The Construction of Public Opinion in a Digital Age

by Catherine Happer

This book presents a new conceptual model for understanding the role of the media in the construction of public knowledge, belief and opinion in the context of a radically changed communications infrastructure. Drawing on a series of empirical studies conducted over nearly a decade, Happer deploys evidence of a 'disconnect' between neoliberal media and the public which is rooted in a disaffection with a mainstream political culture which has failed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526180227
• ISBN13: 9781526180223
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"