Constructing public opinion : how politicians and the media misrepresent the public
(2014, original release: 2001)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file, 32 min.)
ISBN/ISSN
1041532
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Director, editor, Susan Ericsson; executive producer, Sut Jhally
Political theorist Justin Lewis examines how polling data presented in the media do not simply reflect what Americans think, but construct public opinion itself. Exploding the myth that most Americans are moderate or conservative, Constructing Public Opinion demonstrates how political elites help to promote militarism, and how mainstream media sustain an electoral system with a built-in bias against the interests of ordinary people
Presenter, Justin Lewis
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2001
Grade 9+
Higher education
Mode of access: World Wide Web