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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Opinion poll data"”.
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Securitization and Refugee Resettlement Policy: Using Social Media to Understand Public Attitudes
This thesis answers the question of how public opinion toward refugees and asylum-seekers expressed in opinion polls compares with that expressed through commentary on news articles posted by Cable News Network (CNN) on social media. Using a study of 2,022 Facebook comments regarding the plight of …
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China’s soft power investment in African nations
… existing international hegemonic order, public opinion poll data shows that Africans tend to have more favorable views of China. Previous literature suggests that China’s soft power, such as scholarships, Confucius Institute, and iconic social infrastructure buildings, may be working to produce …
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The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
… willingness to do so though is questionable as opinion poll data suggests that addressing climate change remains an extremely low priority for most Americans. Social scientists from across a variety of disciplines have suggested a number of reasons why this may be case; however very few have …
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The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
… willingness to do so though is questionable as opinion poll data suggests that addressing climate change remains an extremely low priority for most Americans. Social scientists from across a variety of disciplines have suggested a number of reasons why this may be case; however very few have …
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The use of animals for medical experimentation: an analysis of young people's perceptions in Britain
… economically and ethically. Although national opinion poll data appear to provide enough evidence to propose the hypothesis that 'the majority of people in Britain support animal research' it is clear from reviewing the literature that the attitudes of young people have not been adequately …
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Essays on Regional Recessions, Spatial Interactions and Forecasting
… to quantify spatial interactions from panel data where variables exhibit recurrent abrupt shifts in behavior. In empirical macroeconomics, omitting spatial effects is restrictive in many contexts because the units of analysis are regions, the characteristics of which are rarely independent. …