INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

This course provides an introduction to students to understand politics and political communication. After completing this course, students have the ability to explain politics and political communication; explains the actors involved in political communication, explaining the media and pressure groups as political actors; explaining about political communication in the new media era, social media. In addition, students have the ability to explain political marketing through advertising, public reletion, campaigns and propaganda

Topics:

1. Introduction: Definition and Political Objectives;
2. Political System in Indonesia;
3. Electoral Behavior;
4. Understanding and Concepts Political Communication;
5. Political Actors Involed in Communication Politics;
6. Media As Political Actors;
7. Pressure Group as political actors;
8. Propaganda;
9. Political Communication in the New Media Era;
10. Social Media and Political Communication;
11. Marketing Politics;
12. Campaign and Public Relation Politics;
13. Political Advertising.