International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2008 20(1):114-120; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edn010
© The Author 2008. 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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Paddy Scannell (2007). Media and Communication. London, United Kingdom: Sage, 303 pp., ISBN 978-1-4129-0269-4.
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Paddy Scannell describes the roots of the academic study of
media and communication in the past century in a remarkable
way. The book focuses mainly but not exclusively on two key
historical moments: the development of a sociology of mass communication
at Columbia from the 30s to the 50s, and the development of
cultural studies in Britain from the 60s to the end of the 70s.
Classic and important texts and their authors are presented
in their historical settings, providing information about the
personal situation and background of the scientists along with
the economic, social, political and cultural context that influenced
their way of thinking and the creation of their work. As a result
of all the contextual information and the narrative style of
the book the reader comes to know and understand the respective
scholars and their ideas in a way that would not be possible
by just studying
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Peter M. Butler (2007). Polling and Public Opinion. A Canadian Perspective. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 189 pp., ISBN 978-0-8020-3819-7.
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L. Sandy Maisel, Darrell M. West, and Brett M. Clifton (2007). Evaluating Campaign Quality. Can the Electoral Process be Improved? New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 155 pp., ISBN 978-0-521-70082-5.
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Jochen Hoffmann, Adrian Steiner, and Otfried Jarren (2007). Politische Kommunikation als Dienstleistung [Political Communication as a Service], Konstanz, Germany: UVK, 292 pp., ISBN 978-3-89669-592-2.
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Peter Dahlgren (Ed.) (2007). Young Citizens and New Media. Learning for Democratic Participation. New York, NY: Routledge, 262 pp., ISBN: 978-0-415-39599-1.
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W. Russell Neuman, George E. Marcus, Ann N. Crigler, and Michael MacKuen (Eds.) (2007). The Affect Effect. Dynamics of Emotion in Political Thinking and Behavior. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 453 pp., ISBN 978-0-226-57442-4.
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James Stanyer (2007). Modern Political Communication. Mediated Politics in Uncertain Times. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press, 222 pp., ISBN: 978-0-7456-2798-4.
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Jeffrey McCall (2007). Viewer Discretion Adviced. Taking Control of Mass Media Influences. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 160 pp., ISBN 978-0-7425-5520-4.
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Constance A. Nathanson (2007). Disease Prevention as Social Change. The State, Society, and Public Health in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Canada. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 328 pp., ISBN 978-0-87154-644-9.
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Gabriele Melischek, Josef Seethaler, and Jürgen Wilke (Ed.) (2008). Medien & Kommunikationsforschung im Vergleich. Grundlagen, Gegenstandsbereiche, Verfahrens-weisen [Media & Communication Research by Comparison. Fundamentals, Fields of Inquiry, Procedural Methods], Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 480 pp., ISBN 978-3-531-15482-4.
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Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi (Eds.) (2007). Journalism, Science and Society. Science Communication between News and Public Relations. New York, NY: Routledge, 286 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-37528-3.
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Robert Wuthnow (2007). After the Baby Boomers. How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 298 pp., ISBN 978-0-691-12765-1.
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