Public Opinion in Public Affairs

Big Think 2018-06-06

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Better information means better decisions.

Dalia Mogahed: Inform the public debate with empirical data and the voice of the people so that we aren't simply relying on assumptions or misperceptions perpetuated oftentimes by the media, which tends to gravitate to the sensational. If we can instead inject rigorously collective empirical data into the debate, leaders will make better decisions.
Recorded on: July 3, 2007. 

Dalia Mogahed: Inform the public debate with empirical data and the voice of the people so that we aren't simply relying on assumptions or misperceptions perpetuated oftentimes by the media, which tends to gravitate to the sensational. If we can instead inject rigorously collective empirical data into the debate, leaders will make better decisions.
Recorded on: July 3, 2007.

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