W Phillips Davison
Biographic Data
| ID | 278876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Phillips Davison |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Phillips |
| FAMILY NAME | Davison |
| SIGNATURE | DAVISON W P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 446 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1947 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Correspondence of Sir Philip Sidney, Vol. 2
The Third-Person Effect Revisited
Journal Article THE THIRD-PERSON EFFECT REVISITED Get access W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 8, Issue 2, SUMMER 1996, Pages 113–119, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/8.2.113 Published: 01 July 1996
Miscellaneous Observations on the History of International Opinion Research From Earliest Times Almost to the Present
Journal Article MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH FROM EARLIEST TIMES ALMOST TO THE PRESENT Get access W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, SPRING 1992, Pages 71–87, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/4.1.71 Published: 01 March 1992
In Memoriam: Robert T. Bower, 1919-1990
Journal Article Robert T. Bower, 1991–1990 Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. PHILLIPS DAVISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 55, Issue 1, SPRING 1991, Pages 128–130, https://doi.org/10.1086/269244 Published: 01 January 1991
The Future Study of Public Opinion: A Symposium
A Story of the Poq's Fifty-Year Odyssey
This is a story—a true one, it is hoped—but not a history. The writer, having served as editor of the POQ and having been acquainted with all its other editors, several of whom he counts among his close friends, makes no protestations of disinterestedness. Further, he has relied heavily on his own memory and the memories of others for information about subjects for which documentary sources are either nonexistent or difficult of access. Errors of…
Terrorism: Future threats and responses
In Memoriam: Archibald Maddock Crossley, 1896-1985
Journal Article Archibald Maddock Crossley, 1896–1985 Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVIDSON W. PHILLIPS DAVIDSON Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 49, Issue 3, FALL 1985, Pages 396–397, https://doi.org/10.1086/268937 Published: 01 January 1985
The Third-Person Effect in Communication
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Resolving Nationality Conflicts: The Role of Public Opinion Research
A Perspective on Communication Research
Verbal Behavior and Politics. Doris A. Graber
Mass Media: Systems and Effects
Diplomatic Reporting: Rules of the Game
Journal Article Diplomatic Reporting: Rules of the Game Get access W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison 1W. Phillips Davison is Professor of Journalism and Sociology at Columbia University. His most recent book is Mass Communication Research, edited in collaboration with Frederick T. C. Yu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 4, December 1975, Pages 138–146, https:/…
The Uses of Television
The Uses of Television W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 3, Fall 1974, Pages 436–438, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/38.3.436 Published: 01 January 1974
News Media and International Negotiation
It is widely recognized that leaks can hamper international negotiations, but the ability of publicity to promote agreement among nations has received less attention. This article argues that the press contributes to international agreement insofar as it illuminates the issues under negotiation, helps to ensure intra-governmental coordination, links governments with interested publics, and provides supplementary communication channels for diploma…
Introductory Note
Journal Article DIRECTIONS IN MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: A SYMPOSIUM Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Frederick T. C. Yu Frederick T. C. Yu Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 4, WINTER 1973, Pages 507–508, https://doi.org/10.1086/268108 Pu…
In Memorian: Frederick F. Stephan, 1903-1971
Journal Article IN MEMORIAM: FREDERICK F. STEPHAN 1903–1971 Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISION W. PHILLIPS DAVISION Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 1, SPRING 1972, Page 140, https://doi.org/10.1086/267986 Published: 01 January 1972
Public Opinion in Perspective: Communications Research and Public Policy: Discussion
Journal Article PUBLIC OPINION IN PERSPECTIVE: COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY: DISCUSSION Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Chairman Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Harold D. Lasswell, Harold D. Lasswell City University of New York and Policy Sciences Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Daniel Lerner Daniel Lerner …
Public Opinion Research as Communication
Journal Article PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AS COMMUNICATION Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. PHILLIPS DAVISON Professor of Journalism Sociology at Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 3, FALL 1972, Pages 311–322, https://doi.org/10.1086/268013 Published: 01 January 1972
Some Trends in International Propaganda
J udging from past trends and present indica tions, international propaganda in the next decades will be ever more pervasive, propaganda organizations will be more complex (and expensive), and news channels will be more widely utilized for propaganda. Ingenuity in the use of channels, techniques, and personnel has kept steady pace with the technological ad vances of the times. No resources have been spared in times of war, nor when the ambitions …
International Political Communication
Public Opinion and History
Political Communication as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
This article describes some prevailing public attitudes toward political communication as an instrument of foreign policy, and contrasts these attitudes with the approach to foreign propaganda that is suggested by social science research. It is argued that lack of widespread understanding of the capabilities and characteristics of propaganda has interfered with its use as an efficient foreign policy instrument. The author is a Senior Research Fel…
A Public Opinion Game
