BIK13025 Politisk kommunikasjon 2 (Høst 2026)

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Studiepoeng:
10
Ansvarlig fakultet:
Fakultet for informasjonsteknologi, ingeniørfag og økonomi
Studiested:
Halden
Emneansvarlig:
Harald Borgebund
Undervisningsspråk:
English
Varighet:
½ år

Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Mandatory course in

  • Bachelor in International Communication with a specialisation in political communication
  • Bachelor in Communication.

Absolutte forkunnskaper

BIK11526 Political Communication and Crisis Communication or equivalent

Undervisningssemester

3rd semester (autumn)

Innhold

This course studies many of the new insights from Behavioural Political Science and their implications for political communication and democratic politics. Specifically, this course emphasises the significance of communication in politics and how our knowledge, attitudes and behaviour is connected to political issues and influenced through political communication. A second emphasis is the state of democratic politics and governance in a comparative perspective. Especially the role of political institutions, the quality of democratic governance and the state of democratic politics in different parts of the world.

Studentens læringsutbytte ved bestått emne

Knowledge

The student has

  • a detailed understanding of the relationship between political behaviour and democratic politics.
  • a thorough understanding of the most recent trends and developments in the field of political communication and Political Behavioural Science.
  • advanced knowledge about central ideas and concepts such as power, political strategy, political leadership, negotiations, agenda-setting, media development and how media influence affect democratic politics.

Skills

The student is able to

  • analyse and evaluate political institutions, the quality of government and democratic politics.
  • apply theories, concepts and models to describe, analyse and discuss political behaviour and communication.
  • do comparative analyses of media outlets, political behaviour and political communications.

General competence

The student can

  • disseminate complex theories both orally and in writing.
  • apply concepts and models to describe and understand complex social and political issues.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

A combination of seminars, lectures, videos and online activities.

Arbeidsomfang

Approx. 250 hours

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

Two procedural essays of approximately 2000 (+/- 10%) words assigned by the tutor must be approved.

Coursework requirements must be approved to qualify for the exam.

Eksamen

The course is assessed with a written exam on campus. Duration 4 hours. No supporting materials allowed. The exam is graded on the A - F grading scale.

Sensorordning

External or internal examiner.

Vilkår for ny/utsatt eksamen

A new and postponed exam is conducted simultaneously with the next regular exam. However, the department management may decide to arrange a postponed exam in the following semester.

Evaluering av emnet

This course is evaluated by a

  • Final course evaluation

The responsible for the course compiles a report based on the feedback from the students and his/her own experience with the course.

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