SV-407 Crisis Communication

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Master's Programme in Global Development, Crisis and Change
• Samfunnsplanlegging, sted og prosess, masterprogram
• Samfunnskommunikasjon, masterprogram

Undervisningsspråk

English

Innhold

This course invites students to contextualize and appraise crisis in the context of global communication, democracy, and civic culture. Two prongs are pursued: First, the relation between crisis and communication is understood as a crisis of communication, institutionally and at a societal level, where faith in democratic institutions seem to be a growing concern. Second, the framework identifies crisis communication on a spectrum of fields and areas of research interest: Mounting climate catastrophes, refugee challenges, energy challenges and other trans-national political challenges, as for example the rise of extremism and eroding trust in the increasingly complex web of global political institutions.

 

Theoretical perspectives will include:

 

• relevant aspects of development and planning research

• classic studies of persuasion, attention work, and power

• research in global and local communication, digitization, mediatization

• models of sustainable communication

• the UN sustainability goals as understood from a communications perspective

Læringsutbytte

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• provide an overview of how crisis has been – and is being – conceptualized as a communications challenge across global and local dimensions

• critically relate crisis and communication to theories and perspectives on the globalization and digitalization of information flows

• outline key features of crisis communication in the context of risk society and emergency preparedness

• critically assess strategic aspects of communication as persuasion, propaganda and misinformation

• use case-studies to elaborate the practical relevance of theories and models

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Internet-based teaching through Canvas. Estimated workload is 270 hours.

Studentevaluering

The lecturer decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Tilbys som enkeltemne

No

Eksamen

Portfolio assessment including written discussions in groups, hand-ins and paper. Further information will be given in Canvas. Graded A-F.

Reduksjon i studiepoeng

Innholdet i dette emnet dekkes helt eller delvis av annet emne. Tas ett av disse emnene i tillegg, reduseres studiepoengene som følger:

Emne	Studiepoengreduksjon
ST-411 – Forvaltning og informasjonsledelse	10
ST-411 – Kommunikasjonsstrategi og praktisk informasjonsarbeid	10