Public Opinion Perception on e-Government: The Case of Northern Cyprus

Reputation is an important part of everyday life of people, businesses, and other organizations. Reputation is like a bunch of thoughts in ones’ mind that drives people’s decision-making as an auto-pilot. There are many methods applied to define reputation level for companies all over the world, such as ”World Most Admired Companies” of Fortune magazine, Financial Times “World’s the Most Respected Companies”, “Britain’s Most Admired Companies” from Management Today, or ”Asia’s Most Admired Companies” from Asian Business. This paper aims to discuss on the measurement of reputation which could stem by the public opinion. To do so, the analysis reports on a national survey which measures 5 variables of public opinion perception on Albanian companies. Each company provided by the respondents, is calculated a value which leads to define the reputation level of the total market. The whole list gives space to do sectorial analysis, too. This paper will particularly discuss the sector of shopping centres. Drawing on calculated values for each of shopping centres, perceptual maps are designed that can be of great help for investors to decide about the most appropriate shopping centre they should invest their new retail project. Furthermore, these perceptual maps can also be designed by combining variables that are related with employment and success that will help job-seekers to compare different options in the job market.

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The effects of likes on public opinion perception and personal opinion

Communications ◽

10.1515/commun-2019-2030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 223-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pablo Porten-Cheé ◽

Christiane Eilders

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Public Opinion ◽

Media Bias ◽

Spiral Of Silence ◽

Personal Opinion ◽

The Media ◽

The Spiral Of Silence ◽

Heuristic Information Processing ◽

Using Data ◽

Public Opinion Perception

AbstractDrawing on the spiral of silence theory and heuristic information processing, we contend that individuals use likes as sources for assessing public opinion. We further argue that individuals may even adapt their personal opinions to the tenor reflected in those cues. The assumptions were tested using data from an experiment involving 501 participants, who encountered media items on two issues with or without likes. The findings show that respondents inferred public opinion from the media bias if it was supported by likes, however, only in cases of high levels of fear of social isolation. Respondents further adapted their personal opinion to the media bias if it was supported by likes.

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Motivated Reasoning and Public Opinion Perception

Public Opinion Quarterly ◽

10.1093/poq/nfq076 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 504-532 ◽

Cited By ~ 63

Author(s):

Lilach Nir

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Motivated Reasoning ◽

Public Opinion Perception

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Public Perception Analysis of Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Based on Microblog Data

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2021/8971666 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Shi Dandan

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Intellectual Property ◽

Public Perception ◽

Calculation Model ◽

The Public ◽

Implementation Evaluation ◽

Intellectual Property Policy ◽

Changing Trend ◽

Public Opinion Perception ◽

Perception Analysis

Public opinion is a crucial factor for government policy making, implementation, evaluation, and social development. This paper analyzes the public opinion perception of intellectual property subject based on microblog data and puts forward the concept and calculation model for the breadth, depth, and comprehensive value of public perception. Then, taking the opinion evaluation in microblog platform as an example, this paper studies the public perception of intellectual property subject and illustrates the changing trend of public perception through related events in microblog. The results show that the four topics of trademark, intellectual property, copyright, and patent are the hot topics of public perception, the breadth, depth, and comprehensive value of public perception for the four topics fluctuated greatly, on the whole. In addition, when the content of microblog is related to personal benefits, business benefits, and personal interests, it can cause widespread public concern. Additionally, the public mainly participate in the dissemination of public opinion on intellectual property subject through forwarding. Finally, this paper puts forward some suggestions from the perspective of how to maximize the effect of intellectual property policy.

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