Co-hosted by:Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at NTU, Singapore
Date:January 24 - 27, 2012
Venue:Hotel Parkroyal at Beach Road, Singapore
Language:English
Abstract:
In some Asia-Pacific countries, such as Singapore political polling remains a somewhat immature science, but one that is slowly developing. In others, such as Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines it has developed into an integral - and often controversial - segment of the political fabric. Australia and New Zealand have taken political polling to even more sophisticated levels.
The authors of the publication ‘Political Polling in Asia-Pacific’ will present their work, as well as debate and discuss various aspects of polling in interaction with the audience. Topics include the impact of polling on the society and the political establishment; the use of emerging technologies as valuable tools for pollsters and researchers, and how social media change the public opinion building process.
Speakers:
Dr. Wolfgang Donsbach, Director, Department of Media and Communication at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany;
Stephen Mills, Principal of UMR research, Australia/New Zealand;
Alastair Carthew, Founder & Managing Director, phuketpublicrelations.com, Thailand;
Marko Skoric, Assistant Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at NTU, Singapore;
David Black, Managing Director and Owner of Blackbox Research, Singapore;
Philip Behnke, Communications & Public Relations consultant, Singapore;
Dr. Noppadon Kannika, Director, ABAC Poll Research Center at Assumption University, Thailand;
Dr. Kirpal Singh, Director, Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore Management University (SMU)
