Editorial, Opinion, and Position Sources

American Attitudes : who thinks what about the issues that shape our lives

Odegaard Reference HN90.P8 M58 1998

Editorials on file, 1970+

Suzzallo Reference Index/Abstract D410 .E35

The Gallup Poll, 1935 to the present

Suzzallo Reference Stacks, Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HN90.P8 G3

Opposing Views

Every issue has at least two sides. This site includes web links and print journal subscriptions in the UW Libraries which present a wide variety of views on many current issues, coverage from a particular perspective (political party, ethnic group, religious group, etc.), and controversial issues currently under debate (abortion, gun control, etc.).

Taking Sides. Clashing views on controversial...

This is a series of books that presents the arguments on both sides of many contemporary, controversial issues. Search for these in the UW Libraries Catalog as a title search.

Public Agenda Online

Site provides nonpartisan issue guides that describe the policy options and public opinion behind critical public concerns such as abortion, child care, federal budget, medicare, and social security. "About Polling" helps reporters and citizens evaluate public opinion surveys.

Statistics

More Web Sources

World Lecture Hall-Communication

This University of Texas, Austin site includes many course syllabii, assignments, some course notes, and related materials. Subjects cover Argumentation & Advocacy, Business & Professional Speaking, Communication & New Technology, Computer-Mediated Communication, Exploring Contemporary Television, Interactive Multimedia Producation, Interpersonal Communication, Introduction to Cybermedia, Introduction to Public Speaking, Language and Deafness, Legal Argumentation, Multimedia, New Media: The Internet and WWW, Nonverbal Communication, Organizational Communication, Post-Soviet Media, Public Relations Technology, Public Speaking on the Internet, Visual Community: Daily Life in Cyberspace, Visual Reporting, and Writing the Ethnography of Communication.

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