Public Opinion in Mass Society: Chances to Stir up "Silent Majority"

This article dispels some of the most popular myths about the "knowledge society" and the delusions they create regarding intellectuals and intellectual activities. The analysis makes use of both research (M. McLuhan, M. Foucault, U. Eco, R. Collins) and literary (M. Bradbury) sources. Ideally, the reader should be tempted to arrive at a rather positive conclusion as regards the intrinsic ambivalence of knowledge and its live environment traditionally populated by intellectuals in our society.

Authors
Bronzino L. 1 , Maximova O. 2 , Shatalina S. 3
Conference proceedings
PROCEEDINGS OF 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, ART AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (ICELAIC 2017)
Publisher
ATLANTIS PRESS
Language
English
Pages
663-667
Status
Published
Volume
74
Year
2016
Organizations
  • 1 Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Sociol, Miklukho Maklay Str,10-2, Moscow 117198, Russia
  • 2 Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Foreign Languages, Miklukho Maklay Str,10-2, Moscow 117198, Russia
  • 3 Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Social Philosophy, Miklukho Maklay Str,10-2, Moscow 117198, Russia
Keywords
public opinion; "silent majority"; mass society; manipulating public opinion; attitude towards adoption
Date of creation
19.10.2018
Date of change
19.10.2018
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/8136/
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