Political policy and persuasion
The role of communications from political leaders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M D Feld (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-89 |
| Publication date | 1958-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200275800200109 |
| OpenAlex | W2093650820 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
of the governed is the ultimate sanction for all political authority has, as it has gained in acceptance, been supplemented by a parallel development in the methods by which the opinions of particular groups are brought to the attention of, or even forced on, the community as a whole. This parallel development has, in its turn, aroused fears in some quarters as to the effectiveness of representative institutions. On the one hand, it has been argued that the necessity for government to justify and gain an immediate and articulate popular acceptance for its policies and decisions has made rational statesmanship nearly impossible (8). On the other hand, it has been declared that the power of the owners and manipulators of the mass media to mold and control public opinion has gone far toward transforming popular government into an empty show (9). The study of mass communication and persuasion should therefore be of extreme interest to students of political behavior. Both Lippmann (8) and Mills (9), proponents of the extreme views cited above, have tended to treat communication and
Control (management · Economics · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Management · Mass media · Opinion leadership · Persuasion · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |