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International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2008 20(3):401-406; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edn037
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Recent Books in the Field of Public Opinion Research

Compiled by Connie de Boer

Ipsos MORI

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   James M. Lepkowski, Clyde Tucker, J. Michael Brick, Edith D. de Leeuw, Lilli Japec, Paul J. Lavrakas, Michael W. Link, and Roberta L. Sangster (Eds.) (2008). Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 683 pp., ISBN 978-0-471-74531-0.
 
This volume contains contributions of many prominent survey methodologists, researchers, and practitioners concerned with telephone surveys. The authors of the chapters aim to contribute to the science of measuring and reducing errors in telephone surveys, to provide documentation of current practices, and to stimulate new ideas for further research in this field. The chapters are divided in the following parts: Sampling and estimation, Data collection, Operations and non-response. The first chapter reviews the changes in the practice of telephone surveys as a result of the changing technology and the changes in the sociopolitical climate. The remaining chapters provide the reader with an abundance of information on theoretical, methodological, and statistical treatment of current practices. The authors discuss concepts and findings on a wide array of issues such as choice of target population, sample design, weighting methods, questionnaire construction, methods for measuring, and improving interviewer performance and productivity, the impact of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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   Nancy C. Roberts (Ed.) (2008). The Age of Direct Citizen Participation. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 512 pp., ISBN 978-0-7656-1513-8.
 

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   Fahr, Annette (2008). Politische Talkshows aus Zuschauersicht. Informiertheit und Unterhaltung im Kontext der Politikvermittlung [Political Talkshows from the Recipient's Point of View. Knowledge, Entertainment, and the Mediation of Political Content], München: Reinhard Fischer, 233 pp., ISBN 978-3-88927-455-7.
 

   Rosalee A. Clawson and Zoe M. Oxley (2008). Public Opinion. Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 426 pp., ISBN 978-0-87289-304-7.
 

   Brüggemann, Michael and Jeffrey Wimmer (2009). Öffentlichkeit [Public Sphere]. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 120 pp., ISBN 978-3-531-15503-6.
 

   Nicholas J. G. Winter (2008). Dangerous Frames. How Ideas About Race And Gender Shape Public Opinion. Chicago, ILL: The University of Chicago Press. 269 pp., ISBN 978-0-226-90237-1.
 

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