Teaching Political Communication

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2026
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-4777-3 (ISBN)

Noch nicht erschienen (ca. Februar 2026)
Versandkostenfrei
Auch auf Rechnung

Artikel merken

In this informative and accessible book, experienced educators provide practical insights into teaching political communication effectively. Reflecting on contemporary challenges such as attacks on education, extremism, and new technologies, this book helps the next generation to thoughtfully and ethically engage with the political sphere.

In this informative and accessible book, experienced educators provide insights into teaching political communication effectively. Reflecting on contemporary challenges such as attacks on education, extremism, and new technologies, this book helps educators prepare the next generation to thoughtfully and ethically engage with the political sphere.
More than 40 contributing authors present crucial pedagogical reflections, practical insights, and approaches across a wide range of contexts, providing educators with a toolkit to navigate the challenges of teaching political communication in this political climate. Across two parts, Teaching Political Communication first explores foundational political issues to lay a foundation for navigating politics in the classroom, then focuses on practical applications to aid teaching and learning. This includes the use of collaborative inquiry, experiential learning, public speaking, simulations, digital technology, and much more.

This is an essential resource for those teaching higher education courses in political communication, and politics and public policy more broadly. It is also an enlightening read for students and academics interested in research methods, teaching methods, international relations, and sociology.

Edited by Kevin Coe, Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, University of Utah and Diana Zulli, Associate Professor of Communication, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, USA

Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Teaching political communication amid changes and
challenges 2
Kevin Coe and Diana Zulli
PART II PERSPECTIVES AND POSITIONALITIES:
NAVIGATING POLITICS IN THE CLASSROOM
2 Challenges of teaching “political” topics in political
communication 10
Porismita Borah and Kyle Lorenzano
3 Teaching media bias in polarized political environments 21
Michael W. Wagner
4 Teaching deliberative democracy in theory and practice 33
Emily Sydnor
5 James Baldwin, Black political communication, and the age
of Trump 45
Theon E. Hill
6 How to talk about politics in a polarized climate: Cultivating
civil discourse in political communication pedagogy 55
Sumana Chattopadhyay
7 Naming silence and making space: Reflections on navigating
classroom tension 68
Logan Rae Gomez and Leandra H. Hernández
8 Nevertheless, gender persists: Integrating gender into political
communication courses 78
Lindsey Meeks and Ant Woodall
9 Polarized views: Political communication from Washington to
Latin America 91
Jorge M. Restrepo Garcia
10 Strategies for reducing partisan tensions in practical
assignments 104
Ashley Muddiman, Brandon Boyce, and Mackenzie Marquess
11 Teaching race in high school classrooms 116
Taryn Coe and Harpreet Parhar
12 The need for “public listening” courses: A student and
instructor dialogue 127
A. Jackson Harris and Madison Duboise
PART III APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS: POLITICAL
COMMUNICATION IN PRACTICE
13 “Am I in an echo chamber?”: Teaching political
communication through applied research and collaborative
inquiry 137
Dominik A. Stecuła
14 Creativity with strategy: Using project-based learning and
campaign ads when teaching political communication 147
Tim J. Groeling and Georgia Kernell
15 Understanding “outsider” campaign communication: Lessons
from third parties 157
Ryan Neville-Shepard
16 Political memes as pedagogy for globally situated political
communication 166
Prateekshit “Kanu” Pandey
17 Educating college citizens on the promise and peril of public
opinion polls: Facilitating campus-wide surveys of students 176
Lindsay H. Hoffman
18 Teaching political rhetoric: Political communication from a
humanistic lens 185
Orville Tatcho
19 Empowering digital citizenship: Open pedagogy as a tool for
countering misinformation 194
Angela M. McGowan-Kirsch
20 Visualize political communication: Forum prompts to engage
the eyes 204
Alena Amato Ruggerio
21 The mediatization experience: An experiential learning
simulation on mediatization of politics 215
Stefan Geiß and Melanie Magin
22 From classroom to podium: Integrating public speaking into
political communication pedagogy 225
Samuel Mateus
23 Into the woods: Using digital platforms to learn about
political communication 235
Curd Benjamin Knüpfer
24 Political communication and the ecologies of media: Theory,
pedagogy, and praxis 245
Erik Gustafson
25 Teaching political communication using the C-SPAN video
library: An “unfiltered” resource 254
Diana Deyoe, Diana Zulli, Jennifer Hall, and Andrea Langrish
26 Higher education centers and institutes as hubs for democratic
learning, programming, and research: The case of the Center
for Sustainable Democracy 264
Joshua M. Scacco, Aya Diab, Zakaria Khan, and Andrew Anderson

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2026
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Guides to Teaching
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-0353-4777-6 / 1035347776
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-4777-3 / 9781035347773
Zustand	Neuware