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Revision as of 17:01, January 17, 2009
Public opinion is the views of a group of people on a given issue. Public opinion is found through polls. In regards to public opinion:
- Today, large-scale decision-making in America (and other nations) is, to a considerable extent, under the control of a kind of virtual "oligarchy", made up of corporations, political groups, and media. All manipulate government to achieve their own ends and all use television and other forms of mass media to shape public opinion. [1]