POLITICS AND MEDIA

Catalog description

This course examines the way in which modern mass media has altered the dynamics of democratic politics in the United States. More generally, we shall be concerned with the ways the mass media influences how we think and act in the political world. Specific topics include why Americans hate the media, how news is made, the role of the media in campaigns and elections, how the news influences our political attitudes and behaviors, and how media coverage of government influences policy makers.