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TV viewing

This paper looks at what propels a home to finally shift or even to sample a new disruptive programme.The recent launch of Indian Idol (the Indian version of American Idol) is used as a test case. Understanding a complex behavior like viewing...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2005

Authors: Akash Chawla, L. V. Krishnan, Sharan Sharma

Company: TAM Media Research

March 13, 2005

Peer survey method

The information available about the world of youth is not sufficient to foster our understanding or perception of it. Can the quality of 'listening' be improved by enhancing interpersonal relationships, thereby stimulating a better acquisition of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference On Age 2005

Authors: Angela Cortese, Roberto Porciello

Company: Focus S.r.L.

January 30, 2005

Subjective age

The concept of subjective age has previously been applied to segment the senior consumers' market: Market research has highlighted the tendency among individuals to feel younger than they actually are.This research demonstrates how other similar...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference On Age 2005

Authors: Denis Guiot, Bruno Schumutz

January 30, 2005

From unicolour to a multicolour market

Fifteen years since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe - one might say that enough time has passed for us to forget all about it. Yet uncanny historical periods leave traces within people's minds, traces that affect their behaviors,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Authors: Adina Vlad, Mihaela Alexandru

November 28, 2004

Women of Brazil

This paper covers a deep study on feminine nuances both in urban Brazilian nuclei and in root communities (aboriginal, black, riparian, from the inland and the Amazon). For that purpose, it developed a new way of investigation that seeks to study...

Catalogue: Latin America 2004: Integrating Diversity Across the Continent

Author: Oriana Monarca White

October 24, 2004

In retrospect... Lessons learned

This paper provides the first results of a study aimed at identifying and quantifying if and how market research is adding value to the business process and to the bottom line.By now the study has become an ongoing process to identify how market...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2004: Integrating Marketing Research in Business

Author: Dirk Huisman

September 19, 2004

Technology in consumer talk

This paper investigates how ordinary people use technology as both topic and resource in their natural interactions, away from research. New insight into attitudes and behaviour is achieved by researching how people use technology to manage real-life...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 2004: Technovate 2

Author: Rachel Lawes

February 2, 2004

Measuring brand equity of radio stations in order to predict future listening behaviour

Taylor Nelson Sofres has an in-house tool, the 'Conversion Model', which allows prediction of the evolution of radio audience in the case of future competition. Applied in Belgium to the Dutch radio market for the benefit of the 'VRT' group, the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2003: Radio

Authors: Daniël Poesmans, Dominique Vancraeynest

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 16, 2003

Media under threat?

One difficulty in accurately predicting the media future through research is that most studies are conducted on the general population. It is well known that older generations are less willing to accept change and are least affected by it. We can...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2002: Radio

Author: Sheila Byfield

Company: MindShare

June 14, 2002