News and Public Opinion: Public Opinion and Democratic Competence

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News and Public Opinion: Public Opinion and Democratic Competence

Reading for Week 8 – Civic Engagement/Malaise

Connecting, News, Public Opinion and Information

Public Opinion as Considered

Democratic Competence

Debates over Democratic Competence

Lippman, Walter – Elite Democracy

Anthony Downs - An Economic Theory of Democracy (1957)

Making Due – “Gut Rationality”

Deliberative Opinion Polls

Learning about Politics (Chaffee and Kanihan) – Review Essay

Content Analysis – 9/11 events

categories/topics

Dissent opinions/pro-war

Barbara Allen, et al. 1994. “The Media and the Gulf War: Framing, Priming, and the Spiral of Silence” Polity 27:255:284.

Author: Banducci