IMPACT is a 3-weeks program of
courses within the UPEC-UPEM Summer School (East-Paris) which aims to provide a
critical perspective on International Media, Political Action & Communication
Technologies. IMPACT aims to give its students a critical perspective on how
the internationalization of communication, the sharp increase in and
acceleration of the production of information, and the unprecedented
development of digital media play a role in the way political action, citizen
mobilization and public debate are now being framed.
The course is available for
Masters and PhD level students interested in political and public
communication, social movements and transnational media activism, as well as
the role of communication technologies in international relations. Suitable
academic backgrounds include communication studies, political science,
discourse analysis, area and cultural studies and sociology. The IMPACT course
allows you to obtain 3 ECTS.
The academic program has
been prepared by Benjamin Ferron and Stéphanie Wojcik, both lecturers at the
UPEC.