). Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook. Science, 348(6239), 1130-1132.
• Ferrucci, P., Hopp, T., & Vargo, C. J. (2019). Civic engagement, social capital, and ideological extremity: Exploring online political engagement and political expression on Facebook. New Media & Society, 1461444819873110.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., Barnidge, M., & Scherman, A. (2017). Social media social capital, offline social capital, and citizenship: Exploring asymmetrical social capital effects. Political Communication, 34(1), 44-68.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Diehl, T. (2019). News finds me perception and democracy: Effects on political knowledge, political interest, and voting. New Media & Society, 21(6), 1253-1271.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., Weeks, B., & Ardèvol-Abreu, A. (2017). Effects of the news-finds-me perception in communication: Social media use implications for news seeking and learning about politics. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 22(3), 105-123.
• Valenzuela, S., Correa, T., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2018). Ties, likes, and tweets: Using strong and weak ties to explain differences in protest participation across Facebook and Twitter use. Political Communication, 35(1), 117-134.
• Enli, G. (2017). Twitter as arena for the authentic outsider: exploring the social media campaigns of Trump and Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. European Journal of Communication, 32(1), 50-61.
• Litt, E., & Hargittai, E. (2016). The imagined audience on social network sites. Social Media and Society, 2(1), 2056305116633482.
• Gruzd, A., Wellman, B., & Takhteyev, Y. (2011). Imagining Twitter as an imagined community. American Behavioral Scientist, 55(10), 1294-1318.
• Bode, L. (2016). Political news in the news feed: Learning politics from social media. Mass Communication and Society, 19(1), 24-48.
• Bakshy, E., Messing, S., & Adamic, L. A. (2015). Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook. Science, 348(6239), 1130-1132.
• Ferrucci, P., Hopp, T., & Vargo, C. J. (2019). Civic engagement, social capital, and ideological extremity: Exploring online political engagement and political expression on Facebook. New Media & Society, 1461444819873110.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., Barnidge, M., & Scherman, A. (2017). Social media social capital, offline social capital, and citizenship: Exploring asymmetrical social capital effects. Political Communication, 34(1), 44-68.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Diehl, T. (2019). News finds me perception and democracy: Effects on political knowledge, political interest, and voting. New Media & Society, 21(6), 1253-1271.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H., Weeks, B., & Ardèvol-Abreu, A. (2017). Effects of the news-finds-me perception in communication: Social media use implications for news seeking and learning about politics. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 22(3), 105-123.
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• Media and political campaigns
• Media and citizenship
• Social media
• Public sphere
• Freedom of expression
• Political communication