Strategic Social Media & AI-Mediated Communication
About This Course
1. Examine how social media platforms, algorithms and AI tools structure communication opportunities, risks and audience behaviours for organisations and individuals.
2. Compare strategic frameworks for social media communication, including campaigns and always?on activity, updated for AI?driven environments.
3. Analyse organisational and societal cases where AI?mediated social media communication affects business performance, public service delivery and public trust.
4. Explain the role of personal branding and professional identity in contemporary communication work and how this interacts with organisational communication goals.
5. Design strategic social media communication plans (campaigns and always?on) that align organisational goals with audience insights, platform affordances and AI capabilities.
6. Produce and adapt multimodal content using AI?assisted tools while maintaining accuracy, appropriate tone, inclusivity and sector?specific ethical standards.
7. Use analytics and AI?enhanced social listening to evaluate communication effectiveness and iteratively improve strategies and content.
8. Construct and maintain a coherent personal/professional brand and online presence suitable for roles in public agencies, SMEs or communication?intensive organisations.