{"ModuleCredit":"4","ModmavenTree":{"name":"ES1501E","children":[]},"Types":["Module"],"LockedModules":[],"Preclusion":"1. Students who have already read a WP2201%, IEM1201%, UTW1001%, ES1201G, ES1201L, ES1601 or ES1501% module. 2. FoE students will be exempted from GET1021 or GEK1549/ES1531 and ES2331 if they have successfully completed ES1501%. 3. However, FoE students who have successfully completed ES1501% can still opt to read GET1021 or GEK1549/ES1531 and ES2331.","ParsedPreclusion":["ES1531","GET1021","ES1601","ES1201L","ES2331","ES1201G","ES1501","UTW1001","IEM1201","WP2201","GEK1549"],"ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking and Expository Writing: Friend Me on FB! Social Media in Political Communication","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","ModuleCode":"ES1501E","ModuleDescription":"Using social media as a political battleground during the 2011 General Election changed Singapore’s political landscape indelibly. It exemplified an emerging trend: the increasing use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat by politicians to gain greater political support and popularity. In fact, using social media for political communication has gone viral in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and beyond. This module explores the dynamics of social media in political communication, with a focus on Singapore, as well as the United States as case studies. Students will analyse the impact of conventional means of political communication as opposed to those using social media.","Department":"Ctr For English Language Communication","AcadYear":"2015/2016","Prerequisite":"1. Students who are required to take ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1102 English for Academic Purposes must pass the modules before they are allowed to read this module. 2. FOE students should have sat for one of following examinations and obtained the grade required as indicated below in order to be eligible for ES1501%: a. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, General Paper (A grade) b. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, Knowledge Inquiry (A grade) c. International Baccalaureate, Theory of Knowledge (A grade) d. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5102 English for Academic Purposes Critical Reading & Writing (A grade) e. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5101 Language in Society II and EL6103 Language in Society III (A- grade for both modules). 3. Global Engineering Programme (GEP) and Double Degree Programme (DDP) students who obtained the minimum grade required as indicated below are also eligible to read ES1501%: a. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, General Paper (B grade) b. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, Knowledge Inquiry (B grade) c. International Baccalaureate, Theory of Knowledge (B grade) d. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5102 English for Academic Purposes Critical Reading & Writing (B grade) e. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5101 Language in Society II and EL6103 Language in Society III (B- grade for both modules)","History":[{"Timetable":[{"WeekText":"Every Week","Venue":"UTSRC-SR3","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"1400","ClassNo":"2","EndTime":"1600","LessonType":"Sectional Teaching"},{"WeekText":"Every Week","Venue":"UTSRC-SR3","DayText":"Friday","StartTime":"1400","ClassNo":"2","EndTime":"1600","LessonType":"Sectional Teaching"}],"Semester":1,"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Afternoon","Friday Afternoon"]}]}