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We recently came across a fascinating piece by anthropologist Robert Kozinets on his"netnography"- internet-based ethnography - of online...
Blogposts
The Azimuth Team
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
'Abraham Accord' Governments Should Use Survey Experiments
In October 20, Sudan signed an historic agreement to open diplomatic ties with Israel. This deal was part of a broader, last-minute Trump...
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The Azimuth Team
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
A New Explanatory Factor in Public Opinion towards China
At Azimuth Social Research, we've been thinking a lot about global public opinion towards China, with special emphasis on countries...
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James R. Frohlich
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Sri Lankan Public Opinion is Fickle
Despite pollsters’ valiant attempts to explain and predict the collective attitude of large numbers of people, they often get it wrong,...
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The Azimuth Team
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
RIWI's Technique for Polling Hard-to-Reach Populations
Some populations are inherently difficult to survey. As a result, their voices rarely figure into studies of public attitudes, financial...
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James R. Frohlich
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Trump's Critics Use Racist Tropes
In the days since the attempted coup in Washington DC - which Azimuth Social Research advisor Chuck Call aptly dubbed a "self-coup" -...
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The Azimuth Team
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Moroccans Trust Rights Groups, but Islamists Have Greater Reach
Our surveys show that the public tends to support human rights NGOs in Morocco. These nonprofit groups are mostly secular, however, and...
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James R. Frohlich
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
A "Real-Cash Experiment" in Mexico City
To learn whether ordinary people in Mexico might donate money to local non-profits, Azimuth advisors David Crow and James R Frohlich,...
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James R. Frohlich
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
Police Critics Not anti-Capitalist
In the wake of Black Lives Matter, we reexamined our global polling data and found that the people who mistrust the police were also more...
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James R. Frohlich
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Polling America's Foreign Tribes
it's hard to accurately poll Trump's supporters for many reasons, one of which is the educational divide between them and survey experts.
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The Azimuth Team
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
UN Controlled by US?
According to our polls, members of the public in some middle and low-income countries view the U.N. and U.S. as tightly linked. This blog...
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