This is a section where you can find information about particular functions or concepts of the WorldOpinion website. In case that you can’t find some information or don’t understand our description, please contact us.

Principles and conception

WorldOpinion is an Internet based project. It is a place for expressing opinions on global Issues and discovering what the rest of the World thinks. Users respond on various questions. Each question and its related features (its discussions, statistics) are called an Issue. Users can choose from two answers on a particular question. A demonstration of global results can be observed in the Interactive Map, which graphically shows opinions of countries around the World. Additionally, users can check out Detailed Statistics which show how the opinions differ in case of different age, education, gender, religion, ethnic group and living area.

Voting and system of counting

To generate the most relevant results, votes are not simply counted together. The calculation of global result is based on different number of inhabitants in each country. From this number is derived a coefficient which gives to each country a different weight of its opinion (e.g. China’s overall opinion has different weight than Vatican’s). This system is fundamental for creating global result relevant. Imagine if there were more voters from Vatican than from China, the smallest country in the World would contribute to the global result more than the biggest one. The coefficient system maintains the countries’ real contributions to the global opinion. And how are users matched with their nationalities? The system recognizes the country where the user is at the moment. However, users fill out their nationality during the registration. Therefore, those who are registered can vote from wherever they are and still vote for their country.

 

Calculation of the global result

Calculation of the global result is based on this formula:

Home Page

Home Page shows mainly an Interactive Map related to particular Issue. You can browse the Map as well as vote for the Issue. Examples of two comments to most discussed Issues are situated below the Map. Finally, there is a box with another Issue on the right from the Map.

List of Issues

When you click on "Issues" in the Menu, a list of all released Issues will show up. You can choose whether you want to see Closed Issues or Opened Issues, select additional sorting and number of Issues shown on one page. This can be managed in the appropriate panel either at the top or at the bottom of the layout. You can directly vote from the List of Issues.

Issue Detail

The detail of Issue shows a description of its question, an interactive map, a global result and a result in the country you have voted for. There is also a box with listing of all options how to share the Issue with others. Additionally, you can directly enter the discussion related to the Issue or be linked to its detailed results. Finally, there are two latest comments in its discussion displayed at the bottom of the layout.

Detailed Results

Each Issue has its Detailed Results section where you can observe diversity in opinions based on different Age, Religion, Ethnicity etc. The access to this section is limited to registered users only. This is because the registered users are the ones who actually make the Detailed Results. All statistics shown in this section are based on information given during the registration process. Therefore, it can happen that there wouldn’t be enough votes from registered users, so the statistics wouldn’t be shown. However, they will be presented as soon as sufficient number of registered users vote.

 

Interactive World Map

Interactive Map is a tool used to demonstrate graphically how the opinion differs in countries around the World. Countries which have the same opinion are colored in the same way. Every country’s name and its current results will show up when you point a cursor at it. You can both zoom and scroll the map.

 

Results in continents

Show absolute results within continents (the countries' coefficients are not taken in account).

 

Countries overview

Shows complete listing of results in countries which inhabitants have voted.

 

Gender

Shows connection between results and different genders.

 

Age

Shows connection between results and different age groups.

 

Education

Shows connection between results and people with different education.

 

Religion

Shows connection between results and different religious groups.

Discussions

Discussions are designed for those who want to express their opinion more broadly, or want to know more about opinions of others. The discussion board is related to each Issue. Each comment can be assessed by „Thump Up“ or „Thump Down“ button. You need to be logged in if you want to post your own comment (Add a new comment) or reaction (Reply). Each comment on which there has been reaction, has a link to the reaction located below its text. On the other hand, the reaction has a link to the comment on which it reacts above its text.

Sharing Issues

Each Issue can be easily shared. All sharing options are listed in the box “Share this Issue!” which can be found in Issue’s detail. Besides sharing Issue through social networks, user can suggest it to a friend via email or place a Plug-in on his/ her Website or blog.

Plug-in

Plug-in is a box which can be placed on external Website or blog. This box shows the Issue’s question and current global result. Therefore, your visitors can vote and check the results right from your Website. After clicking on „Embed to your website“, which can be found in the Issue sharing box, a code will be generated. The only thing you need to do is to copy this code to your Website or Blog.

 

We offer two sizes of the Plug-in:

350 x 320 px

 

250 x 120 px

Registration

You need to be registered and logged in to get access to everything what WorldOpinion offers. Signed in users can observe Detailed Statistics or discuss Issues. User Profile is personalised which means you have access to listings of Issues where you have voted and Discussions where you have added comments. Those features can be found on your own WorldOpinion’s homepage – the Dashboard. As a registered user, you can also suggest your own Issues.

 

How can I register?

The registration form will show up when you click on “Register” button (located in the right corner of Website’s layout). You only need to fill out your E-mail and password which will be your login details. Then choose your nationality, gender and year of birth. For successful finishing your registration you have to accept the Terms of Service.

 

Filling additional information

When you finish the compulsory part of registration, some additional questions will show up. By answering them, you will provide us with basic data for processing the detailed statistics. The more columns you fill out, the more accurate the statistics will be.

 

NickName

When you add a comment in discussion, NickName will be used as your name. If you don’t have the NickName, the prefix from your E-mail address will be used.

 

Education

The highest level of education you have achieved. Please try to identify yourself with one of these levels.

 

• No education: No school attended
• Primary education: Elementary school / Middle school
• Secondary education: High school / College / Gymnasia
• Undergraduate degree: University education up to the level of a bachelor’s degree. (e.g. BA, BS, B.Phil)
• Postgraduate degree: University education for which a bachelor's degree is required. Masters degree / Magister degree / Graduate degree. (e.g. MBA, MsC, MA, M.Phil)
• Doctoral degree: Highest academic or professional degree. (e.g. PhD, DSc, DBA)

 

Religion

 

Ethnic Group

 

Living Area

 

Income

Your personal average income per annum.

Dashboard

You will be automatically redirected to the Dashboard after signing in. Dashboard is a center of user section. You can see there what is new on the website including releases of new Issues . The right side of Dashboard is for managing your account. You can edit your profile, manage your personal settings and check the Issues where you have either voted or discussed. You can also suggest a new Issue. Short listings of latest released Issues and Issues where you have recently voted or discussed can be found at the bottom of layout.

My Votes

As a registered user, you have access to listing of all Issues where you have voted. This section is called My Votes is accessible from Dashboard. My votes allow you to control changes in results of Issues where you have voted.

My Discussions

As a registered user, you have access to listing of all Issues where you have discussed. This section is called My Discussions and it is accessible through Dashboard. Listing shows each Issue with its latest comment, therefore, you can easily check what is new in the particular discussion.