2022-2023 / COMU0038-1

Actors of the European communication : public relations, think tanks, lobbies

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Geoffrey Geuens

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course's first objective is to present certain industrial and professional players working in communications in United States and Europe (public relations firms, think tanks, lobbies), by analysing, in particular, their links with economic, political and media environments ; its second objective is to describe the social rationale and professional practices that, in their own way, bear witness to the competitive, cooperative and/or interdependent relations that are established between the various categories of international communications professionals.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

1) present the various industrial and professional players working in communications in United States and Europe (public relations firms, think tanks, lobbies); 
2) carry out initial socio-economic research into  communications' players (public relations, pressure groups, think tanks); 

3) analyse the positions occupied in the field of power by these industrial and professional communications' players in the field of and, more particularly, their links with economic, political and media environments;
4) describe the social rationale and professional practices that bear witness to the reciprocal competitive, cooperative and/or interdependent relations that are established between the diverse actors of international communicatio ;
5) check the existence of efficiency-related conditions regarding the communications campaigns they will be involved in (pooling of resources, networking, etc.), in their future job;
6) describe their future socio-professional environment, while being aware and well-informed of the constraints - both internal and external - that will affect its practices;
7) develop a critical view of all the subjects seen in class.  

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Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


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Continuous assessment


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