International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2007 19(3):394-400; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm019
© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.
Recent Books in the Field of Public Opinion Research
Compiled by Connie de Boer
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W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston (2007). When the Press Fails. Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 263 pp., ISBN 978-0-226-04284-8.
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This book examines why the press failed to question and criticize
the ideas and policies of the Bush administration. Especially
when a government refuses to consider alternatives and challenges
to crucial courses of action, as was often the case in relation
to Iraq, a democracy needs an independent press, but the press
routinely reported the scripts of officials in power. In this
light, it is not surprising that the public's confidence in
the press is decreasing. Case studies, content analysis and
interviews are used to show and explain the shortcomings of
the mainstream press. The book focuses on the war in Iraq, the
Abu Ghraib controversy, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The authors introduce a press–government dependence model
to show the conditions that explain why press performance is
poor. They examine the choices journalists have when confronted
with aggressive news management tactics and they show how spin
works. The
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Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza (2007). Why Welfare States Persist. The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 195 pp., ISBN: 978-0-226-07584-6.
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Robert J. Art and Louise Richardson (Eds.) (2007). Democracy and Counterterrorism. Lessons from the Past. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 640 pp., ISBN 978-1-929223-93-0.
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Marcus Maurer, Carsten Reinemann, Jürgen Maier, and Michaela Maier (2007). Schröder gegen Merkel. Wahrnehmung und Wirkung des TV-Duells 2005 im Ost-West-Vergleich [Schröder versus Merkel. Perception and Effects of the 2005 TV-Debate in East-West Comparison], Wiesbaden, Germany: VS.-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 258 pp., ISBN 978-3-531-15137-3.
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Colin Hay (2007). Why We Hate Politics. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 187 pp., ISBN 978-07456-3099-1.
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Nikolaus Jackob (Ed.) (2007). Wahlkämpfe in Deutschland—Fallstudien zur Wahlkampfkommunikation 1912–2005 [Election Campaigns in Germany—Case Studies 1912–2005], Wiesbaden, Germany: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 349 pp., ISBN 978-531-15161-8.
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Bernd Wittenbrink and Norbert Schwarz (Eds.) (2007). Implicit Measures of Attitudes. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 294 pp., ISBN 978-1-59385-402-7.
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C. Edwin Baker (2007). Media Concentration and Democracy. Why Ownership Matters. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-521-68788-1.
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Werner Wirth, Andreas Fahr, and Edmund Lauf (Eds.) (2006). Forschungslogik und-Design in der Kommunikationswissenschaft. Band 2 [Research Logic and Research Design in Communication Studies. Vol. 2], Cologne, Germany: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 320 pp., ISBN 978-393-160654-1.
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Ellen Carnaghan (2007). Out of Order. Russian Political Values in an Imperfect World. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 330 pp., ISBN 978-0-271-02973-3.
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Naomi Sakr (Ed.) (2007). Arab Media and Political Renewal. Community, Legitimacy and Public Life. London, UK: I.B. Taurus, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-84511-327-8.
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Markus Prior (2007). Post-Broadcast Democracy. How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press, 315 pp., ISBN 978-0-521-67533-8.
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