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Opinion Polls and the Media in the United States

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Opinion Polls and the Media

Abstract

For all practical purposes, media polls are an American invention, and polls have been reported by the American news media as long ago as the early nineteenth century. Over the last two centuries, media polls have become an increasingly important part of the American political journalistic landscape.

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  1. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

    Christina Holtz-Bacha

  2. Mid Sweden University, Sweden

    Jesper Strömbäck

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Frankovic, K.A. (2012). Opinion Polls and the Media in the United States. In: Holtz-Bacha, C., Strömbäck, J. (eds) Opinion Polls and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374959_6

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