1st Edition

The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Reconsidered What Determines Public Opinion?

Edited By Jeffrey Friedman Copyright 2015
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

In the Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992), John Zaller set out one of the most influential models of opinion formation: he presented the public as a pliable instrument of political elites, who are able to garner support simply by sending "cues" through the mass media telling Republicans or Democrats, for example, what "the" Republican or Democratic position is on a given issue.... Read more

1. Beyond Cues and Political Elites: The Forgotten Zaller Jeffrey Friedman  2. The Political Education of John Zaller Larry M. Bartels  3. Limits of Elite Influence on Public Opinion Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy and George E. Marcus  4. Political Values and Political Awareness Paul Goren  5. Should the Mass Public Follow Elite Opinion? It Depends . . . Jennifer L. Hochschild  6. The Psychological Veracity of Zaller’s Model Cindy D. Kam  7. What Nature and Origins Leaves Out John Zaller

Biography

Jeffrey Friedman, a visiting scholar in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA, received an MA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, USA. He is the editor of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.