Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial social issuesKurt Finsterbusch, George McKenna This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in global issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected World Wide Web sites. Taking Sides is supported by our student website at www.dushkin.com/online/. |
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CULTURE AND VALUES | 1 |
James Patterson and Peter Kim from The Decline and Fall | 13 |
Does the News Media Have a Liberal Bias? | 18 |
Copyright | |
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