… of public opinion in the press leads to a consideration of the use of the term public opinion, …
among the range of permissible opinion, the ruling opinion, and the collective judgment of …

… Public opinion too must matter if we are to regard it worth description. A story of public opinion
as it influences grand movements of public pol… that change at the margin of public opinion …

… He saw no prospect that the whole invisible environment would be so clear to all people
that they would spontaneously arrive at sound public opinions on the whole business of …

… This interest in attitudes and such closely related notions as public opinion is hardly restricted
to social psychologists: these are key concepts for pollsters, sociologists, political scientists…

… The main research question is: does public opinion reliably influence policy change? Given
the need … There is strong evidence that policymakers respond to changes in public opinion. …

… , a discussion of public opinion in politics is a subject nearly as vast as that of public opinion
more broadly speaking. And a commission to discuss its changing conception over 50 years …

… relations counsel, he argued, specialized in understanding the public mind and knowing
how to create those circumstances that would gain public attention to consolidate public opinion…

… of interests before the agency, the role of the media, public opinion, and the caliber and
good-will of agency officials. More dramatic changes might be called for as well.70 Nevertheless, …

… construction of public opinion, in two different senses. Part one deals with how public opinion
is … Part one is therefore concerned with how public opinion is represented. Part two looks at …

… This book is about that public opinion response. Its most basic premise is that although
public opinion rarely matters in a democracy, public opinion change is the exception. …