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020 _a9781442685482
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024 7 _a10.3138/9781442685482
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442685482
035 _a(DE-B1597)497071
035 _a(OCoLC)1078908447
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aSOC026000
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082 0 4 _a303.3/80971
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _abutler, peter m
_eautore
245 1 0 _aPolling and Public Opinion :
_bA Canadian Perspective /
_cpeter m. butler.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2007]
264 4 _c©2007
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe importance of polling public opinion is widely recognized today. Indeed, it is sometimes argued that in mass societies, polls have also become an important medium for communicating ideas and beliefs, especially since many people have become less involved in community organizations and interest groups that formerly connected them to events and issues. Polling and Public Opinion examines the impact that polls have on the thoughts and behaviour of the public.Peter M. Butler considers the power of public opinion polls as an element of mass persuasion in media stories, advertising, and government policy. Using such controversial issues as free trade, health care, same-sex marriage, and national security, Butler argues that popular opinion on such hot-button topics as these can be guided and changed according to how polls are interpreted for and presented to the public. As well as analyzing the impact of polls on the public, Butler is concerned with demystifying the methods by which opinions are collected, showing that the techniques used to determine public opinion can be just as selective as those by which the results are disseminated.Focusing on many of the vital topics of our time, Polling and Public Opinion is an in-depth look at the rise of one of the most important but least understood methods by which politicians and governments gauge the popular will.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aPublic opinion polls
_vTextbooks.
650 0 _aPublic opinion polls.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zCanada
_vTextbooks.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zCanada.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442685482
856 4 2 _3Cover
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