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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
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Public-opinion trajectory that slides rapidly

Can you please explain 'public-opinion trajectory' and 'slides'?


"While here at home...
The explosion occurred in one of Manchester's heavily Asian neighborhoods.
...with every death reported...
...we have to deal with a public-opinion trajectory that slides rapidly...
...from supportive to negative to downright hostile."

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Tara2 Can you please explain 'public-opinion trajectory' and 'slides'? trajectory: the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time The trajectory is like a line that goes up and/or down on a graph. public opinion: the opinions, positive or negative, of people considered as a group.

  • Tara2 Can you please explain 'public-opinion trajectory' and 'slides'?
  • trajectory: the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time The trajectory is like a line that goes up and/or down on a graph.
  • public opinion: the opinions, positive or negative, of people considered as a group.
  • Sometimes people think an event is good; sometimes they think it's bad.
  • They may change their minds as they learn more about it.
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Tara2Can you please explain 'public-opinion trajectory' and 'slides'?

trajectory: the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time

The trajectory is like a line that goes up and/or down on a graph.

public opinion: the opinions, positive or negative, of people considered as a group.

Sometimes people think an event is good;

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