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13 Cards in this Set
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Public Opinion is usually tied to?
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Public Opinion Poll
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A poll is a method of what, and is not what?
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Method of measuring the concept, not the concept itself
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What are the 3 things that Pubop invovle?
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1.range of attitudes on current political topics
2.the origins of thses attitudes 3.effects of theses attitudes on behavior |
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Why do we study pubop?
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Because the democratic institutions should result in government decisions that reflect the views of everyday people
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When and why did people begin to worry about pubop? Who were the 3 important people of that time?
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-The emergence of democratic theories in late 17th-early 18th century
-Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau |
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Since the emergence of pubop, what has been the focus?
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the nature of pubop, and its impact on govt.
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-Walter Lippman was a part of what polling era?
-Lippman was influential and prescient critic of what? -In the books, public opinion, and phantom public, the mass public is said to be 4 things? |
-pre-polling era
-mass opinion in the pre-polling era -1. not informed by facts or social theories 2. sees events as "pictures in their heads" 3.incompetent in matter of politics 4. manipulated by elites |
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What did Lippman believe about choosing leaders?
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the public should choose leaders, then let leaders use their own judgment to guide govt.
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-George Gallup was during which era?
-What did he introduce? -What was Gallups beliefs on pubop? |
-Post-polling
-modern opinion polls (1936) -pubop is the aggregation of individual opinions on a particular topic. Pubop is the sum of its individiual parts |
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-Was Gallup a populist?
-Gallup believed that polls did what 3 things? |
-Yes
1. Mandate form the people 2.Gave clarity and reliability to mass opinion 3.Defeated earlier, elitist arguments |
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Who are the two people that responed to Gallup?
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Herbert Blumer and Lindsay Rogers
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Blumer beleive that public opinion is not what?
-He beleives that pubop is the product of what? |
The aggregation of individual opinions
-Group interactions, shaped by social context |
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Blumer: What is preference falsificaiton? Preference conversion?
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-People will hide their true opinions to avoid ostracism
-In time, people will change their true opinions in response to social context |
