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Extensible Public Opinion Research 67thWORLD ASSOCIA AnnualTION FOR PUBLIC Conference OPINION RESEARCH Extensible Public Opinion 4-6 September 2014 Radisson Blu, Nice, France NORC, an independent research organization, informs decision-makers and the public on key issues facing society by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating objective information. $ % NORC is pleased to be a sponsor of ? WAPOR 2014 % downtown chicago | university of chicago | dc metro | atlanta | boston | san francisco www.norc.org | [email protected] Introduction to the Program The 2014 WAPOR Annual Conference presents about 150 papers with the theme of Extensible Public Opinion. Con- sistent with the theme, the papers are quite varied and extend the boundaries of public opinion. All papers are presented in 90-minute sessions of four or five papers each. All authors chose ideas relevant to their papers from the 28 ideas in Appendix A at the end of this program. These choices were used to assign sessions with papers with shared ideas. The ideas are focused enough to allow authors to have discussions based on some com- mon interests. The ideas are also broad enough that sessions can include both usual and more mainstream papers. The intermingling of diverse papers was designed to encourage the cross-pollination among authors that is the goal of the conference theme. One consequence of the diversity is that sessions are not always easy to label. Therefore, session titles are the consensus ideas chosen by authors from Appendix A. In addition to a conference program in a standard printed format, there is an online program with both an InfAlign map and an e-commerce version available at http://infotrend.com/?page_id=250. We look forward to your comments about this approach of assigning loosely focused sessions that still have enough in common for meaningful interactions among people who might otherwise not meet. WAPOR thanks its generous sponsors for supporting the organization and this year’s annual conference. We would like to acknowledge our platinum sponsors NORC, Nielsen, and Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SES- RI); gold sponsor D3 Systems; silver sponsors Oxford University Press and Westat; and bronze sponsors Gulf Opin- ions Center for Polls and Statistics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Parametro, RTI International, and the Roper Center. With our best wishes for an enjoyable conference, David Fan, Program Chair We would like to extend thanks to all of the reviewers who read and scored abstracts for inclusion into the program. They are: Porismita Borah, Washington State University (USA) Gabriella Catterberg, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) Roei Davidson, University of Haifa (Israel) Claire Durand, University of Montreal (Canada) Michael Elasmar, Boston University (USA) Stefan Geiss, University of Mainz (Germany) Homero Gil de Zuniga, Universität Wien (Austria) Jibum Kim, Sungkyunkwan University (Republic of Korea) Patricia Moy, University of Washington (USA) Alejandro Moreno, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, ITAM (Mexico) Seungahn Nah, University of Kentucky (USA) Lilach Nir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) Thomas Petersen, Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach (Germany) Oliver Quiring, University of Mainz (Germany) Hernando Rojas, University of Wisconsin (USA) Yariv Tsfati, University of Haifa (Israel) Claes H. De Vreese, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) WAPOR Council 2014 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Chair, Media Relations Committee: President: Ms. Jennifer Agiesta Dr. Alejandro Moreno The Associated Press Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, ITAM USA MEXICO email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Chair, Membership Committee: Vice President & President-Elect: Prof. Dominique Joye Prof. Patricia Moy University of Lausanne University of Washington SWITZERLAND USA email: [email protected] email: [email protected] IJPOR Editor: Past President: Prof. Dr. Claes H. De Vreese Dr. Tom W. Smith University of Amsterdam NORC NETHERLANDS USA email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Historian: Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Kathleen A. Frankovic Prof. Claire Durand USA University of Montreal email: [email protected] CANADA Chair, 2014 WAPOR Annual Conference: email: [email protected] Dr. David Fan University of Minnesota COUNCIL USA Chair, Professional Standards Committee: email: [email protected] Dr. Anne Niedermann Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GERMANY NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: email: [email protected] Argentina, Ms. María Braun Chair, Liaison Committee: Australia, Prof. Murray Goot Dr. Robert TY Chung Belgium, Prof. Jaak Billiet The University of Hong Kong Brazil, Ms. Helcimara Telles HONG KONG Canada, Ms. Rosanna Shih email: [email protected] Chile, Ms. Marta Lagos