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Lighthearted approach to politics, using a simple style, cartoons, and humorous icons to present serious information about the political process in the United States.

Examines how and to what extent mass media influences the political process, providing an in-depth analysis of media content and describing significant advances in the study of media effects on social values and public policy.

Presents thirteen political debates which identify the United States' role in the world including issues related to immigration, presidential power, and the environment.

Explores how media literacy has influenced political elections, discussing the use of the Internet and television in campaigns, the importance of critical thinking in evaluating media messages, and the concepts and techniques used in political advertising.

An exploration of the history of presidential campaigning that discusses changes in strategies, significant races and confrontations, the effects and implementation of technology, and more.

Presents a collection of essays that examine the American political election process, debating the issues related to the fairness of the process.

Presents an examination of the American political system, answering questions about the different levels of government, campaigns, media, ideology, institutions, legislation, and key issues and conflicts in U.

The author chronicles 300 years of political wrongdoings, corruption, immoral behavior, and scandals including Watergate and Whitewater, Iran-Contra, and Monica Lewinsky.

An exploration of the election of President Barack Obama that discusses his life and political career and also addresses the civil rights movement as well as race relations in the United States.

Discusses how television ads have affected the outcome of United States presidential, Senate, and House races and explains why not all ads have the same results.

Considers the fourth presidential election ever held in the United States, when the House of Representatives had to break a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, as well as the impact of Jefferson's win.

Presents over a century of historical context for the growth of partisanship in U.

Presents a detailed analysis of the 1828 presidential campaign between southwestern frontiersman Andrew Jackson and New England aristocrat John Quincy Adams that officially established a pattern in which two nationally organized political parties would vie for power against one another.

Presents an account of the 2012 presidential election that draws on hundreds of insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering such topics as the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney, and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.

Discusses the role of conservatives within the American political structure, and examines how the actions taken by conservatives throughout history are affecting the status of Washington in the twenty-first century.