Most people learn what they do about government from news media.
So it is important both to citizens and scholars of government to understand how news works, particularly in a democracy where we expect government policy to be influenced by an informed citizenry. In this course we will discuss readings on news media, as well as current cases of print and video news coverage. News Media and Politics fulfills the American politics requirement for the Political Science major. It also applies towards collateral majors in Communications Studies and Public Relations, and to secondary school endorsement in American government. It is a writing emphasis course.