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DVD Set To Become Most Popular Form Of Recorded Home Entertainment
British public believe DVD will replace VHS as source of entertainment in the home
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GM Field Trials - Three-Quarters Of The British Public Don't Want Them
Just over three-quarters of the British public are opposed to field trials of generically modified crops. In response to this public demand, Greenpeace is calling for all GM field trials, including the Governments 'farm-scale' trials, to be stopped and the money spent on organic research.
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Attitudes Towards Experimentation on Live Animals
What would it take for you to agree that a mouse or monkey should suffer pain or even die? To cure a life-threatening disease? Or would no scientific gain justify the animal's suffering?
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Attitudes Towards Experimentation on Live Animals - Toplines
Q1.a On balance, do you agree or disagree that scientists should be allowed to conduct any experiments on live animals?
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Europe: The State of Public Opinion
In this article I argue that public opinion is important, real, and in the run up to the Maastricht Treaty was mismanaged to the point of neglect. This was also true in relation to the European movement towards the ICG, following after the Maastricht Treaty ratification process.
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Learning By Example: How Family Meal Times Could Make 'Good Eating' Easier To Swallow
Traditional values are alive and well in the 'caring sharing' 90s with British adults committed to making meal times a family affair, a surprising new survey reveals.
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Panel Call For Public Services To Be More Responsive
Minister For The Cabinet Office Announces Second Wave Research Results From The People's Panel
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The People's Painting
When it comes to taste in visual art, the British public does not like sharp angles, religious icons or the colours grey, white and fuchsia. Most people like wild animals but hardly anyone wants a naked woman. The favoured size of painting is as large as a dishwasher - and preferably the colour blue. Can these views, generated by an opinion poll especially for "Close Up", create a work of art?
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The Power of Public Opinion: Princess Diana: 1961-1997
The power of public opinion was vividly demonstrated recently in Britain by an event which grabbed the attention of the entire world. Princess Diana, an icon of our time with probably the highest awareness level of anyone in the world, was killed in a car crash and at the age of 36, struck down in the prime of life. Her life was measured in the thousands of extra copies of magazines and newspapers in every language published, when she was the cover picture. Her death became a world-wide public event, with millions who had never met her feeling a personal bereavement.
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Cellular Phone Use
Preliminary results from a global survey on Global Cellular Usage published today confirm reports that Finland and Australia are the world's most connected societies - with over half the population reporting owning a mobile phone connected