World Association for Public Opinion Research
| File:WAPOR logo.png | |
| Abbreviation | WAPOR |
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| Formation | 1947 |
| Type | Professional association |
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Membership
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> 600 |
| Tom W. Smith | |
| Website | http://wapor.org |
The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) is an international professional association of 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 held in Williamstown, Massachusetts[2][3] as the World Congress on Public Opinion Research, the association acquired its current name in 1948, at the Third International Conference on Public Opinion Research.[4] In 1953, it became the sole nongovernment consultant organization to UNESCO in the field of 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 of 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 its founding, the association had 158 members from about 20 countries;[2] by 1962, these figures had risen to approximately 200 and more than 30, respectively.[7] In 1970, WAPOR had more than 300 members from 41 countries.[8]
As of 2012, the association has over 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 also 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 offers the Helen Dinerman Award – created to honour sociologist Helen Dinerman – to individuals who have made "significant contributions to survey research methodology".[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 of The Washington Post, described WAPOR as "the leading professional association of 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] further credited WAPOR with contributing to the internationalization, and thereby the professionalization, of the field of survey research.[25]
See also
References
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