Entertainment polls
Internet-based entertainment polls are
‘surveys’ conducted purely for their
entertainment value (though they are
sometimes passed off to be more than what
they are). On the Internet, they largely
consist of websites where any visitor can
respond to a posted survey. An example of
an Internet-based entertainment poll is The
Weekly Web Poll (www.weeklywebpoll.com). The telephone equivalent of these types
of polls are call-in polls (or cell-phone textmessage
polls) such as those advertised on
various television shows, where viewers can
vote for their favourite contestant or character.
Of course, Internet-based entertainment
polls are as unscientific as call-in telephone
polls.