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Individual victims of crime as objects for social research

Implementing social indicators is a new approach to estimate the well-being of a population. One of the focal concerns is the public security and administration of justice. The number of reported crimes is declining in Denmark more people are afraid...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Ole Ejnar Andersen

December 1, 1977

Some social applications of communication research

Within 'social research', as within 'market research', the functions of communication research are: I. to optimise the efficiency of specific communications; II. to assess the effects of communication acts.Its contributions are both direct and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: John M. Caffyn

December 1, 1977

What people say...

Is becoming clearer and clearer that Market Research, as a member of Social Research, does not work exclusively for marketing firms any longer, but often works as well at resolving many types of social problems, this fertile duality seems to be all...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Alain Kling

December 1, 1977

Strategies of increasing carpooling behavior among urban commuters

This paper represents an application of a theory of social change to the area of increasing carpooling (ride-sharing) behavior among urban commuters. The paper at first briefly describes alternative strategies of changing social behavior as proposed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Jagdish N. Sheth, Abraham D. Horowitz

December 1, 1977

International dimension in social research

Since early 1974 the Commission of the European Community has six-monthly opinion polls carried out, among the population aged 15 and over. The paper shows, by way of two examples, the importance and utility of these surveys: 1. The feeling of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Jacques-René Rabier, Helene Riffault

Company: IFOP

December 1, 1977

Theoretical perfectionism in social research

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theme "To what extent are there techniques which are specific to market research and to what extent are there techniques specific to 'social research'? What are the similarities and what are the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Simon J. Orton, Philip Crofts

December 1, 1977

Evaluating social persuasion advertising campaigns

The Central Office of Information is a common service agency which prepares publicity for many Government Departments. The paper is concerned with one part of the C.O.I's activity, namely the mounting of advertising campaigns on matters of social...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: John A. Samuels

December 1, 1977

Actual problems of the migration for employment in Western Europe

Migratory workers and (increasingly) the members of their families who reside in the Federal Republic of Germany, have become a considerable social factor which does not always smoothly fit into the political, social and economic structures of the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Werner Brög, Michaela Voltenauer

December 1, 1977

Reflections on the competitive procurement procedure

This paper wants to point out the conditions for, and problems of social scientific research. Although conditions in the federal Republic of Germany are the paper's focal point, the paper also tries to pinpoint general political policies regarding...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Insegerd Scháuble

December 1, 1977