| Opinion Polls and the Media : Reflecting and Shaping Public Opinion ANNETTE AWAssociate Professor at the University of Maryland University College, USAFLÁVIA BIROLIProfessor at the Institute for Political Science of the University of Brasília, BrazilKATHLEEN A. FRANKOVICspent more than three decades at CBS News; she retired as Director of Surveys and Producer in 2009, but remains an Election and Polling Consultant for CBS and other companiesVEN-HWEI LOProfessor in the School of Journalism at The Chinese University of Hong KongROBERT MATTESProfessor of Political Studies and Director of the Democracy in Africa Research Unit in the Centre for Social Science Research at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaLUIS FELIPE MIGUELProfessor at the Institute for Political Science of the University of Brasília, BrazilSTEPHEN MILLS Lecturer at the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney, AustraliaFERNANDA FERREIRA MOTA Masters student in Political Science at the University of Brasília, BrazilTHOMAS PETERSENProject Director at the Allensbach Institute für Public Opinion Research and Associate Lecturer at the Universities of Dresden and Krems, GermanyEIKE MARK RINKEDoctoral student and research associate in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Mannheim, GermanySLAVKO SPLICHALProfessor of Communication and Public Opinion at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaRODNEY TIFFENEmeritus Professor in Government and International Relations at the Universityof Sydney, AustraliaMICHAEL TRAUGOTTProfessor of Communication Studies and Political Science and a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan, USALARS WILLNATProfessor in the School of Journalism at Indiana University, USA |