...Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippman, is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially the irrational, and often self-serving, social perceptions that influence individual behavior, and prevent optimal societal cohesion. The descriptions of the cognitive limitations people face in comprehending their socio-political and cultural environments, proposes that people must inevitably apply an evolving catalogue of general stereotypes to a complex reality, rendered Public Opinion a seminal text in the fields of media studies, political science, and social psychology. Read full entry
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Public Opinion?
One reason why public policy
often differs from public
opinion is that:
A. public opinion polling is
not always accurate
B. public opinion polling
tends to express the opinions
of a political elite
C. public opinion is easier to
gage than public policy
D. public opinion tends to be
more stable than public policy
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What should politicians do if Which way should a politician
do if the majority is wrong?
The right thing or what the
public wants to happen? Doing
the right thing will make life
better for everyone but going
against public opinion might
start a riot or worse -
loosing re-election.
Is there a way for a
politician to do the right
thing without loosing
re-election? Why does the
public hate it if a politician
does the right thing?
Shouldn't doing the right
thing = more votes? Right now,
doing the right thing = lost
votes.
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Public opinion is right. A politian who who thinks he knows more than the majority of the people is a danger to freedom. |
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How to link Habermas theories "Public Opinion is made up of
those opinions held by private
persons which institutions
find it purdent to heed?" does
this sentence mean that
institions such as APEC will
not accept or take all the
public opinons into
consideration? How to link
this to the Habermasian
theories?
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They take them all they can into consideration and then take the ones to their best advantage. In other words they don't see consider consideration as the need to be consciderate. Although they consider their own considerations. lol That is so often the case in a competitive world view/system. A more balanced system considers all people and future consquences or any other factors for the best overall decisions. |
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