World Association for Public Opinion Research

The World Association for Public Opinion Research ( WAPOR ) is an international professional association or researchers in the fields of communication and survey research . It is a member organization of the International Social Science Council . [1]

History

Established in 1947 at the Second International Conference on Public Opinion Research hero in Williamstown, Massachusetts [2] [3] as the World Congress on Public Opinion Research, the association acquired zijn current name in 1948, at the Third International Conference on Public Opinion Research . [4] In 1953, it became the sole nongovernment organization consultant to UNESCO in the field or polling. [2]

Its current president is Tom W. Smith ( NORC ) and the vice president is Alejandro Moreno ( Reforma in Mexico ). [5] Among the former presidents or WAPOR are Juan Linz , Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann , Robert Worcester and Seymour Martin Lipset . [6]

Membership

Over time, WAPOR’s Membership has grown and Become more international. In 1956, roughly a decade after zijn founding, the association had 158 members from about 20 countries; [2] in 1962, synthesis figures had Risen to ongeveer 200 and morethan 30, respectively. [7] In 1970, WAPOR had morethan 300 members from 41 countries. [8]

As of 2012, the association has about 600 members from research institutes and universities in over 60 countries on six continents. [9]

Activities

WAPOR sponsors the International Journal of Public Opinion Research , a social science journal published by Oxford University Press . [10]

The association ook holds an annual conference in North America in even-Numbered Years, in cooperation with the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), and in Europe in odd-Numbered Years, in cooperation with the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR). [11] AAPOR and ESOMAR are Considered “Allied associations.” [12]

Since 1981, WAPOR sacrifices the Helen Dinerman Award – created to honor sociologist Helen Dinerman – to personen who harbor made “significant contributions to survey onderzoeksmethoden”. [13] Prior Recipients include social scientists Philip Converse , Louis Guttman , [14] Roger Jowell , [15] Elihu Katz , [16] Juan Linz , Seymour Martin Lipset , [17] Robert K. Merton , [18] Elisabeth Noelle- Neumann , [19] [20] Sidney Verba , [21] Robert Worcester , and Daniel Yankelovich . [22]

Influence

Richard Morin, former polling director or The Washington Post , DESCRIBED WAPOR as “the leading professional association or pollsters working outside the United States.” [23] Herbert Weisberg , a political scientist at The Ohio State University and former president of the Midwest Political Science Association, [24] remit credited WAPOR with contributing to the internationalisatie, and thereby the professionalization , or the field of survey research. [25]

References

  1. Jump up^ “International Social Science Council” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-03 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c Dodd, Stuart C. (Spring 1957). “The World Association for Public Opinion Research”. Public Opinion Quarterly . 21 (1): 179-84. doi : 10.1086 / 266698 . JSTOR  2,746,801 .
  3. Jump up^ Heart, Clyde W. & Don Cahalan (Spring 1957). “The Development of AAPOR.” Public Opinion Quarterly . 21 (1): 165-73. doi : 10.1086 / 266696 . JSTOR  2,746,799 .
  4. Jump up^ Rokkan, Stein (ed) (1979). A Quarter Century of International Social Science: Papers and Reports on Developments, 1952-1977 . Concept. p. 279. OCLC  7575815 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  5. Jump up^ “Executive Council” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  6. Jump up^ “History” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-03 .
  7. Jump up^ Encyclopedia Americana . 22 . Americana Corporation. 1965. p. 774 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  8. Jump up^ Warren E. Preece, Editor. (1974). Encyclopaedia Britannica . 15 . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 214. ISBN  0-85229-290-2 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  9. Jump up^ “Membership Information” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  10. Jump up^ “Oxford Journals: Social Sciences – Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research” . Oxford Journals . 2007 . Retrieved 2007-02-21 .
  11. Jump up^ “Conferences and Seminars” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  12. Jump up^ WAPOR homepage (Accessed 26 December 2012)
  13. Jump up^ “Awards and Prizes” . World Association for Public Opinion Research . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  14. Jump up^ “Louis Guttman ‘ . World of sociology . Thomson Gale . 2005-2006 . Retrieved 2008-01-01 .
  15. Jump up^ “Annual Research Report, 2005-2006” ( PDF ) . Department of Sociology, City University London . p. 9 . Retrieved 2008-01-01 .
  16. Jump up^ Dennis, Everette E. and Ellen Wartella (eds) (1996). American Communication Research: The Remembered History . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . p. 195. ISBN  978-0-8058-1744-7 . Retrieved 2007-12-31 .
  17. Jump up^ “Hoover Senior Fellow Seymour Martin Lipset Dies”. Business Wire . 2007-01-03.
  18. Jump up^ Dillman, Don A. “Helen Dinerman and the Connecting of Science with Practice1” (PDF) . Newsletter . World Association for Public Opinion Research (Second Quarter 2006): 7-10. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2007-08-03 . Retrieved 2008-01-01 .
  19. Jump up^ Salmon, Charles T. & Chi Yung Moh (1994). “The Spiral of Silence: Linking Individual and Society Through Communication”. In J. David Kennamer. Public Opinion, The Press, and Public Policy . Westport, Connecticut : Praeger Publishers. p. 146. ISBN  978-0-275-95097-2 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  20. Jump up^ Viswanath, K. (1996). “Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916-)”. In Nancy Signorielli. Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook . Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press . p. 303. ISBN  978-0-313-29164-7 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  21. Jump up^ “2004 Dinerman Award Winner: Dr. Sidney Verba” ( PDF ) . Newsletter . World Association for Public Opinion Research (Second Quarter 2004): 4-5 . Retrieved 2008-01-01 .
  22. Jump up^ “Daniel Yankelovich” . Who’s Who at Public Agenda? . Public Agenda. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15 . Retrieved 2007-11-02 .
  23. Jump up^ Morin, Richard (1998-01-19). “Crackdown on Pollsters” . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2007-11-03 .
  24. Jump up^ “Dr. Herbert F. Weisberg” . OSU: pro . The Ohio State University . Retrieved 2007-11-03 .
  25. Jump up^ Weisberg, Herbert F. (2005). The Total Survey Error Approach: A Guide to the New Science of Survey Research . Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press . p. 11. ISBN  978-0-226-89127-9 . Retrieved 2007-11-03 .