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Survey Researchers Meet in Queretaro, Mexico NEWSLETTER First Quarter 2010 Executive Council Survey Researchers Meet in President Dr. Thomas Petersen, Germany Past President Queretaro, Mexico Prof. Dr. Michael Traugott, USA Vice President & President-Elect Contributed by Pablo Parás (Conference Co-Chair), Rodolfo Sarsfield (Conference Dr. Tom W. Smith, USA Co-Chair), and Alejandro Moreno (Publications Chair) Secretary-Treasurer Prof. Claire Durand, Canada The Third Latin American WAPOR Congress took place in the colonial city Liaison Committee Chair Prof. Ting-yiu Robert Chung, HK of Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico, on April 15-17. The final program Publications Chair included 114 papers and presentations distributed in one-and-a-half-day Mr. Alejandro Moreno, Mexico conference. The event had 123 registered participants, including 30 Professional Standards WAPOR members and 40 new additional members to our association! Committee Chair Prof. Patricia Moy, USA Participants were mostly but not exclusively from Latin America. We also General Secretary had some members attending from the United States, Poland, Spain, and Prof. Dr. Allan L. McCutcheon, USA India… oh, yes, and Germany, as WAPOR President Thomas Petersen made Conference Committee Chair the trip to this beautiful Mexican site. (He unfortunately was stranded in Prof. Patricia Moy, USA Mexico, as the volcano in Iceland closed the European airports for a few Media Relations Committee Chair Mr. Alejandro Moreno, Mexico days, but rumors are that he had a nice forced holiday!). Membership Committee Chair Prof. Dr. Connie de Boer, Netherlands The congress’ title, “Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Social Identities in ESOMAR Liaison Latin America”, covered different topics that are of particular relevance to Dr. Frits Spangenberg, Netherlands Latin American societies, such as the quality of democracy, laws and IJPOR Managing Editor Prof. Peter Neijens, Netherlands institutions, and, of course, the bicentennial Historian celebration of independence in various coun- Prof. Philip Meyer, USA tries, including Mexico. The WAPOR President, Table of Contents Executive Coordinator representatives of the state government, the Ms. Renae Reis, USA Federal Elections Institute, and the authorities Queretaro Congress of the State University of Queretaro (UAQ) Wrap-Up........................1 National Representatives participated in the opening ceremony. We President’s Letter......... 2 were fortunate to have several sponsors for Argentina, Ms. Maria Braun the event, including several polling firms, a WAPOR Peru Press Chile, Ms. Marta Lagos Release...........................3 Colombia, Mr. Hernando Rojas market research association, a university, and Costa Rica, Dr. Carlos F. Denton the local government. The host institutions Tribute to Elisabeth Czech Republic, Dr. Hynek Jerabek included ITAM (Autonomous Technological Noelle-Neumann...........4 Germany, Dr. Thomas Petersen Institute of Mexico), CIDE (Center for Economic Hong Kong, Prof. Robert Chung Remembering Herta India, Mr. Prakash Nijhara Teaching and Research), UAQ, and Data OPM. Herzog............................7 Japan, Mr. Kazuo Kobayashi Organizationally and financially, the event was Mexico, Mr. Pablo Paras a success. By the way, papers and presenta- Thematical Seminar (Vienna) Netherlands, Mr. Jeroen Slot tions can be accessed at the conference web Information....................9 Norway, Prof. Ottar Hellevik site, stayed tuned. Philippines, Dr. Mahar K. Mangahas Dates & Deadlines......10 Poland, Dr. Krzysztof Zagórski Russia, Ms. Marina Krasilnikova For the first time in a Latin American congress, Sweden, Mr. Arne Modig awards were presented. The first Edgardo 63rd Annual Switzerland, Prof. Dominique Joye Catterberg award for best paper was given to Conference Fall 2011 UK, Mr. Nick Moon Helcimara De Souza Telles and Tiago Prata USA, Dr. Mark Schulman TBA (Conference continued on page 8) Letter from the President You can tell that a scientific discipline is getting on in years when the lineup of its founders starts to thin out. On March 25, 2010, Elisabeth Noelle- Neumann, the pioneer of public opinion research and empirical communica- tion studies in Germany, the president of WAPOR from 1979-80, and—together with Seymour Martin Lipset and Robert Worcester—co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, passed away at the age of 93. For me personally, having studied and worked with Elisabeth Noelle- Neumann as her research assistant for many years, her passing was a terrible Thomas Petersen blow—but it was hardly a less momentous loss for WAPOR. In the late 1970s, President when WAPOR was on the brink of disbanding, it was Elisabeth Noelle- Neumann who used her boundless energy to breathe new life into the organi- zation. Seymour