Elites and Public Opinion: Perception, Manipulation, Mobilization

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel examines strategies that democratic elites can bring to public opinion using experimental and observational data from South Korea, the United States, and Japan. The papers explore elites’ abilities to accurately discern public opinion, manipulate it through mass communication, and to use it to mobilize voters.

Sub Unit

• Division 37: Public Opinion

Individual Presentations

• How Well Do Civil Servants Understand Citizens' Preferences and Expectations? - Don S. Lee, Sungkyunkwan University; Charles T. McClean, Yale University

• Elite Influence on International Politicization of Economic Organizations - Chloe Ahn, University of Pennsylvania

• The Partisan Advantage of Non-partisan Media: Evidence from Japanese Newspapers - Colin Moreshead

Chair

• Yusaku Horiuchi Dartmouth College

Discussants

• Daniel Mattingly Yale University

• Trevor Incerti University of Amsterdam