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The third edition of Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide is now available for purchase.

Media Politics encourages students to examine how the media affect American politics and how politicians influence the media in order get elected, stay in power, and achieve policy goals. Drawing on recent events and the most current research, including the work of Professor Iyengar, Media Politics is the most up-to-date introductory text available.

• How We Became Bitter Political Enemies, The New York Times
  “If you go back to the days of the Civil War, one can find cases in American political history where there was far more rancor and violence,” says Shanto Iyengar. “But in the modern era, there are no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ — partisan animus is at an all-time high.”
• The Real Story About Fake News Is Partisanship, The New York Times
  Partisan tribalism makes people more inclined to seek out and believe stories that justify their pre-existing partisan biases, whether or not they are true.
• Shanto Iyengar, Simon Jackman & Norman Ornstein on US Politics Sydney Opera House Talks & Ideas
  Is American politics dysfunctional or does it just look that way? What happens when aggressive hyper-partisanship collides with a political system that can only work co-operatively? Is the damage fatal to the democratic system?
• The role of the media in the US presidential race, ABC (Australia)
  Shanto Iyengar discusses media coverage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
• Did better broadband make Americans more partisan?, The Guardian
  PCL researchers matched the attitudes of those who did and did not have broadband with data on partisan hostility from studies of voters beliefs in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.
• The Hostile Audience: The Effect of Access to Broadband Internet on Partisan Affect, Y. Lelkes, G. Sood & S. Iyengar
• Report: Partisan Bad Blood Highest In Decades, NPR
  Iyengar says the divide in cross-party relations has been steadily rising since the late 1980s. It doesn't surprise him that it's gotten worse.
• The “I’m Rubber, You’re Glue” Candidate, New Republic
  People who support Trump could care less how many people attack him.
• How Social Media Is Shaping the Democratic Primary's Bitter End, WNYC
  PCL study showed that information people disagreed with would be rejected as biased. Shanto Iyengar says that is a pretty good presage of our social media-bathed brains.
• These Look Like Campaign Ads. But They’re Something Entirely Different, Time
  Product advertising in general can benefit from the revulsion people feel toward campaign advertising because it looks more attractive and engaging by comparison—especially given the often negative tone of political ads.
• What Role Does Partisanship Play Outside of the Polls?, Science Friday
  Shanto Iyengar discusses PCL study showing that the biggest social divide might not be race or religion, but rather political affiliation.
• The Strongest Prejudice Was Identified, Edge
  Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt considers PCL research on political polarization to be the most interesting recent scientific news.
• "Political identity is fair game for hatred": how Republicans and Democrats discriminate, Vox
  Even as American voters remain relatively centrist, they seem to be getting angrier and more fearful of the other side.