Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001) | Watch Documentary Free Online

Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001) | Watch Documentary Free Online

 The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of
important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what
end? In this insightful and accessible film, Professor Justin Lewis
demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by the
media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct
public opinion itself.