000351721 000__ 02803cam\a2200445\a\4500 000351721 001__ 351721 000351721 005__ 20220524123535.0 000351721 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000351721 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000351721 008__ 110526s2011\\\\mdua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000351721 010__ $$z2010042442 000351721 020__ $$a9781442209343$$q(electronic book) 000351721 020__ $$z9780742562554 000351721 020__ $$z9781442209343 000351721 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn701052777 000351721 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10444482 000351721 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$cN$T$$dYDXCP$$dEBLCP$$dOUN$$dCDX$$dE7B$$dOCLCQ$$dMHW$$dTUU$$dOCLCQ$$dGPM 000351721 043__ $$an-us--- 000351721 05014 $$aHN90.P8$$bS53 2011eb 000351721 08204 $$a303.3/80973$$222 000351721 1001_ $$aSimon, Adam F.,$$d1965- 000351721 24510 $$aMass informed consent$$h[electronic resource] :$$bevidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media /$$cAdam F. Simon. 000351721 260__ $$aLanham, Md. :$$bRowman & Littlefield,$$cc2011. 000351721 300__ $$a1 online resource (v, 231 p.) :$$bill. 000351721 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000351721 5050_ $$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. 000351721 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000351721 520__ $$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. 000351721 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000351721 650_0 $$aPublic opinion$$zUnited States. 000351721 650_0 $$aPublic opinion polls$$zUnited States. 000351721 650_0 $$aMass media and public opinion$$zUnited States. 000351721 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zUnited States. 000351721 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2001-2009$$xPublic opinion. 000351721 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2009-2017$$xPublic opinion. 000351721 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSimon, Adam F., 1965-$$tMass informed consent.$$dLanham, Md. : Rowman & Litttlefield, 2011$$z9780742562554$$w(DLC) 2010042442$$w(OCoLC)668990525 000351721 8520_ $$bacq 000351721 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000351721 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=654156$$zOnline Access 000351721 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:351721$$pGLOBAL_SET 000351721 980__ $$aEBOOK 000351721 980__ $$aBIB 000351721 982__ $$aEbook 000351721 983__ $$aOnline