Social Opinion Principles (Huaxia Publishing House)

Author: Liu Jianming
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Publish Date: 2002-09-02
Features: After the publication of Liu Jianming's book "Fundamentals of Public Opinion" (1998), seven newspapers and magazines published reviews. In the third issue of "China Book Review" in 1989, a special article titled "News Public Opinion and Social Control" stated, "The publication of this monograph fills the gap in the research of basic theories of public opinion in China and has made contributions to the field of public opinion, achieving remarkable results." When his second and third monographs on public opinion, "Contemporary Chinese Public Opinion Forms" and "Contemporary Public Opinion Studies," were published successively in 1989 and 1990, the magazine "Journal of News Frontline" (11th issue, 1990) published a profile titled "Pioneer—Dr. Liu Jianming and China's Public Opinion Studies," highly praising his achievements in building the discipline. The article said, "The three monographs integrate basic disciplines, applied disciplines, and thematic works into a relatively complete and China-specific public opinion studies." In recent years, his research interests have focused on the cutting-edge issues of contemporary Chinese public opinion policies and public sentiment. He has actively explored major political and theoretical communication phenomena in the reform and opening-up. The publication of "Principles of Social Public Opinion" comprehensively incorporates his latest research findings, and those interested in Chinese public opinion and Chinese public opinion studies are bound to benefit greatly from it.