001397650 000__ 02784cam\a2200445\a\4500 001397650 001__ 1397650 001397650 005__ 20220524123545.0 001397650 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001397650 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001397650 008__ 220524s2011\\\\mdua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001397650 010__ $$z2010042442 001397650 020__ $$a9781442209343$$q(electronic book) 001397650 020__ $$z9780742562554 001397650 020__ $$z9781442209343 001397650 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn701052777 001397650 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10444482 001397650 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$cN$T$$dYDXCP$$dEBLCP$$dOUN$$dCDX$$dE7B$$dOCLCQ$$dMHW$$dTUU$$dOCLCQ$$dGPM 001397650 043__ $$an-us--- 001397650 05014 $$aHN90.P8$$bS53 2011eb 001397650 08204 $$a303.3/80973$$222 001397650 1001_ $$aSimon, Adam F.,$$d1965- 001397650 24510 $$aMass informed consent$$h[electronic resource] :$$bevidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media /$$cAdam F. Simon. 001397650 260__ $$aLanham, Md. :$$bRowman & Littlefield,$$cc2011. 001397650 300__ $$a1 online resource (v, 231 p.) :$$bill. 001397650 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001397650 5050_ $$aWho deserves the blame for invading Iraq (and other mistakes)? -- The yes, no and don't knows of political polling -- Gently introducing science, starring the median voter model and a test of citizens' independence -- Why do Americans favor some things yet oppose others? and, explaining Republican success against partial birth abortion -- Questions are just as important as answers, particularly in a study of public opinion on the Iraq invasion -- Debunking manipulation myths, featuring the infamous harry and louise -- Political reforms and thoughts on media old and new. 001397650 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001397650 520__ $$aPublic opinion polling permeates today's politics, yet many seem suspicious of polls and skeptical in their prominence, fearing that overreliance on public opinion amounts to pandering or that pollsters can manipulate a feeble public. In this book Adam Simon argues that democracy requires that government listen to the public and that sample surveys are the finest democratic technology yet devised. He lays out the fundamentals of public opinion research and illustrates his discussion of the science of polling with recent political hot button issues as case studies. 001397650 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001397650 650_0 $$aPublic opinion$$zUnited States. 001397650 650_0 $$aPublic opinion polls$$zUnited States. 001397650 650_0 $$aMass media and public opinion$$zUnited States. 001397650 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zUnited States. 001397650 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2001-2009$$xPublic opinion. 001397650 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2009-2017$$xPublic opinion. 001397650 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSimon, Adam F., 1965-$$tMass informed consent.$$dLanham, Md. : Rowman & Litttlefield, 2011$$z9780742562554$$w(DLC) 2010042442$$w(OCoLC)668990525 001397650 8520_ $$bacq 001397650 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 001397650 85640 $$3EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=354954$$zOnline Access 001397650 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:351721$$pGLOBAL_SET 001397650 980__ $$aEBOOK 001397650 980__ $$aBIB 001397650 982__ $$aEbook 001397650 983__ $$aOnline