Small Survey

[GSLeloo]

So.. if anyone wants to kill a minute and save a project, please feel free to fill out this survey! Thanks!


Media and the Government Survey

1. Do you thing the media works with the government to ensure that only
what the
governments wants to be seen is?

Yes No

2. Do you think the government manipulates the media to portray the
image they
desire?

Yes No

3. During the time the Terry Schiavo case was on the news, do you
recall any
other important cases such as Social Security or the war in Iraq?

Yes No

4. Did you ever hear about any laws based on the Terry Schiavo case
that the
government tried to pass? If so, what was is?

Yes No

5. Do you think the reason that the media shows mostly flashy dramatic
news,
such as Michael Jackson, Terry Schiavo, the Clinton Scandal, and others
because
it is due to society?s desire for those typical news casts?

Yes No

6. Which issue is more interesting to you?

Terry Schiavo Social Security

7. Do you know what an ex posto facto law is?

Yes No

8. Should the government step in on an individual basis?

Yes No

9. Do you believe Bush?s religion affected his position on the Schiavo
case?

Yes No

10. Should a leader?s religion affect the decisions they make?

Yes No

11. Should the government use its power to try and step into a case
already in
progress?

Yes No

12. When do you first remember hearing about the Social Security issue
in the
media?

Before During After the Terri Schiavo case



General Questions

1. Age:

18-24 25-30 31+

2. Gender:

Female Male

3. Religion:

Christian Jewish Muslim Atheist Other

4. Family income:

10K-50K 51K-100K 100K+

5. What political group are you associated with?

Democrat Republican Independent Other

6. Parents political group?

Democrat Republican Independent Other

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes

5. Yes

6. Social Security

7. Yes

8. Yes and No

9. Yes

10. No

11. Yes and No

12. Before

18-24

Male

100k+

Independent

Democratic

[Gan]

1. no

2. no

3. yes

4. no

5. yes

6. social security

7. yes (after the event)

8. no

9. no to my knowledge (I didnt follow it all that closely)

10. no (seperation of church/state)

11. vague question... the court system is the govt. (do you mean the legislative branch? if so then no)

12. before


1. 31+
2. male
3. christian
4. 100k+
5. republican (for the most part)
6. ex democrat - now republican thanks to the Clinton administration :lol:

[Latrinsorm]

1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes (some law specifically about her)

5. No

6. Social Security

7. No

8. No

9. Yes

10. Yes

11. Yes

12. Before

1. 18-24

2. Yes please! er, I mean male

3. Religion: Christian

4. 100K+

5. Other ( :saint: )

6. Independent

Some of these questions for your survey are a tad open-ended.

There's a big difference between the government passing or vetoing a law because of a personal agenda than having the National Guard escorting minority groups to schools during the Civil Rights movement because local law enforcement chose not too.

[GSLeloo]

(Sorry for 11, I didn't make up the survey. Also it may have odd question marks due to ramapo e-mail.. it changes commas to questions)

To clarify 11, we were more referring to.. should a government make a law to help achieve the outcome they desire. Basically making an ex posto facto law to affect an ongoing case.

[Hulkein]

1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes

6. neither

7. Yes

8. No

9. Yes

10. Yes

11. depends

12.Before the Terri Schiavo case



General Questions

1. Age: 18-24

2. Gender: Male

3. Religion: Christian

4. Family income: 51K-100K (Actually, depending on when my Mom works again, it'll be over 100k)

5. Republican

6. One Democrat one Republican (both were democrat as I grew up though, so take that as you need for your survey)

[Edited on 5-4-2005 by Hulkein]

[Back]

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes. Congress gathered to try and overturn a judge’s decision.

5. Yes.

6. Social Security

7. No.

8. If they are buddies I guess.

9. Yes.

10. No.

11. In what context?

12. Way before.

GENERAL QUESTIONS.

1. 31+

2. Male

3. Other

4. 10k-50k

5. Independant

6. Other (They were republicans)

[FinisWolf]

1. no
2. yes
3. no
4. no

5. no - its to turn your focus from important issues

6. SS

7. sort of - memory doesn't serve perfectly on this topic

8. no
9. yes
10. no, but it does
11. depends
12. before


1. 31+
2. M
3. Other
4. 10-50K
5. D
6. ?

[Edaarin]

1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes, tried to rush a statue to make Schiavo case a simple per se, no questions asked end
5. Yes
6. Social Security
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. No
11. No
12. 12th grade

1. 20
2. Male
3. Other
4. 51k-100k
5. Other
6. Other

[Snapp]

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes

5. Yes

6. Social Security

7. Yes, recently learned

8. No

9. Yes, lol of course

10. No

11. No

12. Before



General Questions

1. 18-24

2. Male

3. Other

4. 10-50K

5. Other

6. Republican

[Caiylania]

Media and the Government Survey

1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. No

5. Yes & No
I think it is because that is what they perceive as what we want to see.

6. they are to different to compare.

