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§ 5 (1) 9b Political Communication and Electoral Analysis - Introductory Level

Students acquire the ability to demonstrate and explain the behaviour of voters, political parties and the media in democracies theory-driven and with empirical findings. They know how to explain the function of political communication and the logics of media-centred democracy.

The proseminar provides an introduction to the topics, theories, methods and some research findings on elections and electoral behaviour.

1. Compulsory readings
2. Presentations
3. Seminar paper

paper

Roth, Dieter (2008). Empirische Wahlforschung: Ursprung, Theorien, Instrumente und Methoden. 2. Auflage. Opladen: Leske und Budrich.

Pappi, Franz U. und Susumu Shikano. (2007). Wahl- und Wählerforschung. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Falter, Jürgen W. und Harald Schoen (Hg.) (2014). Handbuch Wahlforschung, 2. Auflage. Wiesbaden: Springer.

successful completion of compulsory module 1