Public Opinion
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Book Overview
Public Opinion is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of public opinion formation and change. Here, the authors explore the nature of political and social attitudes in the United States and how these attitudes are shaped by various institutions, with an emphasis on mass media. The book draws on the wide range of scholarship in Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Communications in order to help undergraduates understand public opinion in America.The book surveys the public opinion field, but it also serves as a provocative starting point for the discussion of citizen moods, political participation, and voting behavior. The authors present data about public attitudes on important social issues, but also explore the intellectual and social history of public opinion. Multiple sidebars, illustrations, tables, and figures enable students to explore all aspects of the elusive phenomenon we call public opinion.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813329167
ISBN13:9780813329161
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Routledge
Length:496 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Goes beyond public opinion and into social constructs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I read the book for the first time as a student of public opinion in Singapore where the issue, because of government policies, is very restricted and controlled. The book gives the reader the possibility to comprehend public opinion from a wide range of topics (form political to historical, sociological and even psychological). It provides with plenty of examples, theories and studies done by the leading experts of leading universities where public opinion is studied, and, at the same time it explains the four W of such theories. It carries the reader from the meaning of public opinion to the impact of it in the construction of society, policies, social norms, religions, etc. It is concrete, profound and easy to read, as well as amazingly interesting.
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