POSC 256 Seminar in Public Opinion
This course develops and builds upon theories of public opinion, primarily in the context of American politics. Topics examined include parent transmission of values, political knowledge, subconscious bias, social dominance, how racial identification influences political attitudes, news/media effects, attitudes towards welfare, bandwagon effects, the rationality of the mass public, and individual-level instability. We will review some of the foundational texts in public opinion and social psychology, and how public opinion is typically measured.
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collingwood_posc_256.pdf | |
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converse__1964_.pdf | |
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2010-handbook-of-survey-research.pdf | |
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dovidio_et_al__1997_.pdf | |
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greenwald_banaji__1995_.pdf | |
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jennings_et_al__2009_.pdf | |
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kinder-sears__1981_.pdf | |
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o_connor__2010_.pdf | |
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pan_kosicki__1993_.pdf | |
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ripberger__2011_.pdf | |
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sanchez__2006_.pdf | |
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swearingen_ripberger.pdf | |
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tumasjen_etal__2010_.pdf | |
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pol_psyc.pdf | |
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cces_short_merge.r | |
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mean_plots.r | |
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