Exploring the effects of polls on public opinion: How and when media reports of policy preferences can become self-fulfilling prophesies
Recent work has suggested that media reporting about the public’s policy preferences may be self-reinforcing, contributing to greater policy conformity. This article presents additional evidence in support of this theory and adds new detail about the conditionality of these effects. Results from two...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Research & Politics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018812215 |