Shaping Public Opinion from the Sahara to the Caucasus (16th-21st Centuries): Introduction: Words, Actions and Images for Shaping Public Opinion

• Published in: Archiv orientální Vol. 80; no. 2; p. 125
• Main Authors: Deguilhem, Randi, Claudot-Hawad, Hélène
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prague Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Arabic language; Centuries; Communication; Muslims; News media; Orthographic symbols; Pilgrimages; Politics; Public opinion; Society; Studies; Wolton, Dominique; Middle East; United States > US; Russia; Caucasus

Yet, whatever the character or technical sophistication of the communicational tool and its impact zones within a given community, it is irrefutable that communicational vectors linked to public opinion are constitutive components of human society before the advent of the modern era with its plethor...