Do you believe? surveys which refer to the strength and weakness of political actors. What did the elections in that direction show? Hungary? Have you heard of bandwagon effect?
What are the research and non-research reasons for the deviation of the results from the real situation in the field? What do methodological "entanglements" have to do with it?
Why in Serbia there is no market for determining public opinion and how much of a role does the money of those in power play? How did the crisis of confidence in the entire research profession come about?
In a major analysis of the weekly "Vreme" (on newsstands from Thursday, May 14), Nedim Sejdinović and his interlocutors seek an answer as to whether and how reliable public opinion surveys are in the deepest political crisis in Serbia.
Photo: TimeFront page of "Vremena" number 1845
In an interview with "Vreme", Jovo Bakić, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, says that he does not give even five cents for public opinion research in Serbia. He believes that in authoritarian systems there is a fear that people will openly choose.
In autocratic systems, such as the Vučić regime built, surveys no longer serve to measure the mood of citizens, but to produce it, states Bojan Pajtić.
NSPM editor Đorđe Vukadinović, FPN professor in Belgrade Dušan Spasojević and political scientist Vujo Ilić also talk about this topic.
Read the entire text in the new issue of "Vremena" from this Thursday (May 14) or subscribe now here.
