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Title:O zgodovinskih sporih in preobratih v teorijah javnega mnenja
Authors:ID Splichal, Slavko (Author)
Files:URL http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-M453ZKHS
 
Language:Slovenian
Work type:Not categorized
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:UPR - University of Primorska
Abstract:This paper discusses the conceptual heterogeneity in the field of 'public opinion' in the light of a distinction between positions that reflect public opinion as a democratic-emancipatory category and positions that consider public opinion from an 'anthropological' perspective - as an semi-institutional resource of social control. The paper discusses the main characteristics and implications of these two different perspectives in conceptualizing public opinion, primarily the questions of the differences between publicly expressed opinions and public opinion, subject/ivity of public opinion (public opinions vs. opinion of the public), and the controversial relation of public opinion to democracy and surveillance. The argument is made that in the two centuries following Bentham's and Kant's codification of the principle of publicity, none of the fundamental controversies has been resolved. Although the belief that the establishment of a public opinion polling industry homogenized and stablized the definition of public opinion is widely accepted by pollsters, the facts rather prove the contrary: despite the enormous quantities of money and attention devoted to public opinion polling, there are few theoretical perspectives to guide research on the role of public opinion in the political process, which is primarily a consequence of the fact that consistent and operationally valid definitions of the concept 'public opinion' are still missing. There are no signs of 'reconciliation' between normative-theoretical and empirical-statistical perspectives; on the contrary, it seems that Wilson was right when 45 years ago he stated that the differences between those who 'believe in scientific study alone' and those who see in the study of public opinion a possibility of advancement of rational and humane goals can hardly disappear
Keywords:javno mnenje, javnost, publiciteta, demokracija, nadzorovanje, mnenjske poizvedbe
Publisher:Centro di ricerche scientifiche della Repubblica di Slovenia
Year of publishing:2007
Number of pages:str. 365-376
Numbering:Letn. 17, št. 2
PID:20.500.12556/RUP-5171 This link opens in a new window
ISSN:1408-5348
UDC:303.01:316.653
COBISS.SI-ID:1397715 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUP:10.07.2015
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Language:English
Keywords:public opinion, the public, publicizy, democracy, surveillance, opinion polls


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