Theory idea
the message, opinion leader, membership group
Period
1940s
Discipline
Sociology
Institution
Universities, government, cultural industries
Main question
what do people do to media
Social organization
plural mass
Human subjectivity / individual leaders
achieve meaning makers belonging to membership groups with opinion
Media
not powerful and subject to a value system of membership groups
Power
at the level of opinion leaders membership groups and pre-existing beliefs
Strategies
surveys, interview
Key concepts
personal influence, opinion leader, membership groups