POLITICS 732

Comparative Election Campaigns

Description

Comparative research on election campaigns reveals increasing electoral volatility and the growing significance of the media to voter choice. Political campaigning has become nearly continuous between elections and insights from campaign research can illuminate trends in political communication more generally. What do citizens bring to, seek, and take away from televised debates, news stories, internet chat groups and political advertisements?

NB: enrolment is limited to 25 students, with selection criteria as follows: 1) admission to a postgraduate programme in Political Studies; 2) results in previous tertiary study in relevant subjects.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

POLITICS 732: 15.0 points