Illustrator, American Icon, and Public Opinion Theorist
Norman Rockwell in Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6335665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Herbst (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584600490273245-1910 |
| OpenAlex | W2115050843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay explores tensions over the portrayal of the public and public opinion during the mid-20th century, using common American images. Focus is on the extraordinarily popular pictures by Norman Rockwell, one of the most prolific artists of the 20th century, although one with ambitions far beyond simple illustration. I ask: Can we learn about public opinion from the commercial art market, and how might we go about using images as our data? How can we--as social and political historians so often do--use cultural artifacts to inform the historical study of public opinion
Democracy · Focus (optics · Icon · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |