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The '''Bureau of Applied Social Research''' was a social research institute at [[Columbia University]] which specialised in mass communications research.  It grew out of the [[Radio Project|Radio Research Project]] at [[Princeton University]], beginning in 1937.  The Bureau's first director was [[Austrians|Austrian]] [[sociologist]] [[Paul Lazarsfeld]].  The project took on permanent form as the '''Office of Radio Research''', moving to Columbia in 1939.  It was renamed the 'Bureau of Applied Social Research' in 1944.<ref>{{cite book
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The '''Bureau of Applied Social Research''' was a social research institute at [[Columbia University]] which specialised in mass communications research.  It grew out of the [[Radio Project|Radio Research Project]] at [[Princeton University]], beginning in 1937.  The Bureau's first director was [[Austrians|Austrian]] [[sociologist]] [[Paul Lazarsfeld]].  The project took on permanent form as the '''Office of Radio Research''', moving to Columbia in 1939.  In 1944 it was renamed the 'Bureau of Applied Social Research'.<ref>{{cite book
 
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The bureau was closed in 1977, when its archives were merged into [[Columbia's Center for the Social Sciences]] which in turn became part of the [[Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy]] in 1999.
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The bureau closed in 1977.  Its archives were merged into [[Columbia's Center for the Social Sciences]] which in 1999 in turn became part of the [[Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy]].
  
 
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Revision as of 12:58, 19 February 2011

The Bureau of Applied Social Research was a social research institute at Columbia University which specialised in mass communications research. It grew out of the Radio Research Project at Princeton University, beginning in 1937. The Bureau's first director was Austrian sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld. The project took on permanent form as the Office of Radio Research, moving to Columbia in 1939. In 1944 it was renamed the 'Bureau of Applied Social Research'.[1]

The bureau closed in 1977. Its archives were merged into Columbia's Center for the Social Sciences which in 1999 in turn became part of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy.

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  1. Biographical Memoirs.  National Academies Press. pp. 260 . ISBN 0309036933. "the bureau expanded its program and grew steadily"