PS 310 - Media and American Politics

4 credits
Covers the development of American mass media and their intersection with electoral politics from the mid-nineteenth century through the present. Course readings and discussions address the rise of the first prominent newspapers in the east, the mid-nineteenth century emergence of the muckrakers and yellow journalism, the rise to prominence of first radio and then television as broadcast news media, and the more recent transformation of “new media,” all as they pertain to the nature of American campaigns, elections, partisanship, and governance. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above or PS 202.
Approved for General Education: University Studies - I Strand
Graded (A-F) only