Colombia, Dr. Hernando Rojas Chair, Publications Committee: Czech Republic, Prof. Hynek Jerabek Mr. Trevor Tompson Egypt, Prof. Ragia Kandil Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Germany, Dr. Thomas Petersen NORC at the University of Chicago Hong Kong, Dr. Robert TY Chung USA India, Mr. Prakash Nijhara email: [email protected] Italy, Ms. Maria Francesca Romano Chair, Conference Committee: Japan, Prof. Etsushi Tanifuji Prof. Patricia Moy Korea, Prof. Sung Kyum Cho University of Washington Netherlands, Mr. Jeroen Slot USA Norway, Prof. Ottar Hellevik email: [email protected] Poland, Dr. Krzysztof Zagórski Qatar, Dr. Darwish Alamadi OTHER POSITIONS Singapore, Prof. Weiyu Zhang General Secretary: Spain, Mr. José Carlos Del Ama Prof. Dr. Allan McCutcheon Switzerland, Prof. Dominique Joye University of Nebraska-Lincoln Taiwan, Ruoh-rong Yu USA UK, Mr. Nick Moon email: [email protected] USA, Mr. Mark Schulman At-A-Glance THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 8:00-12:00 WAPOR Council Meeting Amirauté 10:00-12:00 IJPOR Editors Meeting Fregate 12:00-18:00 Reception Desk Open Foyer 13:00-13:20 Welcome and Introduction to the Program Baie des Anges 13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions A1-A4 Rooms listed on pp. 6-7 15:00-15:25 Coffee Break Foyer 15:30-17:00 Concurrent Sessions B1-B4 Rooms listed on pp. 7-9 18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception Terrace FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 8:00-all day Reception Desk Open Foyer 8:30-10:00 Concurrent Sessions C1-C4 Rooms listed on pp. 9-10 10:00-10:25 Coffee Break Foyer 10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions D1-D4 Rooms listed on pp. 10-11 12:00-13:25 Lunch Terrace 13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions E1-E4 Rooms listed on pp. 11-12 15:00-15:25 Coffee Break Foyer 15:30-17:00 Concurrent Sessions F1-F4 Rooms listed on pp. 12-14 17:00-18:15 Regional Chapters Meeting Courants 18:30-19:30 Cocktails (cash bar) Terrace 19:30-21:00 Awards Banquet Riviera SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 8:00-11:30 Reception Desk Open Foyer 8:30-9:45 WAPOR business meeting (open to all) Azur 9:45-10:10 Coffee Break Foyer 10:15-11:45 Concurrent Sessions G1-G4 Rooms listed on pp. 14-15 11:45-13:00 Lunch Terrace 13:00-14:30 Concurrent Sessions H1-H4 Rooms listed on pp. 15-16 14:30-14:55 Coffee Break Foyer 15:00-16:30 Concurrent Sessions I1-I4 Rooms listed on p. 17 WAPOR 67th Annual Conference Extensible Public Opinion 4-6 September 2014 Radisson Blu, Nice, France Session Room Day Time Session Topics Intro Baie de Thur 1300 Using the Online Conference Program Anges Conference Chair: David Fan A-1 Azur Thur 1330 Method: Pre-Interview Session Chair: Johnny Heald (ORB International) Coverage Error in Mobile Web Surveys Across European Countries - Tanja Kunz (Darmstadt University of Technology), Anke Metzler (Darmstadt University of Technology), Marek Fuchs (Darmstadt University of Technology) Challenges and Solutions of Introducing Mobile Phones in CATI Surveys - Kim De Cuyper (GfK Belgium), Sara Gysen (GfK Belgium), Christine Tresignie (GfK Belgium) Holistic Approach to Quality Management in Multi-Country Research - Sara Gysen (GfK Belgium), Kim De Cuyper (GfK Belgium), Christine Tresignie (GfK Belgium) What’s the Impact of Coverage Error in CATI Surveys? The Italian Case - Emanuela Sala (Università di MIlano Bicocca), Roberto Lillini (Università di MIlano Bicocca) A-2 Courants Thur 1330 Quantitative; Opinion Theory Session Chair: Allan McCutcheon (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Problems and Developments in Data Analysis of Cross-National Comparative Surveys - Kazufumi Manabe (Aoyama Gakuin University) EstimatingtheEffectsofNonresponsesinOnlinePanelsThroughImputation - Weiyu Zhang (National University of Singapore) This paper tells you how much bias nonresponses in online panels will bring, using an imputation method Adjust Survey Response Distributions Using Multiple Imputation: A Simulation with External Validation - Yu-Sung Su (Tsinghua University), Frank C. S. Liu (National Sun Yat-Sen University) HowandWhyOpinionsbecomePublic.TheSocialConditionsofaPublicOpinion - Nathalie Heinich (CNRS) A-3 Mistral Thur 1330 AAPOR Panel: Measuring Opinion in a Changing World: Reports from the AAPOR Taskforce on Emerging Technologies Session Chair: Michael Link (Nielsen) 6 4-6 September 2014 - Nice, France Session Room Day Time Session Topics Beyond Surveys: Multimode Capabilities of Mobile Devices to Enhance (or Replace) Traditional Surveys - Michael Link (Nielsen) Researchers leveraging the multimode capabilities of mobile devices to enhance/replace surveys - AAPOR TF Report Social Media Platform Touchpoints Across the Survey Lifecycle - Joe Murphy (RTI International) Social platforms provide new tools for survey researchers - surveys, recruitment, testing - AAPOR TF Report Surveys Conducted on Mobile Devices: What’s New and What Has Not Changed? - Michael Schober
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