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Vorlesungsverzeichnis >> Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie (Phil) >>
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Proseminar: US-Presidential Elections and the Media- Dozent/in
- Laura Vorberg, M.A.
- Angaben
- Proseminar
2 SWS, ECTS-Studium, ECTS-Credits: 6, Sprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Mo 8:15 - 9:45, C 301
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Das PS gehört in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:
BA English and American Studies - American Studies: Import-Kombi-Modul Politics & Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP)
BA English and American Studies: Zwischenmodul II Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul I: Thematisches Kombinationsmodul)
BA American Studies: Zwischenmodul II Economics, Linguistics, History, Geography, Literature/Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP)
- Inhalt
- It is a modern day truism that presidential elections in the United States are first and foremost media events. While a free press in the US has been considered a necessary element of democracy since the Jeffersonian era, news coverage and politics seem to have an increasingly symbiotic relationship during presidential campaigns. Presidential candidates stage themselves both in and for different types of mass and digital media. In doing so, they do not only rely on national symbols (such as the flag) but also on various forms/formats of popular culture to persuade their audiences (see, for instance, the Saturday Night Live appearances by both, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump). In turn, television, broadcasting services, and newspapers do not only provide a space for candidates’ stagings but also cover every single detail of the race to the White House. Although politicians are highly dependent on visibility as offered by campaign essentials such as presidential debates or national conventions, their performances are often considered as nothing but highly constructed infotainment. Are these events therefore politically irrelevant? Do traditional mass media become more and more partisan instead of fulfilling their role as “fourth estate” or “watchdogs”? Are social media more valuable information sources and can they serve as instruments of grassroots democracy? In this seminar, we will take a close look at different forms of mass and social media stagings of presidential candidates in the current 2016 campaign including TV debate performances, public speeches, print coverage, and the candidates’ Twitter and Instagram accounts. By analyzing their cultural narratives, media specificity and topical discourse, we will try to understand strategies of presentation and the desired impact of such forms of campaign communication in order to critically reinvestigate the role of the media for the functioning of US-democracy.
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- ECTS-Informationen:
- Credits: 6
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere nordamerikanische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Paul)
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