Classroom use of a role-playing procedure can illustrate graphically the way socio-economic status, personal interests, primary group affiliation, secondary group membership, and other factors enter into the formation of individual opinions on public issues. This technique can also highlight the difference between private opinion and public opinion, indicate the mechanism through which a relatively few individuals can influence the opinions of a …
The Third-Person Effect in Communication
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The Public Opinion Process
Public opinion is the result of psychological and social processes that lead to a situation in which the behavior of each member of a public in regard to an issue is conditioned by his expectation that other members of the public hold similar attitudes on the same issue. The public opinion process involves the formation of individual attitudes and opinions, group opinion processes, ‘personal sampling,” and inter-group communication
The Third-Person Effect Revisited
Journal Article THE THIRD-PERSON EFFECT REVISITED Get access W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 8, Issue 2, SUMMER 1996, Pages 113–119, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/8.2.113 Published: 01 July 1996
News Media and International Negotiation
It is widely recognized that leaks can hamper international negotiations, but the ability of publicity to promote agreement among nations has received less attention. This article argues that the press contributes to international agreement insofar as it illuminates the issues under negotiation, helps to ensure intra-governmental coordination, links governments with interested publics, and provides supplementary communication channels for diploma…
A Public Opinion Game
Classroom use of a role-playing procedure can illustrate graphically the way socio-economic status, personal interests, primary group affiliation, secondary group membership, and other factors enter into the formation of individual opinions on public issues. This technique can also highlight the difference between private opinion and public opinion, indicate the mechanism through which a relatively few individuals can influence the opinions of a …
A Story of the Poq's Fifty-Year Odyssey
This is a story—a true one, it is hoped—but not a history. The writer, having served as editor of the POQ and having been acquainted with all its other editors, several of whom he counts among his close friends, makes no protestations of disinterestedness. Further, he has relied heavily on his own memory and the memories of others for information about subjects for which documentary sources are either nonexistent or difficult of access. Errors of…
Political Communication as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
This article describes some prevailing public attitudes toward political communication as an instrument of foreign policy, and contrasts these attitudes with the approach to foreign propaganda that is suggested by social science research. It is argued that lack of widespread understanding of the capabilities and characteristics of propaganda has interfered with its use as an efficient foreign policy instrument. The author is a Senior Research Fel…
Introductory Note
Journal Article DIRECTIONS IN MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: A SYMPOSIUM Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Frederick T. C. Yu Frederick T. C. Yu Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 4, WINTER 1973, Pages 507–508, https://doi.org/10.1086/268108 Pu…
On the Effects of Communication
Journal Article On the Effects of Communication Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. Phillips Davison has been a member of the social science staff of the RAND Corporation since 1948. He took his degree in sociology at Columbia University, was Editor of this Quarterly from 1947 to 1951, and is currently the representative of AAPOR on its Editorial Board. He is author of The Berlin Blockade: A Study in Cold War Politics, and, with…
Mass Media: Systems and Effects
Some Trends in International Propaganda
J udging from past trends and present indica tions, international propaganda in the next decades will be ever more pervasive, propaganda organizations will be more complex (and expensive), and news channels will be more widely utilized for propaganda. Ingenuity in the use of channels, techniques, and personnel has kept steady pace with the technological ad vances of the times. No resources have been spared in times of war, nor when the ambitions …
Political Significance of Recognition Via Mass Media-An Illustration From the Berlin Blockade
Journal Article Political Significance of Recognition Via Mass Media–An Illustration from the Berlin Blockade Get access W.PHILLIPS DAVISON W.PHILLIPS DAVISON * The author, a former editor of the Public Opinion Quarterly, is a member of the Social Science Division of The RAND Corporation. This article is based on a paper given at the Tenth Annual Conference on Public Opinion Research, Madison, Wisconsin, April 14, 1955, and incorporates material …
An Analysis of the Soviet-Controlled Berlin Press
An Outline for the Study of International Political Communications
Journal Article An Outline for the Study of International Political Communications Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON, W. PHILLIPS DAVISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ALEXANDER L. GEORGE ALEXANDER L. GEORGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 16, Issue 4, WINTER 1952, Pages 501–511, https://doi.org/10.1086/266413 Published: 01 January 19…
A Review of Sven Rydenfelt's Communism in Sweden
An exhaustive study by a Swedish scholar analyses the reasons why Swedes have—or have not—voted the communist ticket in parliamentary elections. It throws light on the relationship between religion and voting behavior, between economic conditions and the communist vote, and on the role of the non-communist Left in undercutting the Communist Party in Sweden
Political Significance of Recognition Via Mass Media-An Illustration From the Berlin Blockade
Journal Article Political Significance of Recognition Via Mass Media–An Illustration from the Berlin Blockade Get access W.PHILLIPS DAVISON W.PHILLIPS DAVISON * The author, a former editor of the Public Opinion Quarterly, is a member of the Social Science Division of The RAND Corporation. This article is based on a paper given at the Tenth Annual Conference on Public Opinion Research, Madison, Wisconsin, April 14, 1955, and incorporates material …
