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Simulations, Games, and Active Learning to Teach American Politics and Theory

Setting the Agenda: A Simulation of Deciding Tomorrow’s Front-Page

Pages 77-92 | Received 22 May 2019, Accepted 27 Jan 2020, Published online: 25 Feb 2020

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