Convenor name: Dina Matar
Convenor email: dm27@soas.ac.uk
Office hours: Office Hours: by appointment
Module dates: Semester 2
Intended learning outcomes:
- To provide a detailed understanding and critical interrogation of the theoretical literature on political communication and its applicability and relevance to non-Western contexts.
- To explore the changing face of politics and the growing significance of new media for emerging voices and subjectivities
- To address questions of representation and voice
- To critically explore the crisis in communication and its relation to the crisis of politics
- To critically evaluate the relationship between mediation and socio-political contexts.
Assessment 1: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 20%
Assessment 1: Due date: 2 March 2026
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2 (AS2)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 80%
Assessment 2: Due date: 23 April 2026
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Naomi Hart
Librarian email: nh64@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus
