Course teached as: B001206 - COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA ED ELETTORALE Second Cycle Degree in PUBLIC AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Key words in the so-called Political Communication of the Third Phase. Political Campaign strategies on the basis of the theories of the “Information processing”. Online communication analysis. The role of party-systems in the organization of political campaigns: national and international context. Public opinion analysis for a strategic political communication. Political marketing.
1) FIRST MANDATORY TEXT.
Gianpietro Mazzoleni (a cura di) Introduzione alla Comunicazione Politica, ll Mulino, Bologna, 2021;
2) SECOND MANDATORY TEXT
Marco Cacciotto, Il nuovo marketing politico. Vincere le elezioni e governare al tempo della politica veloce, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019
3) THIRD MANDATORY TEXT: Lorenzo Pregliasco, Benedetti sondaggi: Leggere i dati, capire il presente, Add Editore, 2022
4) FOURTH MANDATORY TEXT : One of the two following volumes
a) Timothy Garton Ash, Libertà di parola, Garzanti, 2016; b) George Lakoff, Non pensare all'elefante, Chiarelettere, (edizione 2021).
For students of the Masters Degree "Politica, Istituzioni e Mercato":
1) First mandatory text:
Gianpietro Mazzoleni (a cura di) Introduzione alla Comunicazione Politica, ll Mulino, Bologna, 2021;
2) Second mandatory text: Marco Cacciotto, Il nuovo marketing politico. Vincere le elezioni e governare al tempo della politica veloce, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019
3) Third text: Lorenzo Pregliasco, Benedetti sondaggi: Leggere i dati, capire il presente, Add Editore, 2022
Learning Objectives
A good knowledge of the instruments and schemes of the political-electoral communication, in order to gain the basical professional skills for political consulting.
Prerequisites
Basis knowledge in the field of Political Communication
Teaching Methods
Direct instruction with partcipation of the students
Type of Assessment
Oral examination. The oral exam will focus on the issues discussed during the classes, with a particulaar focus on the theoretical frames adopted.
Course program
The course analyses the formation of public opinion, the voter’s choice and the personalization of politics from a theoretical and empirical point of view.