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Public Beliefs About the Beliefs of the Public
Abstract
Perceptions of the opinions of others are examined on a variety of issues using data from three sample surveys of metropolitan Detroit. A greal deal of inaccuracy in such perception is evident. Three broad tendencies or patterns can be discerned: “looking glass perceptions,” the general propensity to believe that others' opinions are the same as one's own; “conservative bias,” the belief that the population is more conservative on racial issues than it actually is; and limited response to reality constraints. The overall findings suggest that perceptions of public beliefs and attitudes are personally and socially constructed to a much larger degree than is often assumed.
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- Authors
- Fields, J. M., & Schuman, H.
- Venue
- Public Opinion Quarterly
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1976
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 427
- ISSN
- 0033-362X (ISSN-L)
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- W2033622392
- Cited by
- 354
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 16.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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