To what extent is public opinion important in every day life?

Question

To what extent is public opinion important in every day life?

Answer 1

Public opinion is very important for our lives everyday to the extent that it create changes in the way people conduct their activities.  It helps society make a better judgement of situation that occur daily.  The negative thought of public opinion helps us discover a more positive way to find our solutions.  Public opinion gives an insight to what we don't notice or hardly notice happening in our society or in our very lives.  the strength of public opinions put proper prospects in place.  Sometimes it leaves room for individuals to think wisely and find solution to its problems.  Public opinion exposes the ugly deeds of our day to day living and bring us to society to be examine and see where we stand.

Public opinion could also incite others. It could give way to someone acting disorderly in the society.  Disorderly in such a way that could be against the norms of society, simply because of the revelation of the truth (ex: it could be a murder case that was not satisfactorily judged).  Definitely, it is also negatively.  In all God has given every man his or her sound mind to think and judge wisely. So, not all judgement is right.  But extract the truth out of Public opinion to get to your right way and stick to the path.

Answer 2

This coin has two sides.  Public opinion controls the laws of a society.  It creates identifiers for a group that individuals can rally around.  People need people and therefore often follow these unsaid laws.  Sometimes, they keep people safe when individuals might not have the common sense or knowledge to do so.  Like a society that uses mosquito nets in Malaria prone neighborhoods.  If you don't conform to public opinion, the society makes it known in some way.  Through influence, one conforms and may be saved from trouble.

However, public opinion isn't always a good thing.  Public opinion in the south concurred with slavery at one time.  Public opinion can be very detrimental in a bullying situation...especially in schools.  These are the reasons we hear "don't let public opinion sway your decisions".

Answer 3

Public opinion in a open society has different meaning than in a tribal, or closed society.

Public opinion is engineered by Laloo ji type men, Indiraji type person and so on.

VP Singh created public opinion against Rajeev.

Saints,scientists, literary people form the public opinion.

But, in long run, Public opinion is subservient to Police opinion.

For a dictator of worth, public opinion has no importance. He is successful till his opinion is public's opinion.

Public opinion in Board room type small place, is most important tool.

Answer 4

not very much unless it leads to action and collides with  the law and either gets stopped by it or changes the law.

Public opinion is a fickle thing easily roused by the newspapers for just less than a day -

I would say most public opinion is about celebrity fashions and who should get voted off BB.

The public seem a lot less involved than in previous years.