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Politics and Media
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Politics and Media
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 17701
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
DESCRIPTION
PART 1:
1. Democracy and Mass Media
2. Information, fiction, and public opinion
3. From propaganda to the rhetoric of transparency
4. Politics in the Internet: participation and control
5. Media and social change
PART 2:
1. Conceptualization and historic evolution of the media in the political arena
2. Media, agenda-setting and public opinion.
3. Types and styles of communication in collective political actors
4. Electoral campaigns
5. Research methods and techniques applied to political communication
1. Democracy and Mass Media
2. Information, fiction, and public opinion
3. From propaganda to the rhetoric of transparency
4. Politics in the Internet: participation and control
5. Media and social change
PART 2:
1. Conceptualization and historic evolution of the media in the political arena
2. Media, agenda-setting and public opinion.
3. Types and styles of communication in collective political actors
4. Electoral campaigns
5. Research methods and techniques applied to political communication