XI. THE MEDIA (December 5 & 7) The Branch of a love-hate relationship with the American people. We “Fourth Government.” enjoys want reporters to serve as ever-present watchdogs, uncovering corruption and scandal. But we resent the to avert our attention away from the of our Can media’s attempts “pressing issues nation.” we have one without the other? : Textbook, Chapter 12 Dautrich & Democracy Yalof’s Enduring assignments, Chapter 12 (due 12/7/16) MINDTAP pp. 147-184 Current Debates in American Government, XIII. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: WRAPPING IT ALL UP (December 7) Readings: to the 2016 paperback edition) It looks (Afterword It’s Even Worse Than FINAL EXAM: Dates and Times TBA
XI. THE MEDIA (December 5 & 7) The “Fourth Branch of Government.” enjoys a love-hate relationship with the American people. We want reporters to serve as ever-present watchdogs, uncovering corruption and scandal. But we resent the media’s attempts to avert our attention away from the “pressing issues of our nation.” Can we have one without the other? : Dautrich & Yalof’s Enduring Democracy Textbook, Chapter 12 MINDTAP assignments, Chapter 12 (due 12/7/16) Current Debates in American Government, pp. 147-184 XIII. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: WRAPPING IT ALL UP (December 7) Readings: It’s Even Worse Than It looks (Afterword to the 2016 paperback edition) FINAL EXAM: Dates and Times TBA
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