The programme leader for this course is Dr Adi Kuntsman.įull-time fee: £8,500 per year. US Government use of Social Media against ISIS.EU Discourse on the Ebola Crisis and International Aid in Africa.Smart Cities and Citizen Rights in China and the UK.Digital Diplomacy in Botswana and the UK.US War on Terror in Cinema and Computer Games.Disinformation and Fake News in Myanmar.Recent dissertation topics have included:
In Year 2 students will study the core unit Masterclass and undertake a Dissertation, plus study three fixed optional units: Digital Living, The EU in Turmoil, and Contemporary US Foreign Policy. In Year 1 students on the part-time distance learning course will study the core units: Current Issues in Digital Media and Politics, Putting Communication into Practice, History of International Relations, and Issues in Contemporary Global Politics. In Year 2 students will study the core unit Masterclass and undertake a Dissertation, plus study three optional units of their choosing. In Year 1, students on the part-time campus course will study the core units: Current Issues in Digital Media and Politics, Putting Communication into Practice, History of International Relations, and Issues in Contemporary Global Politics. After successfully completing all taught units, you will work on your dissertation over the summer. Please note that while you can choose any optional units, we recommend a balance of at least one choice of 'politics' unit and at least one choice of 'communication' unit. Students on the full-time campus course will study the core units, plus three optional units, detailed below.
Covid-19 information for postgraduate research students.The book will be of interest to political scientists and psychologists interested in decision making, in international relations and in American foreign policy. Offers a unique application of a sophisticated psychological model to international relations theory. McDermott shows how prospect theory enables us to understand cases that are otherwise inexplicable. The cases used to demonstrate this dynamic include: the Suez Crisis, the U-2 affair, the decisions surrounding the admission of the Shah of Iran to the United States in 1979, and the attempted rescue of the American hostages in Iran in 1980.
Prospect theory suggests that decisionmakers who are confronting losses are more likely to take risks than are those decisionmakers who are satisfied with the status quo. Rose McDermott applies prospect theory, a theory developed by psychologists to understand decisionmaking under conditions of risk, to four cases in American foreign policy.
How a country's leaders think about risk in making foreign policy decisions is important in understanding why and how they make decisions. Risk plays a dramatic role in international relations as leaders make decisions about such issues as war and peace, disarmament, and about lowering economic barriers to trade and investment.