It also contains some readings. Our reader is based on the debate model, pairing essays representing different points of view on important issues of American politics today. American mass media provide a third important source of information for this course. Each student should make daily contact with the world of American politics. Most Americans get most of their political information from television, but this is the least efficient way to get the news.
Reading remains the most efficient way to learn.
Reading on line combines your most sophisticated data processing capacity with the world's most sophisticated communications technology. Each of these information sources should provide a foundation for discussion and debate. Reading materials will be supplemented by a series of simulations and occasional videos. Taken together, these materials will provide a variety of ways to learn as well as competing viewpoints regarding what should be learned in an introductory American politics course. Class attendance is important.