Zrod výskumu verejnej mienky na Slovensku: inštitucionálne a politické súvislosti
The Birth of Public Opinion Research in Slovakia. Institutional and Political Contexts
Author(s): Miroslav TížikSubject(s): Civil Society, History and theory of sociology, Methodology and research technology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: The Institute for Public Opinion Research at the Commissionership of Information; The Czechoslovak Institute for Public Opinion Research; public opinion research; sociology; institutional analysis;
Summary/Abstract: In the history of Slovakia, before 1990, there were more of workplaces that carried out sample surveys on a representative sample of the Slovak population. From the first post-war years they focused on one of the key components of such research – public opinion research. Almost the entire history of public opinion research in Slovakia is connected with the workplaces belonging to the state authorities. The study is devoted to the description of the existence of the first institution for public opinion research in Slovakia – The Institute for Public Opinion Research, which existed as a department under the Commissionership of Information in Bratislava in 1947 – 1950. In describing the circumstances of its establishment, it also indicates the background of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Institute for Public Opinion Research, operating under the Ministry of Information in Prague between 1946 and 1950.
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 54/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 53-83
- Page Count: 31
- Language: Slovak
