Co-citation and Bibliographic Coupling Based on Connected Papers: Review of Public Opinion Research in a Broad Sense in the West

The term “public opinion” (or “mass opinion”, sentiment”, voices”, etc.) comes from the Latin “opinio”, which means uncertain judgments that have not been fully demonstrated. Later, with rise of Western humanism, idea came into being, refers to social and political attitudes people towards state administrators. Communication studies, give a theoretical framework methodological guidelines for examining relationship between mass media, public, policy agendas, are strongly linked development public opinion research. Based on Connected Papers, document visualization research tool, this article reviews related literature in broad sense West, explores themes field. It provides basis expansion constructs and, at same time, reference further methods.