Course Details

1. Understand the code and the rhetoric techniques of the political speech. They should understand the basic terms of political communication (public sphere, public opinion and its structure, political protagonists).
2. Analyse the function of political sphere and to make a segregation of political language from any other kind of news.
3. Evaluate political communication in national and international level. They should also learn to explore the limits of the politicians on the one hand and the limits of the journalists on the other.
4. Use their theoretical knowledge in order to analyse political communication in a practical every day life level and at the same time they should learn to decode terms of political speech.
5. Create analytical texts by using the theory and the practical appliance of theoretical models of political communication.

The mass media, public opinion and its leaders, propaganda, political marketing, political advertising.

The role of mass media, the public opinion and the political truth.

The basic principals of political communication. The structure of informational transition.

The way political action is being realised: from the political organisations (parties, public organisations, political pressure groups, terrorist organisations, governments), through the mass media to the citizens.

The mass media as political protagonists.

International political communication.

• Δεμερτζής, Ν. (2002): Πολιτική Επικοινωνία. (Political Communication) Διακινδύνευση, Δημοσιότητα, Διαδίκτυο. Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση, Αθήνα. (In Greek)
• Mc Nair, B. (1998): Εισαγωγή στην Πολιτική Επικοινωνία. (Introduction to Political Communication) Εκδόσεις Κατάρτι, Αθήνα. (In Greek)

• Μεταξάς, Α. – Ι.Δ. (2001): Πολιτική Επικοινωνία. (Political Communication) Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα, Αθήνα. (In Greek)