Matters of Opinion: Talking about Public Issues

by Greg Myers

Book Overview

Matters of Opinion offers an interesting insight into 'public opinion' as reported in the media, asking where these opinions actually come from, and how they have their effects. Drawing on the analysis of conversations from focus groups, phone-ins and broadcast interviews with members of the public, Greg Myers argues that we must go back to these encounters, asking questions such as what members of the public thought they were being asked, who they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521793122
• ISBN13: 9780521793124
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"