Title: Voice of the people; readings in public opinion and propaganda
Authors: Christenson, Reo M. 1918-2015; McWilliams, Robert Owen, 1921-; McWilliams, Robert O.,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill,
Year: 1962
Subjects: Public opinion; Propaganda.
Contents: The ubiquity and power of public opinion / James Bryce -- The public opinion process / W. Phillips Davison -- The need for minority acquiescence in a democracy / A. Lawrence Lowell -- The value of public opinion as a social myth / Pendleton Herring -- The allegory of the cave / Plato -- The adjustive functions of opinion / M. Brewster Smith, Jerome S. Bruner, Robert W. White -- The concentric rings of culture / Stuart Chase -- Characterological determinants / Gabriel A. Almond -- Group determinants of voting behavior / Bernard R. Berelson, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, William N. McPhee -- Public opinion and social class / Arthur Kornhauser -- On the extent of opinions founded upon authority / George Cornewall Lewis -- The springs of human action / Bertrand Russell -- On the motivations of converts to mass movements / Eric Hoffer -- A self-analysis of a conversion to communism / Arthur Koestler -- The influence of events upon public opinion / Frank V. Cantwell --^