%0 Journal Article %1 DouglasM._McLeod07011992 %A McLeod, Douglas M. %A Hertog, James K. %D 1992 %J Discourse Society %K informazione movimenti news opinione proteste pubblica %N 3 %P 259-275 %R 10.1177/0957926592003003001 %T The Manufacture of `Public Opinion' by Reporters: Informal Cues for Public Perceptions of Protest Groups %U http://das.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/3/3/259 %V 3 %X This study examines how conceptions of `public opinion' are embedded within news-coverage of social protests at two levels: the micro-level in terms of informal characterizations of public opinion and the macro-level in terms of general conceptions of public opinion. At the micro-level, public opinion is brought into news stories in a variety of ways, including: statements about public opinion, depictions of compliance with or violation of social norms and laws, and portrayals of bystanders as symbols for public reaction. At the macro-level, coverage may have an underlying conception of public opinion as (1) aggregated individual opinion, (2) attempts of various groups to affect public policy and (3) a mechanism of social control. This case study of mainstream and alternative media coverage of three anarchist protests reveals differences at both the micro-descriptive and macro-conceptual levels.

@article{DouglasM._McLeod07011992, abstract = {This study examines how conceptions of `public opinion' are embedded within news-coverage of social protests at two levels: the micro-level in terms of informal characterizations of public opinion and the macro-level in terms of general conceptions of public opinion. At the micro-level, public opinion is brought into news stories in a variety of ways, including: statements about public opinion, depictions of compliance with or violation of social norms and laws, and portrayals of bystanders as symbols for public reaction. At the macro-level, coverage may have an underlying conception of public opinion as (1) aggregated individual opinion, (2) attempts of various groups to affect public policy and (3) a mechanism of social control. This case study of mainstream and alternative media coverage of three anarchist protests reveals differences at both the micro-descriptive and macro-conceptual levels. }, added-at = {2007-12-01T00:21:55.000+0100}, author = {McLeod, Douglas M. and Hertog, James K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27f0e01307c285849c2208683204c11bb/mbinotto}, description = {The Manufacture of `Public Opinion' by Reporters: Informal Cues for Public Perceptions of Protest Groups -- McLeod and Hertog 3 (3): 259 -- Discourse & Society}, doi = {10.1177/0957926592003003001}, eprint = {http://das.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/3/3/259.pdf}, interhash = {26090a4586c81140bdb0ddd54950ecd6}, intrahash = {7f0e01307c285849c2208683204c11bb}, journal = {Discourse Society}, keywords = {informazione movimenti news opinione proteste pubblica}, number = 3, pages = {259-275}, timestamp = {2008-12-13T06:47:23.000+0100}, title = {{The Manufacture of `Public Opinion' by Reporters: Informal Cues for Public Perceptions of Protest Groups}}, url = {http://das.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/3/3/259}, volume = 3, year = 1992 }