Program (updated)
The conference venue is the University of Navarra's central building. The comfortable and handsome Aula Magna has been booked for the opening of the event. The sessions will take place in smaller meeting rooms. There will be some sessions for Spanish speaking delegates, but in the openig session there will be simultaneous translation.
Wednesday, November 24th
19:30
Reception at the Palace of Navarra (Regional Government Building)
21:00
Dinner: Gastronomic Society Napardi
Thursday, November 25th
8:30
Registration: Aula Magna. Edificio Central of the University of Navarra.
9:15-9:40
Opening Session
9:45-11:15
Plenary Session
Politicians, Journalists and Pollsters: A Love-Hate Relationship?
Chairman: Hans L. Zetterberg (Former WAPOR's President)
Participants:
Kathy Frankovic (President of WAPOR)
A Spanish Politician
A Spanish Journalist
A Spanish Pollster
11:15-11:45
Coffee break
11,45-13:00
Plenary session
Discussion
13:30-15:30
Lunch at Faustino. Edificio Central
15:30-17:00
Parallel Sessions
Session A 1
Elections and the Public Interest
Room 30
Papers presented by:
Willem E. Saris (Netherlands): Explaining the Election Result of the Most Unusual Election in the Netherlands
Klaus-Peter Schöppner (Germany): Coincidence Decides Elections
Frederic Solop and Kristi Hagen (United States): Clean Elections in the United States: Public Interest or Public Indifference
Arne Modig (Sweden): New voices in the Swedish European Parliament Election
Session B1
Elections ad Polls in Changing Democracies
Room 33
Papers presented by:
Gariel Reyes y Federico Welsch (Venezuela): Un análisis del referendo revocatorio venezolano
José Vicente Carrasquero y Gabriel Reyes (Venezuela): Venezuela: Divisiones Políticas en la Quinta República
Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska (Poland): Entre el comunismo y la democracia: las tendencias de la comunicación política en las campañas electorales en Polonia
Guadalupe Sánchez Burgos (México): El rol de las encuestas en el proceso político mexicano
17:00-17:15
Coffee break
17:15-18:45
Parallel Sessions
Session A 2
Polls, Politics and the Public
Room 30
Papers presented by:
Monika L. McDermott, Samuel J. Best and Kenneth Dautrich (United States): Public Perceptions of Polls Results. Do the Details Matter?
Michael Traugott (United States): The Performance of the Polls in the 2004 Presidential Elections in the United States
Hans L. Zetterberg (Sweden): US 1948: The First Great Controversy about Polls, Media and Social Science
Shorna R. Broussard and Brian Miller (United States): Opinions Toward Land-Use Planning and Protection of Natural Resources: A Comparative Study of Government Officials and the Ge
Session B 2
Madrid, March 2004:
Public Opinion, Terrorism and Elections
Room 33
Papers presented by:
Rosa Berganza Conde (Spain): Perceived influence of media in Spanish elections in 2004: Study of the Third-person effect
María José Canel (Spain): The Madrid Bombings and the 2004 Spanish General Elections: Framing a Response
Raquel Rodríguez (Spain): Agenda pública y agenda personal. Elecciones españolas 2004
Ubaldo Cuesta (Spain): March 11th Terrorist Attack and the Spanish General Elections: Psychological Effects on Vote
21:00
Thanksgiving day dinner
University of Navarra
Edificio Central
Friday, November 26th
9:00-10:30
Parallel Sessions
Session A 3
Social Groups and Elections
Room 30
Papers presented by:
Robert Manchin (Belgium): First Time Voters. European Parliamentary Election in the New Member States
Claes H. De Vreese (Denmark): Voters for Tomorrow: Turnout among Young Voters in the European Elections
Gonzalo Soruco (United States): Study of Hispanics/Latinos in the State of Florida
Colin McIlheney (United Kingdom): The 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Election. A Case Study in Religious Bloc Voting
Session B 3
Candidates, Images and Elections
Room 33
Papers presented by:
José Carlos Losada Díaz, Rocío Zamora Medina, Isabel Sarabia Andugar, José Rocamora Torá y Angel Pablo Cano Medina (Spain): La deshumanización del candidato: La creación de la imagen de los principales líderes políticos en las elecciones de 2003 en la Región de Murcia
Daniel Ureña (Spain): Elecciones en Estados Unidos: la creciente importancia del voto hispano
Jorge Rojas (México): La metáfora foto-encuesta: mito y realidad en la opinión pública
María Teresa Sádaba, Esteban López-Escobar, Antonio Tolsá y Pedro Lozano (Spain): Aznar´s public image and media framing
10:30-10-45
Coffee break
10:45-12:15
Session A 4
News Media and Elections
Room 30
Papers presented by:
Wayne Wanta, Mugur Geana y Sooyoung Cho (United States): The Influence of News Media and Internet Usage Patterns on Polarization of Public Attitudes
Fatih Bayran (Turkey): Politics news in the local and national newspapers: A study of the March 28 2004 Turkish local elections
Bart Goeminne y Marc Swyngedouw (Belgium): I Like the Look on his Face. Voting and the Role of physical attractiveness and Personality of Candidates in the Light of Voter's Political Interest, Education and Media Use
Sergün Kurtoðlu (Turkey): An Analysis of the Turkish Press in the Process of Public Opinion Formation Related to Global Terrorism
12:45
City Hall Reception
14:00
Spanish paella and Conference closing
University Campus Dining Room
Saturday, November 27th: Excursion (optional)
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