International Relations And The Media

1. Define key concepts in media and international relations.
2. Explain the relationship between media and society.
3. Analyze the role of media in shaping foreign policy.
4. Evaluate the impact of digital diplomacy on international relations.
5. Assess the challenges and opportunities of media in Africa.

13 weeks, about 26 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: General Introduction

   • Unit 1: Conceptual Issues: Media and International Relations · 2 hours

     Read the unit introduction to understand the scope and objectives.. Define media and international relations.. Understand media effects and their impact on public perception..

2. Week 2Module 1: General Introduction

   • Unit 2: Origin and Types of Media · 2 hours

     Trace the origin of media from cave paintings to modern digital forms.. Identify and discuss the types of media: print, broadcast, and internet.. Analyze the evolution and convergence of traditional and new media..

3. Week 3Module 1: General Introduction

   • Unit 3: Origin and evolution of international relations · 2 hours

     Identify the origin of international relations in ancient civilizations.. Trace the evolution of international relations from pre-state to the state system.. Examine the impact of the Peace of Westphalia and the French Revolution on international relations..

4. Week 4Module 1: General Introduction

   • Unit 4: The Relationship between Media and Society · 2 hours

     Discuss the complex relationship between media and society.. Explain how media influences laws and governance.. Analyze the role of power, social integration, and social change in media's impact..

5. Week 5Module 2: Theories of Media and International Relations

   • Unit 1: Traditional Theories · 2 hours

     Relate realist theory to media and international relations.. Apply liberalism to understand the relationship between media and international relations.. Compare and contrast realist and liberal perspectives on media's role..

6. Week 6Module 2: Theories of Media and International Relations

   • Unit 2: Positivist Media Theories The Media as Apolitical Observer · 2 hours

     Discuss positivist media theories and their tenets.. Apply the theory to the discussion of media and international relations.. Understand the media as an apolitical observer..

7. Week 7Module 2: Theories of Media and International Relations

   • Unit 3: Agenda Setting and Creating Public Opinion · 2 hours

     Explain the agenda-setting theory in detail.. Apply the theory to the discussion of media and international relations.. Understand how media influences the importance placed on public agenda topics..

8. Week 8Module 2: Theories of Media and International Relations

   • Unit 4: The Media in International Relations Theory · 2 hours

     Explain the basic assumptions of critical media theory.. Analyze its applicability to the explanation of the relationship between the media and international relations.. Understand how media reinforces hegemonic ideology..

9. Week 9Module 3: Relationships between the Media and International Relations

   • Unit 1 The Media's Power in the Domestic Politics · 2 hours

     Explain the five political functions of the media.. Understand the media's role in expressing information and ideologies.. Analyze how media acts as a public watchdog and mobilizes political action..

10. Week 10Module 3: Relationships between the Media and International Relations

    • Unit 2 The influence of the media in international diplomacy · 2 hours

      Discuss international diplomacy and its evolution.. Evaluate the influence of the media on international diplomatic practice.. Understand the role of media in negotiation and conflict resolution..

11. Week 11Module 3: Relationships between the Media and International Relations

    • Unit 3 The media's power in international relations The CNN effect · 2 hours

      Discuss the power of the media in international politics since the advent of satellite television.. Evaluate the media effect in the conduct of war and maintenance of global peace.. Understand the CNN effect and its impact on foreign policy..

12. Week 12Module 3: Relationships between the Media and International Relations

    • Unit 4 The media's power in international relations The Al Jazeera effect · 2 hours

      Discuss the effect of the power of the new media's Power in International Relations with a focus on the 'Al Jazeera effect'.. Explain how the emergence of Al Jazeera and other non-Western media networks has transformed international power struggle and have enabled the rise of the rest against the Western hegemony..

13. Week 13Module 3: Relationships between the Media and International Relations

    • Unit 5 The general role of media in international relations · 2 hours

      Discuss the role of media in international relations.. Explain the effect of an increasingly connected, complex world.. Evaluate political mobilization on a global scale and transparency in international diplomacy..