Martin Lipset, Warren Mitofsky, and earlier this year Herta Herzog, who collabo- rated with Paul Lazarsfeld on their ground-breaking radio research studies in the 1940s: the list of deceased pioneers is growing. Gradually, we are being forced to say our thankful good-byes to the “grand old buffaloes” of survey research—as Wolfgang Donsbach once somewhat casually called them—whose presence made WAPOR so unique. It will not be easy for us to follow in their footsteps. Nevertheless, there are several good reasons to be optimistic when it “...when WAPOR was comes to the rest of the year 2010. First and foremost, I am thinking of our on the brink of annual conference which was held in Chicago from May 11 – 13. We disbanding, it was returned to a location that has been, and continues to be, so important for Elisabeth Noelle- the development of our field. Aside from Columbia University in New York Neumann who used her and the University of Michigan, there is probably no other institution—in the boundless energy to United States at least—that has had such a decisive influence on our field breathe new life into the organization.” as the University of Chicago, where, to name just one name, Hans Zeisel taught from 1953 to 1992. I think it is especially fitting that WAPOR held this year’s conference on the “home turf” of Tom Smith, our current vice-presi- dent and president-elect, thus symbolically coming to “take him under our wing” before he offi- cially assumes office at the start of the year 2011. Internationally, there is probably only one other university that can be included in the ranks of the universities cited above: i.e. the University of Vienna, where Paul Lazarsfeld, Marie Jahoda and Hans Zeisel completed their pioneering studies in the 1920s and 1930s before emigrating to the United States. From July 1-3 of this year, we are going to gather in Vienna for a thematic seminar on “The Early Years of Survey Research and Their Importance Today,” which we are organizing together with the Universities of Vienna and Prague. You will find a registration form for the seminar on page 11 of this newsletter. Happily, this event has sparked considerable interest and we will be treated to many highly intriguing papers and presentations, including a special panel focusing on the Gallup Organization’s 75th anniversary. The panel session, which will have an array of top- notch participants, will give us a good opportunity to remember the achievements of the “grand old buffaloes.” Best Regards, Thomas Petersen 2—WAPOR Newsletter, First Quarter 2010 Conferences of Other WAPOR Press Release: Associations Proposed Right of Observation in Peru Hampers the Freedom to Conduct Opinion Polls 2010 LINCOLN (Nebraska, USA). March 18, 2010. The World June 22-26, 2010: Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) has 60th Annual Conference learned that the Peruvian Congress is discussing a International Communication Association (ICA) bill that proposes changes to regulations on election Singapore polling (“Proyecto de Ley 3781 / 2009 – CR”). One of http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/index.asp these changes would establish the right of observation (“derecho de veeduría”) by third parties July 11-17, 2010: that are not directly related to the commercial 17th World Congress of Sociology relationship between researchers and their sponsors. International Sociological Association (ISA) This legal disposition, if approved, would grant Gothenburg, Sweden political actors and others involved in the contents http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/ of a poll the right to exercise direct observation of the researchers’ work, including their methodology, September 12-15, 2010 questionnaires, fieldwork, data processing, and ESOMAR Congress results. The other proposed change increases an Odyssey 2010 existing list of requirements for minimal disclosure in Athens, Greece the publication of poll results by adding the sponsor http://www.esomar.org/indes.php/events-con- of the poll and the cost of the study. gress-2010-overview.html WAPOR encourages the disclosure of those method-re November 19-20, 2010 ological and organizational aspects of a public poll Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research that are fundamental for the ethical and solid prac- Consensus, Contrariness and Compromise in Public tice of the polling profession. For example, establish- Opinion ing the sponsor’s name as a requirement for minimal Chicago, Illinois, USA disclosure of polls is in full agreement with WAPOR http://mapor.org/2010_call.pdf principles stated in the Association’s Code of Profes- sional Ethics and Practices. 2011 However, WAPOR finds that some of the proposed changes in Peruvian laws and regulations violate the February 16-19, 2011 Association’s principles,
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