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Mass Opinion

Mass Opinion is a political science construct that refers to the aggregated preferences, attitudes, or beliefs of the general citizenry on public issues, distinguished from specialized or elite opinion by its broad-based, inclusive measurement of societal sentiment within the study of constituency representation and issue publics.

240

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29K

Citations

369

Authors

175

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

49

Parents

Publications

240

The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion.

Henry C. Kenski, John Zaller · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 5.2K citations

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Structure and Consistency in Public Opinion: the Role of Core Beliefs and Values

Stanley Feldman · American Journal of Political Science · 1988 · 1.1K citations

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Resurgent Mass Partisanship: The Role of Elite Polarization

Marc J. Hetherington · American Political Science Review · 2001 · 1K citations

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Changing Mass Priorities: The Link between Modernization and Democracy

Ronald Inglehart, Christian Welzel · Perspectives on Politics · 2010 · 904 citations

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Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of Mass Opinion

James E. Oliver, Thomas Wood · American Journal of Political Science · 2014 · 885 citations

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Authors

369

  1. JE
    Joel E. Brooks

    Illinois State University, United States

    4 publications · 141 citations

    4

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  2. CW
    Christian Welzel

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

    4

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  3. RY
    Robert Y. Shapiro

    Columbia University, United States

    4 publications · 238 citations

    4

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  4. JZ
    John Zaller

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 5.7K citations

    4

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  5. BJ
    Benjamin J. Newman

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    3 publications · 477 citations

    3

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Institutions

175

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    736 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    855 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    67 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    933 citations

  5. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    523 citations

  6. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    769 citations

  8. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    595 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 14 publications · 4.3K citations

    14

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  2. Public Opinion Quarterly

    POQ · 13 publications · 401 citations

    12

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  3. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 11 publications · 1K citations

    11

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  4. American Political Science Review

    11 publications · 3.8K citations

    11

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  5. Political Research Quarterly

    PRQ · 9 publications · 396 citations

    9

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