Political Communication

Taught by leading academics in the fields of politics, media and communication, in thePolitical Communication degree course offered by the Brunel University of London, you will study communication strategies of political actors whilst acquiring practical skills for designing political campaigns, crafting communication strategies, identifying fake news, and writing news and features.

The new interdisciplinary Political Communication program at Brunel University of London aims to critically examine current developments but also locates them historically and within an internationalised curriculum.

Key Facts

You will also have the opportunity to take practical modules where you will learn how to write news or acquiring technical competencies to analyse deep-fakes in an age where facial recognition, AI, deep fakes and micro-behavioural targeting are creating new possibilities and challenges.

The academic component is grounded in a flagship module in political communication which locates current developments historically, theoretically and critically as well as nationally and internationally. You will not only study conventional political communication topics on elections, but also learn about digital cultures, strategic communication, political satire, digitally supported social movements and fake news.

Careers and your future

The degree upskills those taking it with a range of critical, technical and communicative skills in demand with

• campaigning organisations (e.g. NGOs and advocacy, protest groups and movements, parties and members of parliament) looking for people who can strategise and shape content for clearly targeted audiences
• cultural industries keen to recruit graduates able to produce traditional or digital forms content in political satire, PR or marketing
• businesses, news outlets or communication organisations that need people training in analysing images, videos and audio content for manipulation

Courses include:

• Elections & Campaigns

• Fake News, Images & Websites

• Journalism and Contemporary Politics

• Political Communication

• Political Satire & Comedy

• Politics & Digital Cultures