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Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
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Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.
Duration | 4 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Course Level | UG Certificate |
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What are the course deliverables?
- The theory and practice of polling
- The nature of today’s Republican and Democratic parties
- How U.S. elections differ from those of other democracies
- Key points of the 2016 Trump-Clinton race
- Why social movements succeed or fail
- How the news system has changed in recent decades
More about this course
- Public opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials
- Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify
- This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news media all play a role in influencing public opinion.
- We'll examine the attributes of public opinion, how polling attempts to measure those attributes, and how they impact the decisions of policymakers
- We'll address the unique features of the two-party system in the U.S., how those parties realign themselves in response to shifting norms, and how their candidates are vetted behind the scenes before the start of a campaign.
- Outside of the formal organization of party politics, groups representing various interests aim to affect a change through the political system
- Special interest groups resemble political parties, but while parties try to influence elections, groups concentrate on gaining influence over policies
- Meanwhile, social movements take place outside these established institutions, often in the form of protest demonstrations and rallies
- All of these interests are filtered through the news media, which plays a critical role in shaping people's images of politics.
- This course will help you to understand how these forces shape American politics, from invisible primaries to election day and beyond.
Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media at Harvard University Curriculum
Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
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Public Opinion
Political Parties
Campaigns & Elections
Political Movements
Interest Groups
News Media
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Thomas E. Patterson
Designation : Bradlee Professor of Government & The Press
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