Category: Political Polling

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A self-described "devoted reader" has sent me a private message reminding me that the status of the US MR industry relative to Federal Do Not Call legislation is not "exempted."  That would imply a specific exemption in the law which is incorrect.  MR simply is not included.   While operationally there's not much difference, the legal…

Our knowledge manager sent me this article on Twitter the other day.  She 's always pushing Twitter at me because she knows I don't get it and views that as some sort of character flaw.  This article tries to answer the question on everyone's lips: why don't more teens use Twitter?  The search for the…

A couple of months back Katie Harris down in Australia posted a comment referring to an entry in her blog–Zebra Bites.  It's a blog worth reading and I've added it to the list on the right.  The content is interesting and it's a much better looking blog than the one you're reading right now. (I…

There is a nice little piece in the June issue of Research that tries to put interviewing on mobile phones in perspective. I’m not talking about something as old fashioned as calling people, but rather administering surveys on these little buggers by SMS, by Web browser, or by a special app you download that then…

OK, back online with The Online Evolution 2008. 1:30PM – This is to be an interactive session led by Nick Buckley who is directing the social media initiative at GfK in the UK. The general topic is supposed to be about understanding Online Evolution with a bunch of subtopics. My table has been assigned the…

Way back on March 12 I posted Some Days are Better than Others and erroneously attributed the research to IPSOS when I should have cited Michael Gazala from Lightspeed Research.  The post has now been corrected and I’ve added a link to the presentation. Sorry.