The Press and Public Opinion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22551802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor S Yarros (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1899 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 372-382 |
| Publication date | 1899-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/210898 |
| OpenAlex | W2023798145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
THE "able editor" is the real king in our day and generation. Carlyle made this observation in his poetic and picturesque history of the French Revolution, and if it was true then, how much more profoundly and vitally true it is today! Sociologists have not failed to recognize the tremendous influence and importance of the newspaper as an organ of public opinion, and some of them have gone farther and adverted to the press as the director and molder of such opinion. In spite of certain superficial inductions, the power of the press has never been so great, so decisive, so irresistible as it is now. Hide-bound and bigoted partisan newspapers have doubtless suffered considerably during the past decade, owing to the growth of political independence and the decadence of old-fashioned partisanship, which was based on tradition and habit, rather than on personal conviction and critical thought. But even the intolerant and dogmatic party organ is by no means moribund, while the press as a whole has certainly rather gained than lost authority and influence. The newspapers make and mar political fortunes. They " create" great men out of next to nothing and destroy the reputations of men truly fit for leadership. They decide questions of war and peace. They carry elections. They overawe and coerce politicians, rulers, and courts. When they are virtually unanimous nothing can withstand them.
Conversation · Doctrine · Journalism · Library science · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public figure · Public opinion · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration and Political Analysis · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2025 (56) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |