CHAPTER 1. MEDIA COMMENTARY AND THE SPACE OF OPINION-- CHAPTER 2. A HISTORY OF OPINION IN THE U.S. MEDIA-- CHAPTER 3. MEDIA AND OPINION FORMATION: TOWARD A NEW THEORY OF DELIBERATIVE POLITICS-- CHAPTER 4. WHO SPEAKS IN THE SPACE OF OPINION?-- CHAPTER 5. FORMATS AND NORMS IN THE U.S. SPACE OF OPINION-- CHAPTER 6. RHETORICS IN THE SPACE OF CONTEMPORARY U.S. OPINION-- CHAPTER 7. THE ENRON SCANDAL-- CHAPTER 8. THE WAR ON TERROR-- CHAPTER 9. THE FUTURE OF OPINION.