Public opinion
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Community attitudes
Social perception
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Next25 Navigator social research report 2021
Next25 Navigator is an annual research study that addresses the question - “What future does Australia want and are we on track?” This report covers their social research, which engaged a large, nationally-representative sample of everyday Australians in quantitative and qualitative work across the five...
Policy report
Australians' attitudes to social media: connection or curse?
Social media poses unique challenges to society and government. This paper examines some potential social media regulation scenarios and the issues that need to be considered in Australia.
Journal article
Australian voters’ attitudes to climate action and their social-political determinants
This article explores the social-political determinants of climate attitudes, and how they are positioned in relation to voting behaviour, in the context of the 2019 Australian federal election.
Report
Mapping social cohesion: the Scanlon Foundation surveys 2020
The thirteenth edition of the Mapping Social Cohesion research came in a year like no other. Drawing on more than a decade of benchmarking data collected in previous Scanlon surveys, this report provides insight into the resilience of Australian society when faced with a major...
Report
What matters to young Australians: exploring young people's perspectives from 2010-2018
This report presents findings from the first ever analysis of 27,814 'What Matters?' essays using a combination of text mining and manual thematic and discourse analysis.
Video
A Whitlam Institute policy conversation: young people and democracy
Whitlam Institute Director, Leanne Smith, and Associate Professor Dr Philippa Collin discuss new research exploring what really matters to young Australians, and their participation in democracy.
Literature review
Young people and democracy: a review
Young people’s politics are emerging in a time of significant social, cultural, technological and economic change. As such, this review focuses on Australian young people’s civic and political attitudes and practices in the context of the broader global forces that shape them. This review reports...
Report
Youth and satisfaction with democracy
In recent years, there has been extensive debate around attitudes to democracy among younger generations. Yet an absence of rigorous, globally comparative data has hindered the ability to draw firm conclusions. This report takes advantage of the largest-ever global dataset on democratic legitimacy, finding that...
Survey
Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey 2020
This survey provides longitudinal information on the attitudes Australians hold regarding key privacy issues, their experiences and perspectives towards misuse of personal data, as well as actions taken to protect their privacy.
Report
Masculinities and health: attitudes towards men and masculinities in Australia
This report documents the character of attitudes towards men and masculinity in Australia.