TY - ADVS AU - Ericsson,Susan ED - Media Education Foundation TI - Constructing public opinion: how politicians & the media mispresent the public PY - 2001/// CY - [Northampton, Mass.] PB - Media Education Foundation KW - Public opinion KW - United States KW - Mass media and public opinion KW - Political psychology N1 - Title from title screen; This video is based on Justin Lewi's book; Executive producer, Sut Jhally ; camera, Susan Ericsson and Kelly Garner; Presenter: Justin Lewis N2 - The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. The program provides a new way to think about the relationship between politics, media and the public ER -