LEADER 05826oam 2200721M 450 001 9910797207003321 005 20230808211627.0 010 $a1-315-66335-X 010 $a1-317-34585-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315663357 035 $a(CKB)3710000000443716 035 $a(EBL)3569786 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001573050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16226744 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14840919 035 $a(PQKB)11597445 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569786 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3569786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11077696 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL809315 035 $a(OCoLC)929510673 035 $a(OCoLC)970392879 035 $a(OCoLC)999745390 035 $a(OCoLC-P)999745390 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315663357 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000443716 100 $a20150723h20162006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeople and their opinions $ethinking critically about public opinion /$fEric Shiraev, Richard Sobel 210 1$aLondon [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aRestrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password. 311 $a1-138-45894-5 311 $a0-321-07898-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature of Public Opinion""; ""What Is Public Opinion?""; ""Types of Public Opinion""; ""A Case in Point 1.1: Elitist Commentators or Next-Door Neighbors?""; ""Public Opinion and Society""; ""Social Value of Opinion Polls""; ""Practical Value""; ""Comparative Value""; ""A Case in Point 1.2: Specific Opinions on Particular Policies""; ""A Case in Point 1.3: When Pollsters and Their Sponsors "Go Wrong"""; ""Political and Ideological Value"" 327 $a""Overall Resistance to Polling""""Government: Does Public Opinion Matter?""; ""Two Views on Government and Polls""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: Factors Mediating Public Opinion's Influence on Policy""; ""Political Structure: Institutions and Communications""; ""Political Landscape and Elections""; ""Political Participation""; ""Assignment 1.1: Proliferating Information Sources""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 2 Measurement of Opinion""; ""Measurement and Human Expression""; ""Steps in Survey Research""; ""Sample Selection""; ""Types of Sampling"" 327 $a""Sampling Error""""Sampling and Accuracy of Polls""; ""A Case in Point 2.1: The 1948 Polling Disaster""; ""A Case in Point 2.2: The Use of Nonrepresentative Samples""; ""Looking for Linkages""; ""Surveys""; ""Survey Questions""; ""Structure and Order of Questions""; ""A Case in Point 2.3: The Way Questions Are Asked""; ""Hazy, Knotty, Corny, and Other Bad Questions""; ""Question Translation""; ""Non-Survey Methods""; ""Experiment""; ""Content Analysis""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Meta-Analysis: Research on Research""; ""Qualitative Approaches""; ""A Case in Point 2.4: Culture-Bound Surveys"" 327 $a""Assignment 2.1: Problems with Questions""""Assignment 2.2: Errors in Sampling""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 3 Thinking Critically About People's Opinions""; ""Critical Thinking about Polls""; ""Thinking About a Survey's Context""; ""Circumstances Surrounding a Survey""; ""The Way the Question Is Asked""; ""Thinking About Bias in Survey Interpretation""; ""Be Aware of Your Own Prejudgments""; ""Be Aware of Respondents' Assumptions""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: "Right" and "Wrong" Issues""; ""Wording: Look Critically at Descriptions"" 327 $a""Pay Attention to Labels""""Question Secondary Sources""; ""Be Aware of Dichotomous and Continuous Variables""; ""A Case in Point 3.1: Headlines About Survey Results""; ""Explanations: Understanding Sources of Opinions""; ""Know How to Interpret Correlations and Co-appearances""; ""Look for Many Causes""; ""A Case in Point 3.2: What the "Average" American Thinks About Correlation and Causation""; ""Assignment 3.1: Similarities and Differences""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 4 Attitudes and Opinions""; ""The Nature of Attitudes"" 327 $a""A Case in Point 4.1: Culture and Attitudes"" 330 $aUtilizing both a critical thinking approach and a comparative perspective throughout the text, Sobel and Shiraev provide comprehensive coverage of public opinion while also teaching students the basic skills necessary for measurement, understanding, and interpreting. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this text provides a unique and practical introduction to the field of public opinion. The book begins by schooling the reader in how to think critically and then helps students apply those techniques as they encounter the concepts of public opinion. The text also employs a comparative perspective, demonstrating the effect and nature of public opinion in other countries while also placing American public opinion in context. 606 $aPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical socialization 615 0$aPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aPolitical socialization. 676 $a303.3/8 700 $aShiraev$b Eric$f1960-$0988251 702 $aSobel$b Richard$c(Writer on national security), 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797207003321 996 $aPeople and their opinions$93732861 997 $aUNINA