Pathologies of studying public opinion, political communication, and democratic responsiveness

James N Druckman

doi:DOI:10.1080/10584609.2013.852643

Pathologies of studying public opinion, political communication, and democratic responsiveness

James N Druckman^*

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Political Science

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Abstract

Research on democratic representation and public opinion formation has largely ignored one another. Once one considers the reality of the political communication environment, a fundamental tension between these two literatures emerges. In this essay, I review work on each, highlighting problems with both how “quality opinion” is often defined and how representation is typically studied. I then offer a way forward.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	467-492
Number of pages	26
Journal	Political Communication
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/DOI:10.1080/10584609.2013.852643 https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2013.852643
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

Keywords

Opinion formation
Responsiveness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Communication
Sociology and Political Science

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