Social Influence 10-FF-SIL1

The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with the basic mechanisms of social influence, to help them understand the processes of interaction in a group and mechanisms of interaction with the authorities, as well as to recognize techniques of social influence. The focus of the course will be not only on theoretical basics, but also on techniques of social influence used in practice.
The following issues will be discussed during the course: conformity, obedience to the authorities, group processes, techniques of social influence, verbal methods of persuasion, social influence in religious sects, methods of propaganda in totalitarian regimes, methods of social influence in advertising, social influence in media, methods of promotion of political parties.

Teaching methods: presentation, discussion

Contact hours - 30 h

Reading literature - 30 h

Preparing a presentation - 30 h