TY  - GEN
N2  - The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. Addressing issues such as the role the media play in "manufacturing consent" for political elites, what polls really tell us about public opinion, and what Americans actually think about politics, the program provides a new way to think about the relationship between politics, media and the public.
AB  - The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. Addressing issues such as the role the media play in "manufacturing consent" for political elites, what polls really tell us about public opinion, and what Americans actually think about politics, the program provides a new way to think about the relationship between politics, media and the public.
T1  - Constructing public opinionhow politicians and the media misrepresent the public /
DA  - 2002.
CY  - Northampton, MA :
AU  - Lewis, Justin,
AU  - Ericsson, Susan.
AU  - Jhally, Sut.
CN  - HM1236
CN  - HM1236
PB  - Media Education Foundation,
PP  - Northampton, MA :
LA  - eng
LA  - In English with optional subtitles in English.
PY  - 2002.
N1  - Originally produced in 2001.
N1  - Based on Justin Lewis's book Constructing public opinion, Columbia University Press, 2001.
N1  - Special features: Previews (112 min.); About MEF [text feature].
ID  - 455431
KW  - Public opinion.
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Mass media and public opinion
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political psychology.
SN  - 1893521427
SN  - 9781893521421
TI  - Constructing public opinionhow politicians and the media misrepresent the public /
ER  -