Reporting public opinion : how the media turns boring polls into biased news /: how the media turns boring polls into biased news. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erik Gahner Larsen, Zoltán Fazekas.
• Authors: Larsen, Erik Gahner; Fazekas, Zoltán
• Contents: 1. Bringing public opinion to the public: from polls to media coverage.- 2. The four steps of poll coverage: creating, selecting, reporting, and responding.- 3. Explaining how media outlets select opinion polls: the role of change.- 4. Characteristics of opinion poll reporting: creating the change narrative.- 5. Reactions and implications: how do the elite and the public respond to polls?.- 6. Alternatives to opinion polls: no polls, vox pop, poll aggregators and social media.- 7. Conclusion: How the media could report opinion polls.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 302.23; Mass media -- Objectivity; Public opinion; Mass media and public opinion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030753504
• Related ISBNs: 9783030753498
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