Learning Objectives

5.1 Define political behavior and explain how it is influenced by information.
5.2 Explain the importance of one- and two-way communication and how changes in technology produce new types of mass media communication.
5.3 Describe the limits to rational decision-making and alternative ways for decision-making.
5.4 Explain why trust is important in a well-functioning society and for effective government.
5.5 Explain why people place themselves into social identity groups and demonstrate how identity affects politics in different parts of the world.
5.6 Describe the differences between traditional and new social movements and what roles they play in producing political and social change.