A Manipulação Do Discurso Político

Abstract

The book The conquest of public opinion: how discourse manipulates political choices 2 has 192 pages with three chapters titled: "What's public opinion?" 3 , "Manipulating public opinion" 4 and, finally, "Opinion crisis, democracy crisis: the symptoms of a postmodernity political crisis" 5 plus Introduction. (1) "What's public opinion?" is subdivided in (a) "A prerequisite: how collective identity is built" 6 , (b) "From collective opinion to public opinion" 7 , (c) "The public opinion fabrication" 8 , (d) "A confusion to avoid: opinion is not the electorate" 9 and (e) "Citizen consciousness: The difficult paradox" 10. (2) "Manipulation of public opinion" includes: (a) "Manipulation in the political world" 11 ,(b) "Manipulation in the media world" 12 e (c) "Conclusion" 13. (3) "The crisis of opinion, crisis of democracy: the symptoms of a political postmodernity crisis", deals with the following issues: (a) "The question of sovereignty in a democratic regime" 14 , (b) "The issue of counterpower" 15 , (c) "The reasons for