Relations Between Methods of Political Analysis and Polling Procedures
Journal Article RELATIONS BETWEEN METHODS OF POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND POLLING PROCEDURES Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Chairman The Rand Corporation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jackson Toby Jackson Toby Reporter Rutgers University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 3, FALL 1957, Pages 445–446, https://d…
Author Meets Critic
Journal Article AUTHOR MEETS CRITIC Get access Samuel A. Stouffer, Samuel A. Stouffer Chairman Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William H. Whyte, Jr., William H. Whyte, Jr. Author Fortune Magazine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wilbert E. Moore, Wilbert E. Moore Critic Princeton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
West German Leadership and Foreign Policy
The Public Opinion Process
Public opinion is the result of psychological and social processes that lead to a situation in which the behavior of each member of a public in regard to an issue is conditioned by his expectation that other members of the public hold similar attitudes on the same issue. The public opinion process involves the formation of individual attitudes and opinions, group opinion processes, ‘personal sampling,” and inter-group communication
Pragmatic Approaches to Political Communication
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On the Effects of Communication
Journal Article On the Effects of Communication Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. Phillips Davison has been a member of the social science staff of the RAND Corporation since 1948. He took his degree in sociology at Columbia University, was Editor of this Quarterly from 1947 to 1951, and is currently the representative of AAPOR on its Editorial Board. He is author of The Berlin Blockade: A Study in Cold War Politics, and, with…
A Public Opinion Game
Classroom use of a role-playing procedure can illustrate graphically the way socio-economic status, personal interests, primary group affiliation, secondary group membership, and other factors enter into the formation of individual opinions on public issues. This technique can also highlight the difference between private opinion and public opinion, indicate the mechanism through which a relatively few individuals can influence the opinions of a …
Political Communication as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
This article describes some prevailing public attitudes toward political communication as an instrument of foreign policy, and contrasts these attitudes with the approach to foreign propaganda that is suggested by social science research. It is argued that lack of widespread understanding of the capabilities and characteristics of propaganda has interfered with its use as an efficient foreign policy instrument. The author is a Senior Research Fel…
Public Opinion and History
International Political Communication
Some Trends in International Propaganda
J udging from past trends and present indica tions, international propaganda in the next decades will be ever more pervasive, propaganda organizations will be more complex (and expensive), and news channels will be more widely utilized for propaganda. Ingenuity in the use of channels, techniques, and personnel has kept steady pace with the technological ad vances of the times. No resources have been spared in times of war, nor when the ambitions …
In Memorian: Frederick F. Stephan, 1903-1971
Journal Article IN MEMORIAM: FREDERICK F. STEPHAN 1903–1971 Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISION W. PHILLIPS DAVISION Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 1, SPRING 1972, Page 140, https://doi.org/10.1086/267986 Published: 01 January 1972
Public Opinion in Perspective: Communications Research and Public Policy: Discussion
Journal Article PUBLIC OPINION IN PERSPECTIVE: COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY: DISCUSSION Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Chairman Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Harold D. Lasswell, Harold D. Lasswell City University of New York and Policy Sciences Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Daniel Lerner Daniel Lerner …
Public Opinion Research as Communication
Journal Article PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AS COMMUNICATION Get access W. PHILLIPS DAVISON W. PHILLIPS DAVISON Professor of Journalism Sociology at Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 3, FALL 1972, Pages 311–322, https://doi.org/10.1086/268013 Published: 01 January 1972
Introductory Note
Journal Article DIRECTIONS IN MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: A SYMPOSIUM Get access W. Phillips Davison, W. Phillips Davison Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Frederick T. C. Yu Frederick T. C. Yu Symposium Editors Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 4, WINTER 1973, Pages 507–508, https://doi.org/10.1086/268108 Pu…
The Uses of Television
The Uses of Television W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 3, Fall 1974, Pages 436–438, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/38.3.436 Published: 01 January 1974
News Media and International Negotiation
It is widely recognized that leaks can hamper international negotiations, but the ability of publicity to promote agreement among nations has received less attention. This article argues that the press contributes to international agreement insofar as it illuminates the issues under negotiation, helps to ensure intra-governmental coordination, links governments with interested publics, and provides supplementary communication channels for diploma…
Diplomatic Reporting: Rules of the Game
Journal Article Diplomatic Reporting: Rules of the Game Get access W. Phillips Davison W. Phillips Davison 1W. Phillips Davison is Professor of Journalism and Sociology at Columbia University. His most recent book is Mass Communication Research, edited in collaboration with Frederick T. C. Yu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 4, December 1975, Pages 138–146, https:/…
Mass Media: Systems and Effects
A Perspective on Communication Research
Verbal Behavior and Politics. Doris A. Graber
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