[ecrea] 3rd International Summer School - Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour

> 3rd International Summer School
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> “Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour”
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> University of Milan (Italy) - Department of Social & Political Studies
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> 16-20 July, 2012
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> The School is co-sponsored by: ICA-Political Communication Division, 
ECREA-Political Communication Section, ISA-IPSA Committee on Political 
Sociology. It is also endorsed by: IPSA-Political Communication Research 
Committee, ESA-Political Sociology Research Network, ECPR- Standing 
Group on Voting Behaviour and Public Opinion in a comparative 
perspective, SISP (Italian Society of Political Science), SISE (Italian 
Society of Electoral Studies).
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> The School focuses on the main theoretical and research questions 
regarding the relation between political communication scholarship and 
political science/political sociology perspectives with a special focal 
point on the influence of communication factors on political and 
electoral behaviour. It aims to provide a high-level reflection on the 
current trends in international research by asking a number of 
internationally renowned scholars to interact with the participants 
through lectures and discussion groups. The topics of this edition are: 
Current Theoretical Perspectives, New/Social Media in Political 
Communication, Popularization of Politics: Implications for Research, 
Parties and Voters in a Comparative Perspective, Structural vs. 
Short-term Determinants of Vote Choice.
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> The Faculty: Denis McQuail, Shanto Iyengar, Barbara Pfetsch, Stephen 
Coleman, Patricia Moy, Kees Brants, Jacques Thomassen, Russell Dalton, 
Marco Maraffi, Oddbjørn Knutsen.
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> The School is open to 30 Doctoral and Master students and early 
career researchers from political science, political communication, 
sociology, and related areas.
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> ***IMPORTANT: The deadline is extended to May 27, due to special 
funding received from the City Administration of Milan, allowing the 
Department to offer free accommodation.
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> For all other information please go to the website of the School: 
www.dssp.unimi.it/summerschool/polcomm/
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> Prof. Gianpietro Mazzoleni
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> Coordinator of the School
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> (Summerschool.dssp /at/ unimi.it)
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