Public Opinion Polls

Here the authors present the variation that exists in income inequality across the states, and variation in public awareness or concern about income inequality as measured by public opinion polls. Though politicians may decide to tackle income inequality even in the absence of public concern about inequality, the authors argue that government responses are more likely when and where there is a growing awareness of, and concern about, inequality, which is confirmed in the analyses in this book. To examine this question in subsequent chapters, a novel measure of public awareness of rising state inequality is developed. Using these estimates, this chapter shows that the growth in the public concern about inequality responds in part to objective increases in inequality, but also that state political conditions, particularly mass partisanship, shape perceptions of inequality.

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Hated but still human: Metadehumanization leads to greater hostility than metaprejudice

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/1368430220979035 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136843022097903

Author(s):

Alexander P. Landry ◽

Elliott Ihm ◽

Jonathan W. Schooler

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

The Other ◽

Intergroup Conflict ◽

Negative Bias ◽

Intergroup Conflicts ◽

Underlying Mechanisms ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

Metadehumanization, the perception that members of an outgroup dehumanize your group, has been found to exacerbate intergroup conflict by inspiring reciprocal dehumanization of the offending outgroup. Moreover, metadehumanization is distinct from metaprejudice (i.e., the perception that an outgroup hates your group). Given the mutual animosity reported in public opinion polls toward the other side, we believed US–Russia relations would be a worthwhile context in which to extend this model. Therefore, we measured Americans’ levels of metadehumanization and metaprejudice of Russians to determine the association between these perceptions and their hostility toward Russians (Study 1). In this novel intergroup conflict, metadehumanization remained a consequential predictor of outgroup hostility over and above metaprejudice, suggesting that it can exacerbate a broader range of intergroup conflicts than those heretofore examined. Given these findings, we then sought to experimentally differentiate between metadehumanization and metaprejudice. In Study 2, we manipulated both metadehumanization and metaprejudice to (a) determine whether one or both cause greater outgroup hostility and (b) elucidate the underlying mechanisms by which they may produce this effect. Whereas metadehumanization produced greater hostility, metaprejudice did not. Moreover, although both metaperceptions inspired greater prejudice, only metadehumanization led to greater dehumanization. We conclude that metadehumanization may be a particularly potent fomenter of hostility because it inspires reciprocal dehumanization over and above more general negative bias.

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Introduction

German Politics & Society ◽

10.3167/gps.2018.360201 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Eric Lagenbacher

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Election Outcome ◽

The Political ◽

Special Issue ◽

Political Situation ◽

German Politics ◽

Left Party ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

Although it has not been that long since the articles of the previous special issue devoted to the 2017 Bundestag election and its aftermath have been published, the political situation in Germany appears to have stabilized. After almost six months without a new government, German politics has sunk back into a kind of late-Merkel era normality. Public opinion polls continue to show that the CDU/CSU is slightly above its election outcome, the SPD is still down in the 17–18 percent range, the FDP has lost about 2 percent of its support, while the AfD, Greens and Left Party are up 1–2 percent.

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Social contract in the era of the 90s

Inter ◽

10.19181/inter.2019.18.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (18) ◽

pp. 55-79

Author(s):

Elena Rozhdestvenskaya

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Social Contract ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Social Groups ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Russian Society ◽

Social Actors ◽

Social Contracts ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

The article deals with the changing social contract in the era of the 90s. Combined several levels of analysis: reconstruction of the era of the 90s by methods of public opinion polls and a qualitative analysis of narratives about the era of the 90s, representatives of various social groups (workers, employees / civil servants, entrepreneurs). If public opinion polls the most important events of the era, which made up the historical memory of the generation who participated in the changes of Russian society, the narratives of the 90s contain a description of the experience and reﬂection of social actors regarding the limits and possibilities of this era. The conceptual framework of the study describes the concept of a social contract as a balance of expectations between its performing individuals and social institutions. The social contract is operationalized as a set of action strategies that have been implemented by individuals and are the subject of their memories in the biographical interview mode. As a result of the study, a specifcation was made for representatives of the above-mentioned social groups of various social contracts that have undergone devaluation and changed during the 90s.

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Effects of Candidate Support Rates in Public Opinion Polls on News Coverages of Nationwide Newspapers and Broadcasters in Korea

Journal of Political Communication ◽

10.35731/kpca.2012..27.003 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol null (27) ◽

pp. 75-99

Author(s):

Byoungcheol Kim

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Candidate Support ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

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Public Opinion Polls and Experts in Election News

Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration ◽

10.13177/irpa.a.2016.12.1.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 127

Author(s):

Guðbjörg Hildur Kolbeins

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

News Media ◽

News Coverage ◽

Online News ◽

Parliamentary Election ◽

Radio Stations ◽

News Stories ◽

Election News ◽

Public Opinion Polls ◽

Opinion Polls

By employing the theoretical framework of framing, the present paper attempts to examine the Icelandic media’s coverage of the 2013 parliamentary election by paying particular attention to coverage of public opinion polls and the policies of the political parties, i.e. the “horse-race” frame and the issue frame, and to examine media’s reliance on experts for interpretation of election news. Seven online news media, two newspapers, two radio stations and two television channels were monitored for 25 days prior to Election Day, i.e. from April 2 to April 26, 2013, - resulting in 1377 election news stories. The findings show, for example, that 29.8% of all the election news stories had public opinion polls as their primary angle while 12% of the stories were primarily issue-oriented. In addition, the media rely on experts for interpretation of the polls; five of the 10 most interviewed or quoted sources on public opinion surveys were political science experts who were affiliated with universities. Finally, news coverage of polls was generally amplified as media outlets had a tendency to report on public opinion polls that were commissioned by other media.

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