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9780805829747

The Poll With A Human Face: The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805829747

  • ISBN10:

    0805829741

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-08-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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An analysis of the 1996 National Issues Convention, from logistics of execution to the role of news media. Examines the significance the event has in the context of civic discourse & public debate. For scholars & researchers in poli comm & poli sci.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
PART I: The National Issues Convention 1(84)
Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue
3(36)
James S. Fishkin
Robert C. Luskin
The Delegates' Experience
39(20)
Tom W. Smith
We the People: The Contours of Lay Political Discourse
59(26)
Roderick Hart
Sharon Jarvis
PART II: The News Media 85(82)
Through the Eyes of a True Believer
87(18)
David R. Boldt
A (Largely Missed) Learning Opportunity
105(8)
Davis ``Buzz'' Merritt
Local Television Coverage of the NIC
113(20)
Amy Reynolds
Prologue to Diverging Patterns of Election Year Coverage
133(12)
Dixie Shipp Evatt
Effects of NIC Media Coverage Among the Public
145(22)
Kenneth A. Rasinski
Norman M. Bradburn
Douglas Lauen
PART III: The Larger Setting 167(54)
Deliberative Polling---Fitting the Tool to the Job
169(18)
Robert P. Daves
The Cultivation of Conversation
187(24)
Susan Herbst
Enhancing Grassroots Democracy
211(10)
Maxwell McCombs
Amy Reynolds
Appendix A: Interviewer-Administered Questionnaire National Opinion Research Center 221(16)
Appendix B: Self-Administered Questionnaire National Opinion Research Center 237(14)
Appendix C: The National Issues Convention Schedule 251(4)
Contributors 255(4)
Author Index 259(4)
Subject Index 263

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