Lapsed Memory? The Roots of American Public Opinion Research.

Polity;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ...We talk of public opinion as a new force in the world, conspicuous...popular. Lord Bryce, 1888(1) Although public opinion is a concept with a fairly long...increasingly began to see the public or public opinion as an important and legitimate...

The role of public opinion in policy argument: an examination of public...

Argumentation and Advocacy;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......concern. In more recent times, public opinion has lost this vital association...advent of George Gallup and modern public opinion polling techniques have transformed public opinion from a discursive process into...become the dominant definition of public opinion (Glynn ...

Books -- Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent by Theodore L....

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Theodore L. and Charles T. Salmon (1995). Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent. New...Paperback, $24.95. Hardback, $49.95 Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent is...spectrum of theoretical issues in the public opinion field. This book is an important ...

public opinion

Dictionary of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ...public opinion For most modern commentators, the...public concern. Although the power of public opinion in politics has been recognized in...the public sphere, which conceive public opinion as emerging out of free debate in...

The misunderstood public opinion of James Bryce

Journalism History;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......describe what public opinion was not. His...which the entire public opinion section of the...scientists that public opinion is the result of public opinion polls.3 It is...the concept of public opinion. This study demonstrates...but thought of ...

Opening the president's mailbag: the Nixon administration's rhetorical use...

Presidential Studies Quarterly;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......documented the use and evaluation of public opinion inside the White House in observance...often crafted ) connection between public opinion and presidential action (Jacobs and...and responsive connections between public opinion and presidential action, especially...

Reading Public Opinion: How Political Actors View the Democratic Process

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;  April 1, 1999 ;     495 words ...Herbst, Susan (1998). Reading Public Opinion: How Political Actors View the Democratic...educators and students need to understand public opinion and how political players interpret it. Herbst says public opinion is a "contested and malleable concept...

Reassessing public opinion polling in the Truman administration.

Presidential Studies Quarterly;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......institutionalization of public opinion polling in...utilization of public opinion polls by...scholars of public opinion (Heith 1998...interest in public opinion polling...concerned with public opinion polling and...Truman's View of Public ...

Navigating Public Opinion: Polls, Policy, and the Future of American...

Social Forces;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Navigating Public Opinion: Polls, Policy, and the Future...2002. 376 pp. Cloth, $65.00. Does public opinion count with regard to policymaking...politicians and policy makers discount public opinion, or count on it? As the frequency...

Public Opinion

Canadian Encyclopedia;      700+ words ......BLAIS Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Public Opinion Author: ANDR BLAIS Public opinion is a term popularized by Jacques Necker, Louis XVI's finance minister, who wrote that public opinion influenced the behaviour of investors on...

In Defense of Public Opinion Polling

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;  October 1, 2002 ;     589 words ...In Defense of Public Opinion Polling, Kenneth F. Warren...some interesting tables of poll results from the 2000 presidential...episode, In Defense of Public Opinion Polling provides little...proclaims it will do: defend public opinion polling. It does not do...claims it ...

Democratic responsiveness? Untangling the links between public opinion and...

PS: Political Science & Politics;  March 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......substantial empirical relationships between public opinion (in the sense of survey-measured collective...Open Questions 1. How much impact does public opinion actually have on policy making? In...policy rather than the reverse? If public opinion simply tends to swing into line ...

The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy since Vietnam:...

Perspectives on Political Science;  June 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Sobel, Richard The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy since Vietnam...author of many works including his 1993 Public Opinion in U.S. Foreign Policy: The Controversy...policies pursued, and the influence of public opinion. Of the four, the Gulf War is the most...

What if We're to Blame?; Public Opinion and Muddled Policies

The Washington Post;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......over Presidents and [Congress] . . . public opinion stands out, in the United States...paralysis. But the deeper cause is public opinion. As Bryce saw, our politicians are slaves to public opinion. Superficially, this should be reassuring...

Voters Need to Examine Poll Results Critically, Says Illinois Wesleyan...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  August 24, 2004 ;     370 words ......proliferation of public opinion polls means that...consumers of poll results, says an Illinois...conducts research on public opinion formation and...accurately reflect public opinion. It reduces polling...agendas cite poll results to frame a debate...Shaw ...