mass observationn.

Brit.

/ˌmas ɒbzəˈveɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæs ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mass n.², observation n.

Etymology: < mass n.² + observation n.

The study and recording of the social habits, daily activities, and opinions of large numbers of people.Also used as the name of a project established in 1937 for this purpose: see quot. 1937.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > theories or methods of analysis

reflexivity1662

social statics1843

social causation1848

sociography1881

functionalism1904

class analysis1919

culturalism1919

mass observation1920

survey1927

participant observation1933

participant observing1933

Verstehen1934

panel technique1938

MO1939

ahistoricism1940

historicism1940

technologism1940

action research1945

metasociology1950

pattern variable1951

structural functionalism1951

structuralism1951

panel analysis1955

cliometrics1960

unilinearism1964

technology assessment1966

symbolic interactionism1969

modernization theory1972

processualism1972

postcolonialism1974

decontextualization1976

decontextualizing1980

structurism1989

1920 P. Vinogradoff Outl. Hist. Jurisprudence I. 71 There are people who think that the study of man in societies by means of mass observation is entitled to rank as a distinct and separate science, which they call Demography.

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Oct. 709/2 Mass-observation..is a scheme..by which a large number of persons..are encouraged to observe, and to write down, how they and those with whom they come into contact spend their daily lives... The work was begun early this year by fifty observers in various parts of the country.

1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow ii. 34 He's supposed to have an assignment..but he spends all his time doing his own private mass observation.

1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 38 There's a really awful joke, about a Mass Observation researcher who goes to Country Antrim, where my family come from.

Derivatives

ˌmass-obserˈvationist n. rare

ΚΠ

1938 Times 10 Mar. 15/4 Nor are they mass-observationists..testing the movements of public opinion with cold curiosity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mass observation
释义	mass observationn. Brit. /ˌmas ɒbzəˈveɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmæs ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mass n.², observation n. Etymology: < mass n.² + observation n. The study and recording of the social habits, daily activities, and opinions of large numbers of people.Also used as the name of a project established in 1937 for this purpose: see quot. 1937. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > theories or methods of analysis reflexivity1662 social statics1843 social causation1848 sociography1881 functionalism1904 class analysis1919 culturalism1919 mass observation1920 survey1927 participant observation1933 participant observing1933 Verstehen1934 panel technique1938 MO1939 ahistoricism1940 historicism1940 technologism1940 action research1945 metasociology1950 pattern variable1951 structural functionalism1951 structuralism1951 panel analysis1955 cliometrics1960 unilinearism1964 technology assessment1966 symbolic interactionism1969 modernization theory1972 processualism1972 postcolonialism1974 decontextualization1976 decontextualizing1980 structurism1989 1920 P. Vinogradoff Outl. Hist. Jurisprudence I. 71 There are people who think that the study of man in societies by means of mass observation is entitled to rank as a distinct and separate science, which they call Demography. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Oct. 709/2 Mass-observation..is a scheme..by which a large number of persons..are encouraged to observe, and to write down, how they and those with whom they come into contact spend their daily lives... The work was begun early this year by fifty observers in various parts of the country. 1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow ii. 34 He's supposed to have an assignment..but he spends all his time doing his own private mass observation. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 38 There's a really awful joke, about a Mass Observation researcher who goes to Country Antrim, where my family come from. Derivatives ˌmass-obserˈvationist n. rare ΚΠ 1938 Times 10 Mar. 15/4 Nor are they mass-observationists..testing the movements of public opinion with cold curiosity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920
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