1st Edition
The Poll With A Human Face The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1996, the National Issues Convention (NIC) assembled a national sample of 459 Americans on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. This diverse group of Americans was seen and heard nationally. They spent three days in small group discussions of major public issues and participated in two live PBS telecasts moderated by Jim Lehrer where they questioned Vice President Al Gore and four... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: The National Issues Convention. J.S. Fishkin, R.C. Luskin, Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue. T.W. Smith, The Delegates' Experience. R. Hart, S. Jarvis, We the People: The Contours of Lay Political Discourse. Part II: The News Media. D.R. Boldt, Through the Eyes of a True Believer. D.B. Merritt, A (Largely Missed) Learning Opportunity. A. Reynolds, Local Television Coverage of the NIC. D.S. Evatt, Prologue to Diverging Patterns of Election Year Coverage. K.A. Rasinski, N.M. Bradburn, D. Lauen, Effects of NIC Media Coverage Among the Public. Part III: The Larger Setting. R.P. Daves, Deliberative Polling--Fitting the Tool to the Job. S. Herbst, The Cultivation of Conversation. M. McCombs, A. Reynolds, Enhancing Grassroots Democracy. Appendices: Interviewer-Administered Questionnaire Self-Administered Questionnaire: National Opinion Research Center. The National Issues Convention Schedule.
Biography
Maxwell Mccombs, Amy Reynolds
"By assembling this broad, stimulating collection--including studies of how delegates were recruited and how public journalism advocates covered the NIC and the early presidential campaign--McCombs and Reynolds have provided us with the most thorough examination to date of a remarkable event."
—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
