A Public Opinion Game
A suggestion that public opinion be simulated through the use of a "public opinion game." In such a game the players are arbitrarily assigned roles, and each player is asked to react to selected issues in a manner that he thinks is appropriate for his role. This game may serve (1) to indicate the degree to which initial private opinions are apt to change as a result of discussion, and the direction of this change, and (2) to enable more direct observations to be made about the interaction of pre-existing attitudes and interests, primary group pressures, and secondary group influences.
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