Media, Elections, and Politics - Bachelor's

This course reviews how both old and new media interact with politics and elections, drawing in particular on examples from the United States and United Kingdom over the past 40 years. We track the evolution from traditional media such as newspapers and television towards social media, including Meta platforms (Facebook/Instagram etc), Google (e.g. YouTube), and micronews (e.g. X/Twitter, BlueSky) as well as the growing influence of podcasting. This is a chance for people entering an IT career to see in real time how an IT-driven transformation of the industry has affected our politics, includ…