Foresight as a tool for the study of public opinion

The mankind has the necessity to reduce the uncertainty of those events that negatively o positively affect it. The world changes and the impact that the social phenomena they generate is inevitable, therefore is necessary to have contingency plans based on possible and probable scenarios. The utili...

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Autor: Miranda Muñoz, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41787
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/41787
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:prospective
strategy
future
scene construction
futurology
futuribles
prospectiva
estrategia
futuro
construcción de escenarios
futurología
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Sumario:The mankind has the necessity to reduce the uncertainty of those events that negatively o positively affect it. The world changes and the impact that the social phenomena they generate is inevitable, therefore is necessary to have contingency plans based on possible and probable scenarios. The utility of foresight and the inclusion of this discipline in business, politics and academia, allowing strategic decision-making. In the field of public opinion, prospective can be used to determine the scenarios that may happen, so that timely action plans can be carried out around issues of public interest, which will predict or anticipate the scope and consequences of political phenomena.