Impersonal Influence - How Perceptions of Mass Collectives Affect Political Attitudes

Klappentext This book is about how people are affected by their perceptions of the collective opinions of others. Zusammenfassung This book is about how people are affected by their perceptions of the collective opinions of others. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Theory and Historical Context: 1. The generalized other: social influence in contemporary American politics; 2. Beyond personal Influence: the rise of impersonal associations; 3. The origin of perceptions of mass collectives: mass media's role; Part II. Effects of Perceptions of Mass Experience: 4. The politicization of personal and collective experience; 5. Connecting the personal and the political: media as facilitator or inhibitor?; Part III. Effects of Perceptions of Mass Opinion: 6. When does success succeed? A review of the evidence; 7. The social psychology of impersonal influence from collective opinion; 8. The role of collective opinion in individual judgment: processes and effects; Part IV. Conclusion; 9. Impersonal influence and the mass society tradition; Appendix: Methodology; References; Index.

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• Authors: Diana C. Mutz, Diana C. (University of Wisconsin Mutz
• Assisted by: Dennis Chong (Editor), James H. Kuklinski (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.1998
• EAN: 9780521637268
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63726-8
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Political
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas