Zaller
Zaller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Lila Bita Zaller (died 2018), Greek-American author, poet, translator, and drama teacher *John Zaller (born 1949), American political scientist and professor *Robert Zaller (born 1940), American author See also *Zeller (surname) Zeller is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Zeller *Adolf Guyer-Zeller (1839–1899), Swiss entrepreneur *Adrien Zeller (1940–2009), French politician * Alfred Zeller (1909-1988), American illustrator and painter ...

John Zaller
John Raymond Zaller (born 1949) is a political scientist and professor specializing in public opinion at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was an Editor of the American Political Science Review. He graduated from Saint Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, CA. He pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Riverside. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. Career Zaller is best known for his 1992 book ''The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion'', in which he argues that changes in public opinion are due to the influences of political elites. Although he acknowledges the mainstream media's shortcomings, Zaller holds a positive view of "infotainment", arguing that even sensationalist and superficial media coverage of politics serves to inform and does increase awareness of political issues. Zaller teaches undergraduate classes on electoral politics and the mass media's influence on public opinion in elec ...
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Lila Bita Zaller
Lili Bita, or Lili Bita Zaller, was a Greek-American author, poet, translator, artist and drama teacher. Biography Lili Bita was born on the island of Zante ( Zakynthos). She graduated from the Greek Conservatory of Athens and the Athens School of Drama, and performed on the Athens stage and with leading Greek repertory companies. In 1957 she emigrated to the Federal Republic of West Germany, and in 1959 to the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1969. She earned an M.A in drama from the University of Miami in 1978. Bita pursued a dual career in the United States as actress and author, notably with her one-woman shows "The Greek Woman Through the Ages" and "Freedom or Death". She taught at numerous American universities, most recently at Villanova University (1989–91). In 1987-88 she was Artist in Residence at Drexel University. In 1995 she toured India, as a member of the International Foundation “European Art Center-EUARCE”, under the auspices of the G ...
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Robert Zaller
Robert Michael Zaller (born 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author whose works include volumes of history, criticism, and verse. He is Drexel Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus (Drexel University), and has been active as an opponent of the death penalty.Robert Zaller's Blog Bibliography AUTHOR *1969 - ''The Year One'': ''Poems'' (Blue Oak Press, 1969). *1971 - ''The Parliament of 1621'': ''A Study in Constitutional Conflict'' (University of California Press, 1971). *1974 - ''Lives of the Poet'': ''Poems'' (Barlenmir House, 1974). *1983 - ''The Cliffs of Solitude: A Reading of Robinson Jeffers'' ( Cambridge University Press, 1983). *1984 - ''Europe in Transition'', 1660-1815 (Harper and Row, 1984). *2006 - ''Islands: Poems'' (Somerset Hall Press, 2006). *2007 - ''The Discourse of Legitimacy in Early Modern England'' (Stanford University Press, 2007). *2012 - ''Robinson Jeffers and the American Sublime'' (Stanford University Press, 2012). *201 ...
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