Journal of Communication Pedagogy (Jan 2024)

#politicalcommunicationsowhite: A call for considering race in the undergraduate political communication course

  • Ant Woodall,
  • Lindsey Meeks

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31446/JCP.2024.1.11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8
pp. 140 – 145

Abstract

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The field of communication has been working to reconcile its historic omission of race from research and pedagogy. The subfield of political communication has begun this process in its research but has yet to consider the implications of race missing from pedagogy. This essay offers an argument for including race in the political communication course, in the form of more focus on race in course content and more work by scholars of color. We offer reasons for these inclusions, ways for instructors to begin this incorporation, and what considerations instructors must be mindful of throughout the process.

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