The poll with a human face : the National Issues Convention experiment in political communication / edited by Maxwell McCombs, Amy Reynolds.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCombs, Maxwell E.
Reynolds, Amy, 1967-
Language:English
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
Subjects:
National Issues Convention > (1996 : > Austin, Tex.)
Public opinion > United States.
Communication in politics > United States.
Journalism > Political aspects > United States.
Press and politics > United States.
Physical Description:x, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Bringing deliberation to the democratic dialogue / James S. Fishkin and Robert C. Luskin
  • The delegates' experience / Tom W. Smith
  • We the people : the contours of lay political discourse / Roderick Hart and Sharon Jarvis
  • Through the eyes of a true believer / David R. Boldt
  • A (largely missed) learning opportunity / David "Buzz" Merritt
  • Local television coverage of the NIC / Amy Reynolds
  • Prologue to diverging patterns of election year coverage / Dixie Shipp Evatt
  • Effects of NIC media coverage among the public / Kenneth A. Rasinski, Norman M. Bradburn, and Douglas Lauen
  • Deliberative polling--fitting the tool to the job / Robert P. Daves
  • The cultivation of conversation / Susan Herbst
  • Enhancing grassroots democracy / Maxwell McCombs and Amy Reynolds.