People and Their Opinions

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Title: People and Their Opinions
Description: Utilizing 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.
Authors: Eric B. Shiraev, Richard Sobel
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Public opinion, Public opinion--United States, Political socialization
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Communication
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Utilizing 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.
ISBN:9780321078988
9781138458949
9781317345855
9781317345862
9781315663357