Topics in Politics: National Security, Civil Liberties, and the Law

AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES 3381

The transformation of the media environment in the past decade has had a dramatic effect on the political process both here in the United States and around the world. In this class, we will survey recent work in the social sciences examining the role of digital technologies and social media in our politics highlighting the good (more direct contact with elected officials) and the bad (the spread of misinformation).
Course Attributes: EN S; BU BA; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC