Diana C. Mutz

Impersonal Influence

How Perceptions of Mass Collectives Affect Political Attitudes
Herausgeber: Chong, Dennis; Kuklinski, James H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about how people are affected by their perceptions of the collective opinions of others and implications for the quality of public opinion and the accountability of political leaders in a mass mediated democracy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780521637268
• ISBN-10: 0521637260
• Artikelnr.: 21135771

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Theory and Historical Context: 1. The generalized other: social influence in contemporary American politics
2. Beyond personal Influence: the rise of impersonal associations
3. The origin of perceptions of mass collectives: mass media's role
Part II. Effects of Perceptions of Mass Experience: 4. The politicization of personal and collective experience
5. Connecting the personal and the political: media as facilitator or inhibitor?
Part III. Effects of Perceptions of Mass Opinion: 6. When does success succeed? A review of the evidence
7. The social psychology of impersonal influence from collective opinion
8. The role of collective opinion in individual judgment: processes and effects
Part IV. Conclusion
9. Impersonal influence and the mass society tradition
Appendix: Methodology
References
Index.