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Political Communication and Public Opinion

n Communication …. … is the transmission of meaning through the use of symbols … make other people aware n symbols -- language, signs, pictures, colour, sound etc.

Communication Process Communicator.. person or group acts to influence government policy e.g. parties, pressure groups Media … TV, radio, newspaper Message … ideas & symbols Receivers Responses Initiation Conversion Reinforcement Activation

Media n Interpersonal media - transmit messages by direct personal contact between communicators and receivers, e.g. conversations, letters … n Mass media - ‘broadcast’ messages to large numbers of receivers with whom they have no face-to-face contact

Mass media consumerism (give you what you want) indoctrination (give you what I want) n Newspaper n TV n Radio (narrow-casting?) n Pictures (static and motion) n Minor media - magazine, books, pamphlets, posters n Internet?

Concerns in media communication Bias in media n Ownership of media n Political stand of media n Access and utilisation of media

Media is effective in shaping receivers responses? Media is effective in shaping public opinion and the political process?

Effective? n Kind of communication (editorial is more effective than reportorial) n Kind of issue (effective in new issues) n Kind of people (effective to those who have no stand) n Effective when there is monopoly of media

Public opinion … consists of those opinions held by the private persons which governments find it prudent to heed. … the ‘sum’ of all private opinions taken into account in making decision … not encompassing the whole of the society, but those who express / concern the issues

Sources n Referendum n Surveys n Opinion polls n Media reports n Personal representation n Formal and informal discussion

Media and Public opinion n Neutral carrier of opinion n Create / produce opinion n Exaggerate / crystalise opinion n Suppress / eliminate opinion

Dimensions n Preference Yes / No, Agree / Disagree …. n Intensity 5 - points, 7 - points scales …. n U-shape (Bell-shape) and J-shape Curve

Characteristics of public opinion n Conflict > consensus n Not well-informed decision n Spontaneous and ad hoc stand n Subjected to change over time n People with no stand n Represented self-interest vs public interest n Manipulated? By setting questionnaires