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Cover; Half-title; Series title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Transcription conventions; Focus-group data; Chapter 1 Paradoxes of opinion; Chapter 2 A tool kit for analysing group discussions; Chapter 3 Forums for opinion: 'What is it that's going on here?'; Chapter 4 Institutions of opinion: voice of the people?; Chapter 5 Topics in interaction: 'Why that now?'; Chapter 6 Agreeing and disagreeing: maintaining sociable argument; Chapter 7 Representing speech: other voices, other places; Chapter 8 Questioning expertise: Who says?

An introduction to a double issue on "The Shaping of Public Opinion" explores the powerful impact of the media on perceptions of political reality & the lack of attention public-opinion researchers have given to the media as the source of people's stereotypes about the political world. It is maintained that ideas about what best serves a person's economic, racial, or gender interests are generally acquired from the mass media. Consideration is given to the importance of studying the impact of corporate owners on media content & the possibility that the receipt of different cultural messages is responsible for people's differing opinions. The nature of political knowledge is discussed, along with the fallacy of political debate; problematic aspects of expert authorities; & the media's ability to disseminate political myths. It is concluded that bringing the media back into the study of public opinion will require replacing interests with stereotypes produced by the media & other cultural mediators, & acknowledging the pervasiveness of ignorance of the world. A synopsis of each chapter is included. 14 References. J. Lindroth

The rapid development of new technologies and their impressive communication capacity has fundamentally changed modern democracy by providing easy and universal access to information, as well as increasing participation and accessibility of political involvement tools. One of the electoral participation tools is e-voting which has been used in only a few countries. The main aim of the paper is to explore whether and how e-voting has been presented in Polish mass media (1), as well as to investigate people's opinions about e-voting against certain political factors (2). The research is based on a media content analysis (quantitative and qualitative), data collected via the Content Analysis System for Television (CAST) and a quantitative analysis of data from a survey conducted by the authors (2018, sample: 1717 Poles). The results of the analyses show that the debate on the implementation of e-voting is rather poor, but the support for e-voting among Poles remains considerable. The public media rhetoric is interlinked with attitudes towards political parties. To some extent, determinants are reflected in the public opinion on the implementation of e-voting since Poles declare both their support for the introduction of e-voting and willingness to vote online. ; Brzi razvoj novih tehnologija i njihov impresivan komunikacijski kapacitet iz temelja su promijenili modernu demokraciju pružajući jednostavan i općenit pristup informacijama, kao i sve veće sudjelovanje i dostupnost alata za političko sudjelovanje. Jedan od alata za sudjelovanje na izborima je e-glasanje koje se koristilo samo u nekoliko zemalja. Glavni cilj rada je istražiti je li i kako e-glasovanje predstavljeno u poljskim masovnim medijima (1), kao i istražiti mišljenja ljudi o e-glasovanju protiv određenih političkih čimbenika (2). Istraživanje se temelji na analizi medijskog sadržaja (kvantitativnoj i kvalitativnoj), podacima prikupljenim putem Sustava za analizu sadržaja za televiziju (CAST) i kvantitativnoj analizi podataka iz ankete koju su proveli autori (2018, uzorak: 1717 Poljaka). Rezultati analiza pokazuju da je rasprava o provedbi e-glasanja prilično loša, ali podrška za e-glasanje među Poljacima ostaje značajna. Retorika javnih medija povezana je sa stavovima prema političkim strankama. Donekle se odrednice odražavaju u javnom mnijenju o provedbi e-glasovanja, budući da Poljaci izjavljuju i svoju potporu uvođenju e-glasovanja i spremnost za glasanje putem interneta.

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