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Political polling in the digital age : the challenge of measuring and understanding public opinion / edited by Kirby Goidel ; introduction by Charlie Cook.

Title
Political polling in the digital age : the challenge of measuring and understanding public opinion / edited by Kirby Goidel ; introduction by Charlie Cook.
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Goidel, Robert K., 1967-
Description
viii, 146 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Media & public affairs
Uniform Title
  • Media & public affairs.
  • Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Digital media > Political aspects > United States
  • Internet
  • Mass media and public opinion > United States
  • Opinieonderzoek
  • Public opinion polls > United States
  • Publieke opinie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: the meaning and measure of public opinion / Charlie Cook -- Public opinion polling in a digital age: meaning and measurement / Kirby Goidel -- Public opinion polling and its problems / Scott Keeter -- Can I trust this poll? / Mark Blumenthal -- Poll-centered news coverage: causes and consequences / Johanna Dunaway -- (Un)numbered voices? Reconsidering the meaning of public opinion in a digital age / Susan Herbst -- Too much talk, not enough action? Political expression in a digital age / Kirby Goidel, Ashley Kirzinger, and Michael Xenos -- Alternatives to polling / Anna Greenberg -- Transitioning into a new era of public opinion research / Kirby Goidel.
ISBN
  • 9780807138298 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0807138290 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780807137833 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0807137839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010043002