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Constructing public opinion : how politicians and the media misrepresent the public / Media Education Foundation ; director, Susan Ericsson ; executive producer, Sut Jhally.
Annenberg Circulation Desk HM1236 .C65 2002
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Justin, 1958- Constructing public opinion, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lewis, Justin--Film adaptations.
- Lewis, Justin.
- Public opinion.
- Public opinion--United States.
- United States.
- Mass media and public opinion--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Political aspects.
- Mass media--United States--Influence.
- Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
- Mass media--Social aspects.
- Political psychology.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- How politicians and the media misrepresent the public
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 2002.
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Political perceptions
- Economic forces
- Media coverage
- The phantom liberal
- Military omissions
- Democratic ideals
- End credits.
- Participant:
- Presenter, Justin Lewis.
- Credits:
- Editor, Susan Ericsson ; graphics, Kara Gregson-Goodhind ; camera, Susan Ericsson, Kelly Garner ; research, Rachel Frisius-Henderson ; title music, "Testify" by Rage Against the Machine.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 2001.
- Based on Justin Lewis's book Constructing public opinion, Columbia University Press, 2001.
- Special features: Previews (112 min.); About MEF [text feature].
- ISBN:
- 1893521427
- 9781893521421
- OCLC:
- 51243939
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