Fang-Face writes “The First Amendment Center, with American Journalism Review magazine, did the 2004 national State of the First Amendment survey. One thousand two respondents were contacted by telephone between 06 May and 06 Jun 2004. The sampling error is plus-or-minus 3%. Among key findings in the 2004 survey:
- In response to a general question, 58% say current government regulation on broadcast television with regard to references to sexual activity is about right, with 16% saying there is too much and 21% saying there is too little regulation.
- But when asked more specific questions, 49% would extend that authority beyond the existing 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. time frame to also include late-night and overnight programs. And even though cable programming today is exempt from FCC standards applied to broadcasters, 54%, would support permitting the same 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. regulations to apply to cable television, with 45% in favor of applying such regulation around-the-clock.
- Parents, by wide majority — from 71% to 87% — are seen as having the main responsibility to keep children from seeing “inappropriate material” on television, radio, movies or printed material. Survey respondents ranked the content providers — programmers, movie producers or theater owners and publishers — as the second-most-responsible group, with government running a distant third or fourth choice.
- Even as 67% of those responding to the survey said that the nation’s educational system does a fair-to-poor job of teaching students about the First Amendment, 72% disagreed that a high school student should be allowed to wear a T-shirt with a message or picture that might be offensive to others.
You can see the Foreword to the 2004 report by Gene Policinski; or this analysis of the survey report by Paul K. McMasters; or the Associated Press article all of which are minor variations on a theme. The Report itself, in .PDF can be found here.“
Fang-Face writes “The First Amendment Center, with American Journalism Review magazine, did the 2004 national State of the First Amendment survey. One thousand two respondents were contacted by telephone between 06 May and 06 Jun 2004. The sampling error is plus-or-minus 3%. Among key findings in the 2004 survey:
- In response to a general question, 58% say current government regulation on broadcast television with regard to references to sexual activity is about right, with 16% saying there is too much and 21% saying there is too little regulation.
- But when asked more specific questions, 49% would extend that authority beyond the existing 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. time frame to also include late-night and overnight programs. And even though cable programming today is exempt from FCC standards applied to broadcasters, 54%, would support permitting the same 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. regulations to apply to cable television, with 45% in favor of applying such regulation around-the-clock.
- Parents, by wide majority — from 71% to 87% — are seen as having the main responsibility to keep children from seeing “inappropriate material” on television, radio, movies or printed material. Survey respondents ranked the content providers — programmers, movie producers or theater owners and publishers — as the second-most-responsible group, with government running a distant third or fourth choice.
- Even as 67% of those responding to the survey said that the nation’s educational system does a fair-to-poor job of teaching students about the First Amendment, 72% disagreed that a high school student should be allowed to wear a T-shirt with a message or picture that might be offensive to others.
You can see the Foreword to the 2004 report by Gene Policinski; or this analysis of the survey report by Paul K. McMasters; or the Associated Press article all of which are minor variations on a theme. The Report itself, in .PDF can be found here.“
FF Keeping Us Informed
Thanks for your active attention to all the news regarding the Patriot Act and Free Speech issues.
I doubt that many of us would be so aware of what’s going on if you hadn’t taken the time and made the effort to find these articles and reports and let us all know about it.
Re:FF Keeping Us Informed
Given that ninety-eight percent of Americans don’t know enough about the First Amendment, there is a ninety-eight percent chance you wouldn’t.