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The people and the press

My topic is a relatively new type of opinion polling - the pro bono survey. Pro bono surveys are increasingly common in the U.S. and they represent an important form of publicly disseminated polling. I will discuss the general topic and then tell you...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Andy Kohut

Company: Gallup International Association

June 15, 1986

The editorial use and presentation of opinion polls

The American press, with a long tradition of running its own polls, treats them as a key part of its news reporting. The key elements for success in this enterprise are commitments to time, space and staff, and a recognition of what polls can and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Adam Clymer

June 15, 1986

Below the surface of opinion polls

The following is a short sketch of my view of political opinion polls and of the use of surveys as an instrument of political strategy.

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Bö Bäckman

June 15, 1986

Election research and the climate of opinion

The main thesis of this paper is that we have taken a new step toward understanding democratic elections since the early seventies. We are now in a position to understand the influence of processes of public opinion on voting behavior. The new...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1986

Opinion polls: How crucial are statistical techniques to get the right figures?

The 1986 french "Elections legislatives" have pointed out that the figures out coming from opinion polls are highly dependant from the statistical techniques involved in the estimation process. Such influence can be observed at three levels : -...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Authors: Sophie Martin, Gilles Santini

Company: IPSOS

June 15, 1986

Introduction

Less than five per cent of attitude research is represented by the opinion polls published in the newspapers and broad- cast on the radio and television. Yet most public attention is focussed on this aspect of the market research industry....

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Robert M. Worcester

June 15, 1986

Advancing the science of advocacy polling

This paper demonstrates how a campaign embracing advertising and advocacy polling was developed on behalf of the Greater London Council (the GLC) to combat the Government's attempts to abolish the GLC. The paper shows how research shifted from being...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Authors: Denis Robb, Tim Burns

June 15, 1986

Analyzing trends in West European opinion

The Euro-Barometer surveys have played an important role in facilitating the analysis of political and social change. By providing a relatively long time series of cross-nationally consistent measures of mass orientations toward key subjects, this...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Ronald Inglehart

June 15, 1986

Situation and recent developments in France

In this paper, we try to give an overview of the present situation of opinion polls in France and of the main recent developments in the field.

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Jacques Antoine

June 15, 1986