7. Yes

8. Yes

9. Yes

10. Yes, we elected them for who they are and the choices they have made and will make. Should they still have an open mind and not go strictly by that? Yes. But it is part of who they are.

11. Should the government use its power to try and step into a case
already in progress?

This is not a yes or no answer. All cases are different, what if its because a judge is corrupt? Or known to make decisions that are often overturned? If the judge is fine, what if what if what if. Kind of lame to just give a yes or no answer to this one.

12. Before

General Questions

1. Age: 25-30

2. Gender:Female

3. Religion:

Christian Jewish Muslim Atheist Other

4. Family income:

why does it matter? :-P

5. What political group are you associated with?

Democrat Republican Independent Other

all of the above. They are all right some of the time :-D

6. Parents political group?

Republican

[Edited on 5-4-2005 by Caiylania]

[Goldenranger]

1. Somewhat, big media outlets aren't going to suppress stories advancing the interests of corporations if the gov't brings the issue to the table.

2. Of course, it is necessary for governments to present material that shows them in the best light and the job of a free competant media to accept or reject those views.

3. Yes

4. Yes, federal law giving courts jurisdiction and the even more ridiculous Florida "Terry Law"

5. Media loves to play to the LCM

6.Social Security by far

7. Yes

8. Only regarding the President or others high up within our government.

9.Does George W. Bush stay up late for anything else?

10. Yes

11. No

12.Before

General

1. 21

2. Male

3. Other (Agnostic, not currently searching thank you)

4. 100k +

5. Democrat and other parties further to the left

6. Dad = hardcore republican
Mother = apolitical

[ElanthianSiren]

Yes
Yes
Yes SS
Yes -- Congress tried to move a mandate through that the Supreme Court vote on all right to death cases; this mandate was later amended such that the Supreme Court's ruling would ONLY apply to the Schiavo case.

No opinion/Don't care what most Americans think or feel really.

Social Security

Yes absolutely.

No

Yes -- both Bushes.

No, especially not in our country. Separation of church and state.

No

During the Terri Schiavo case.



1. Age: 25-30

2. Gender: Female

3. Religion: Other

4. Family income: 100K+

5. What political group are you associated with?: Other

6. Parents political group?: Other

-Melissa

completing this survey means I have to read

[Killer Kitten]

1. yes

2. yes

3. yes, but not for lack of trying on the part of the media

4. yes, wasn't it called 'Terry's Law'?

5. Partly that, partly to feed people style, blinding them to substance

6. Social Security

7. yes

8. no

9. yes

10. no

11. no

12. before


1. 31+

2. female

3. Christian

4. 51k - 100k

5. Independent

6. Democrat

[DeV]

1. It depends on the type of media. Political issues, yes.

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes; Schiavo bill or law?

5. Partly, the media is out for financial gain as well as giving the public what they want.

6. Social Security

7. Yes

8. No

9. Yes

10. No, but unfortunately it does, and often. It would be hard for their religion to not have some kind of effect.

11. No

12. Before


1. 25-30

2. Female

3. Other

4. 51K-100K

5. Other

6. Democrat and Republican

[HarmNone]

1. No (few cases, perhaps. not most)

2. yes

3. yes

4. yes congress tried to give courts jurisdiction over such matters

5. yes

6. Equally interesting, for different reasons

7. yes Ex post Facto (basically, after the fact)

8. no

9. yes

10. no

11. no

12. before


1. 31+

2. female

3. other

4. 100K+

5. other

6. other

[Leetahkin]

1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Social Security
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. No
11. No
12. Before

25-30
Female
Other
10K-50K
Democrat
Republican

[GSLeloo]

Thank you everyone so much! I just learned our third partner failed on the interview so.. we'll be doing 90+ of these surveys... if anyone is interested in the end tally of everything I'll post it whenever we compile all of these. The question about the parents and family income was more to see if there was a pattern between how people answered based upon those two. Essentially these were more meant for our fellow Ramapo students and if their parents positions were affecting them...

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by GSLeloo
if anyone is interested in the end tally of everything I'll post it whenever we compile all of these.That would be cool! You think you could post the answer key too? :)

[GSLeloo]

lol There was no answer key! All answers were the right answers.

What I found interesting so far is that the majority said that society desires to see "flashy dramatic" cases (Like Terri Schiavo) and yet nearly everyone was more interested in Social Security..