The Political Communication and Government Pathway offers students the opportunity to study the roles of communication in political processes across local, national, and international contexts. Drawing upon theories and concepts from communication, rhetoric, psychology, journalism, and other disciplines, this pathway addresses the centrality of communication in political and governmental deliberations and actions.
Communication courses in this pathway examine the communicative activity of citizens, individual political figures, public and governmental institutions, the media (new and traditional), political campaigns, advocacy groups, and social movements.