<strong>The Public Opinion Survey As a De-Ideologizing Instrument</strong>

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Published: May 19, 2021

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Ignacio Martín-Baró
Universidad Centroamericana Juan Simeón Cañas

Abstract

A civil war poses problems for social scientists that demand an immediate solution, but also others, less urgent, although perhaps more basic. Among these is the ideological concealment of reality from the population, which enhances its alienation, by separating the daily experience from its corresponding objectification, its experiential consciousness from its necessary formalization. The systematic and dialectical use of public opinion polls can help to dismantle the lie of the official discourse and open a collective conscience to new historical alternatives. The proposal is examined in the light of surveys carried out in the midst of the Salvadoran civil war, which show the disagreement between public discourse and real opinion on such serious issues as US intervention, the role of elections and the option for a dialogue of peace between government and insurgents.

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Martín-Baró, I. (2021). <strong>The Public Opinion Survey As a De-Ideologizing Instrument</strong>. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (30), 161–171. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/77479
Author Biography

Ignacio Martín-Baró, Universidad Centroamericana Juan Simeón Cañas

Doctor in social psychology, master in social sciences and Spanish Jesuit priest. He served as professor, head of the Department of Psychology and vice-rector of the Universidad Centroamericana Juan Simeón Cañas (UCA), of El Salvador. He founded and directed the Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública (IUDOP). His work as a defender of human rights and his critical academic production, in which he pointed out the injustices of hegemonic groups, as well as his tireless support for marginalized communities, have made him a benchmark in Latin American social sciences. On November 16, 1989, he was assassinated, along with other fellow Jesuits, a working woman and her minor daughter, in a military attack perpetrated by the Armed Forces of El Salvador against the house where the religious lived.

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