Sentences with phrase «influence of public opinion»

«two thousand years experience at arguing for moral high ground» - make it: experience at influencing of public opinion for benefit of Church.

Not exact matches

What we're looking at is the inevitable result of that history expressed through public opinion, and influenced by racialized ideas on crime and criminality.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

Fox first announced its 10.75 pound per share offer in December 2016 but the deal has been held up concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well a clutch of UK newspapers.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as...

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as...

With its ability to influence opinions, social media does remarkable harm by playing a role in the rigging of elections and public debate.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh describes the ongoing battle to influence Congress's opinion of public blockchains, and key battlegrounds the outcomes of which will affect the whole industry.

The organization's mission is to strengthen the wealth - creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers.

The Fox - Sky deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

Catharine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, argued against women's suffrage on the grounds that «women could influence public affairs very satisfactorily without recourse to the ballot box, by the simple expedient of influencing the opinions and outlook of those who did have the vote — their husbands and sons» (Reay Tannahill, Sex in History, [Stein & Day], 1980, p. 389).

Lessons can be learned from a simple look at Stonewalls website and the myriad of projects which have been established to influence public opinion and to raise money, much of it public money.

Yet even as conservatives in the last two decades have made notable strides in access to influential cultural institutions in entertainment and the media, the influence of civil society and nonpolitical leaders on public opinion is still underappreciated.

As a result our influence is ebbing from public life and we are increasingly finding ourselves at odds with popular culture and political opinion in areas of morality such as bioethics, right to life, family and sexual ethics.

At the September 1933 World YMCA conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bonhoeffer warned of the «growing persecution of minorities» in Nazi Germany and successfully influenced the delegates to pass a strongly worded resolution condemning the violence against Jews: «We especially deplore the fact that the State measures against the Jews in Germany have had such an effect on public opinion that in some circles the Jewish race is considered a race of inferior status.»

Whatever disciplining behavior may mean these days on the part of churches, there are no possible powers except exclusion from the particular group (which, in a heterogeneous society, is not being made a pariah) and possibly influencing public opinion.

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

People of faith can help to shape public opinion and so influence political decisions.

One can only hope that the verbal tactics of each side influence public opinion regarding the parties.

Iowa ended their season by losing five of their final six games, which is clearly influencing public opinion.

One source of influence on general public opinion is the newspaper media and the news feeds that spin off to television and radio from feature articles of interest.

Critical analysis of articles published in «The Age» generated a number of discourses exerting influence on general public opinion.

Shah, we found out, used to think Israelis should be relocated en masse to America, compared Israelis to Hitler, issued a public warning that «the Jews are rallying» (to take part in an opinion poll) and tweeted a link to an article which compared Zionism to al - Qaeda, and fretted that the Zionists are «grooming» Jews to «exert political influence at the highest levels of public office.»

Amid ongoing concerns being raised over an advisory opinion that would require consultants to inform lobbying regulators when they seek to influence an editorial board's opinion, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has released a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation.

Indeed, influencing public opinion within the context of public policy issues may have different meanings to different advocacy groups.

So, instead, he seems to be doing the «next best thing» he can, as someone in a position of influence: discredit the offending media outlets and wage public opinion war against them.

The European rejection of the death penalty, which advocates of abolishing the death penalty in the United States cite as evidence of an emerging international consensus that ought to influence our Supreme Court, is related both to the past overuse of it by European nations (think of the executions for petty larceny in eighteenth - century England, the Reign of Terror in France, and the rampant employment of the death penalty by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) and to the less democratic cast of European politics, which makes elite opinion more likely to override public opinion there than in the United States [emboldening mine].

Your brilliant answer sheds light upon the unique methods of anti-communist «defensive» propaganda adopted over the years, which can influence public opinion in deep and unexpected ways through popular culture — I appreciate and upvote!

I.e., the fakest form of social media outreach on the planet, and a tool much - loved by the Russian groups who've tried to influence elections (and public opinion more broadly) across the world.

The governor had claimed that the abduction of the Chibok girls was mere rumour and mere political fabrication motivated to influence public opinion against the Goodluck Jonathan's administration ahead of the 2015 general elections.

This is true in part, as even the leaders of the US and the EU admit that foreign actors are successfully influencing domestic elections, both through direct monetary contributions (see Marine Le Pen's party and Russia) and indirect manipulation of the public opinion (Russia Today, spreading «fake news»).

«Even assuming that the contention is true, by petitioners» own acknowledgment the mathematical formula to calculate the size of the Senate is not a matter upon which public opinion should have any influence.»

This survey by the Daily News and the Marist Poll was based upon a representative sample of the New York electorate to measure, not influence, public opinion.

For what it is worth, Cuomo is yet to invade the territory of another country, imprison political opponents, crack down on free speech and use state - run media to influence public opinion.

But Cote has ruled that the county did the opposite — seeking «to undercut public confidence in the consent degree» as part of a «concerted effort to influence public opinion against the settlement and its stated goal of improving communities.»

In the federal court order, Cote stated that the county's campaign to encourage support for affordable housing has been inadequate thus far — that Westchester County «sought to undercut public confidence in the consent decree... [in a] concerted effort to influence public opinion against the settlement and its stated goal of improving communities.»

The indictment of 13 Russians in the operation of a «troll farm» that spread false information related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election has renewed the spotlight on the power of «fake news» to influence public opinion.

Ambassador Cowal spent most of her career in the field of public diplomacy, which in a U.S. context aims to influence the opinions and attitudes of publics overseas that have an impact on American policies.

A key goal of the study was to understand how creationist interest groups, science interest groups, public opinion about evolution and political climate influence the political - reform process related to how evolution is taught in schools.

It would be the most significant review by outsiders, and could therefore have a significant influence in the court of public opinion.

«Our work points out that there are differences of opinion that could influence future public policies adopted in the region.»

As far as working for a «change in media coverage,» what is the point of such a change if not to influence public opinion or policy maker action?

«Sourcewatch is a widely used resource that significantly influences public opinion regarding the activities of center - right groups and individuals.

In a study to be published Nov. 21, 2017 in PLOS Biology, the authors said their analysis of internal documents bolsters evidence that the sugar industry has manipulated science in order to protect commercial interests, and to influence regulations and public opinion.

It is obvious these day - time television show doesn't work the same way a normal courtroom does, and the outcome of any case is influenced more by public opinion or show ratings than they are by the law and the true facts of the case.

Historical and even scientific truth can be merely the consensus agreed upon by those who presently have the power and influence to determine public opinion, or it can be based on evidence that has been tested in the laboratory, in debate, or in a court of law.

The center is the nation's leader in brokering the science of early childhood development to influence and inform policies and public opinion in ways that make a critical difference for young children and their families — particularly those facing adversity.

The globalization process, the concentration of the media, multimedia platforms or the lack of freedom of expression and access of information in some media environments — negatively influenced by the current financial crisis — shows the importance of efficient measure methods in order to recuperate one of the mainstays of public opinion: the media (Díaz Nosty, 2012).

To examine how the heated rhetoric now attached to Common Core influences opinion, the2015 Louisiana Survey, an annual survey of the state's adult residents sponsored by Louisiana State University's Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs, used an experiment featuring two versions of a question assessing support for common educational standards.