Noelle-Newmann's classic on public opinion as a form of social control was originally published in German in 1980 and first published in English in 1984. This revised edition adds three new chapters to summarize ongoing research, new findings, and new developments. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This volume details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world.
′Some of the most experienced and thoughtful research experts in the world have contributed to this comprehensive Handbook, which should have a place on every serious survey researcher′s bookshelf′ - Sir Robert Worcester, Founder of ...
The essays in this volume reveal that political communication is a hybrid field with complex ancestry, permeable boundaries, and interests that overlap with those of related fields such as political sociology, public opinion, rhetoric, ...
In Surveying Subjective Phenomena, edited by Charles F. Turner and Elizabeth Martin, vol. 2, pp. 215-255. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Social Security Bulletin. 1987a. Annual Statistical Supplement.
Few authors have considered the role of women in Colombia during this wartime period, and Sánchez-Blake's nuanced exploration of gender and sexism—framed by conflict and social upheaval—distinguishes the novel.
Cantwell Smith was one of the first theologians to make all this clear to me, in such books as Faith and Belief and Belief in History. I remember the extraordinary sense of relief I felt when I read in his somewhat dry, scholarly prose ...
This volume provides an overview of communication study, offering theoretical coverage of the broad scope of communication study as well as integrating theory with research.
... Science (San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, 1964). For an exposition of the nature and advantages of theories formulated as sets of systematic and linked axiomatic propositions, see George Caspar Homans, ...
Drawing on examples from newspapers and comedy shows to novels, children's stories, and film, the book travels back and forth across different levels of social life, and from everyday moments to large-scale historical events.
Bryant, J., & Brown, D. (1989). Uses of pornography. In D. Zillmann & J. Bryant (Eds.), Pornography: Research advances & policy considerations (pp. 25–55). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bryant, J., Fondren, W., & Bryant, ...