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Public Opinion

Americans & the World
Website from WorldPublicOpinion.org (see below) that is a source of comprehensive information on US public opinion on international issues. It includes The Digest, which provides comprehensive analyses of polling on various international topics.

Marist College Institute for Public Opinion
Survey research center at Marist College that provides educational opportunities for students and information on elections, policy, and popular issues for the public.

Polling Report
Nonpartisan site that collects pollsing data from a variety of sources and organizes it by topic. Subscribers can pay and see more detailed polling data not available on this free web site.

Political and Opinion Magazines
Collection of alternative newspapers and magazines from Newslink

Public Opinion Polls
BU Libraries Virtual Reference Collection of sites.

Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
Polling research known for its exactness and thoroughness.

Washington Post Polls
Conducts nationwide polls on a variety of political, social, and current issues.

Zogby International
Conducts polls for the public sector, non-profits, businesses, political parties, candidates and organizations.


Alternative News

Disinformation
An "alternative" news source with a liberal/progressive slant.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
National media watch group which protvides articles on current topics from a different perspective.

WWW News Resource Page
Mega site that contains links to alternative, ethnic, conservative, campus, newspapers in U.S. and outside the U.S. and news search engines.


World Opinion & News

Afrobarometer
Non-partisan research center that conducts regular surveys in African nations on a wide variety of topics. Web site contains surveys, results, working papers, briefing papers, and data.

Discover What the World Thinks of the U. S.: Watching America
Translated news from the foreign press with audio and video feeds from international broadcast media on variety of current topics and events. Includes the article in the original language with abridged and the full English translation. Contains the links to the homepages of the major international newspapers by country.

Eurobarometer: Public Opinion Analysis from the European Commission
Compilation of public opinion surveys on political, social, and economic issues from a European perspective.

Foreign Language Search Engines
Gateway site.

LAPOP - Latin American Public Opinion Project
Project has systematically surveyed the citizens of Latin America on their political views—specifically on democratic values and their behaviors related to democracy since 1974. Web site contains full reports (current and archival) as .pdf files and also downloadable data sets.

Latinobarometro
Annual public opinion survey of residents of 18 Latin American countries published by the Latinobarometro Corporation, a nonprofit NGO from Chile. Web site contains survey summaries from 1995 to the present. Payment is required to download and analyze the data sets online.

News
Binghamton University's collection of news sources from the Virtual Reference Collection.

News and Media
Yahoo!'s list of news and broadcast media arranged by country.

World News Network
Compilation of articles from a variety of international papers and newswires.

WorldPublicOpinion.org
Established by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (University of Maryland) in January 2006 to provide a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues. Topics include aid, development, environment, human rights, justice, and more.


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