<div dir="ltr">What's more important is the sample size and the margin of error.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Adam Peake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp" target="_blank">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Nnenna <<a href="mailto:nne75@yahoo.com">nne75@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> If such a study was conducted in China with 5000 respondents...<br>
><br>
> What will your conclusion be?<br>
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</div>If it was conducted by a well known and well respected firm, probably<br>
something like "that's interesting".<br>
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Think it really depends on the source.<br>
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> Cc: Simon Ontoyin <<a href="mailto:exigencygh@gmail.com">exigencygh@gmail.com</a>>; Riaz K Tayob<br>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:37 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon,<br>
> Pew Study Finds<br>
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> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net">suresh@hserus.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
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> Sample size doesn't quite matter as much as the method of sampling, and the<br>
> questions asked in the survey, which must be carefully designed to eliminate<br>
> interviewer bias, among other things<br>
><br>
> --srs (iPad)<br>
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> On 11-Jun-2013, at 20:52, Simon Ontoyin <<a href="mailto:exigencygh@gmail.com">exigencygh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> A contagiously hilarious study. 100 people?<br>
><br>
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> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Riaz K Tayob <<a href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds<br>
><br>
> <picture-5.jpg><br>
> Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 17:48 -0400<br>
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><br>
> In what is likely the most disappointing, if not unexpected, news of the<br>
> day, we find that according to a just released Pew Research study, a<br>
> substantial majority, or 56% of Americans, "say the National Security<br>
> Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of<br>
> Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism."<br>
> Only 41% object to having every phone conversation intercepted,<br>
> investigated, analyzed, and recorded for posterity. Sorry Edward Snowden:<br>
> you just threw your life away for nothing. The sheep have been properly and<br>
> thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which is why they continue to get<br>
> precisely the government they so rightfully deserve.<br>
> <6-10-13-1.png><br>
> More from Pew:<br>
><br>
> The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The Washington<br>
> Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no indications that last<br>
> week’s revelations of the government’s collection of phone records and<br>
> internet data have altered fundamental public views about the tradeoff<br>
> between investigating possible terrorism and protecting personal privacy.<br>
><br>
> It just gets better:<br>
><br>
> <6-10-13-3.png>Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal<br>
> government to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes<br>
> on personal privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government<br>
> not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to<br>
> investigate possible terrorist threats.<br>
><br>
> These opinions have changed little since an ABC News/Washington Post survey<br>
> in January <6-10-13-2.png>2006. Currently, there are only modest partisan<br>
> differences in these opinions: 69% of Democrats say it is more important for<br>
> the government to investigate terrorist threats, even at the expense of<br>
> personal privacy, as do 62% of Republicans and 59% of independents.<br>
><br>
> However, while six-in-ten or more in older age groups say it is more<br>
> important to investigate terrorism even if it intrudes on privacy, young<br>
> people are divided: 51% say investigating terrorism is more important while<br>
> 45% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on personal<br>
> privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible threats.<br>
> The survey finds that while there are apparent differences between the NSA<br>
> surveillance programs under the Bush and Obama administrations, overall<br>
> public reactions to both incidents are similar. Currently, 56% say it is<br>
> acceptable that the NSA “has been getting secret court orders to track<br>
> telephone calls of millions of Americans in an effort to investigate<br>
> terrorism.”<br>
> In January 2006, a few weeks after initial new reports of the Bush<br>
> administration’s surveillance program, 51% said it was acceptable for the<br>
> NSA to investigate “people suspected of involvement with terrorism by<br>
> secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails between some<br>
> people in the United States and other countries, without first getting court<br>
> approval to do so.”<br>
><br>
> Perhaps least surprising is that once the most vocal objector to "Dubya"<br>
> pervasive surveillance, the Democrats, are now its most ardent defenders.<br>
> And so once again, political party line stupidity trumps common sense.<br>
><br>
> Republicans and Democrats have had very different views of the two<br>
> operations. Today, only about half of Republicans (52%) say it is acceptable<br>
> for the NSA to obtain court orders to track phone call records of millions<br>
> of Americans to investigate terrorism. In January 2006, fully 75% of<br>
> Republicans said it was acceptable for the NSA to investigate suspected<br>
> terrorists by listing in on phone calls and reading emails without court<br>
> approval.<br>
><br>
> <6-10-13-4.png><br>
><br>
> Democrats now view the NSA’s phone surveillance as acceptable by 64% to 34%.<br>
> In January 2006, by a similar margin (61% to 36%), Democrats said it was<br>
> unacceptable for the NSA to scrutinize phone calls and emails of suspected<br>
> terrorists.<br>
><br>
> Of course, if the president was Romney, his head would already be on a<br>
> stick. Metaphorically speaking of course.<br>
> Finally, the biggest danger to America it appears is not a turnkey<br>
> totalitarian tyrant, but broad apathy as it turns out only one in four<br>
> follow NSA News "very closely." The other 3 in 4 are far more concerned with<br>
> who gets to fake-wed the fake-bachelorette this season, or who is the victor<br>
> of Dancing with the Stars.<br>
><br>
> Roughly a quarter (27%) of Americans say they are following news about the<br>
> government collecting Verizon phone records very closely. This is a<br>
> relatively modest level of public interest. Only another 21% say they are<br>
> following this fairly closely, while about half say they are following not<br>
> too (17%) or not at all (35%) closely.<br>
><br>
> Interest in reports about the government tracking of e-mail and online<br>
> activities is almost identical: 26% say they are following this story very<br>
> closely, 33% not closely at all.<br>
><br>
> Attention to these stories is higher among Republicans and<br>
> Republican-leaning independents: 32% are following reports about the<br>
> government tracking phone records very closely, compared with 24% of<br>
> Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. The partisan gap in interest<br>
> is almost identical when it comes to reports about government collecting<br>
> email and other online information: 30% of Republicans and<br>
> Republican-leaners are following very closely compared with 20% of Democrats<br>
> and Democratic-leaners.<br>
><br>
> Overall, those who disagree with the government’s data monitoring are<br>
> following the reports somewhat more closely than those who support them.<br>
> Among those who find the government’s tracking of phone records to be<br>
> unacceptable, 31% are following the story very closely, compared with 21%<br>
> among those who say it is acceptable. Similarly with respect to reports<br>
> about government monitoring of email and online activities, 28% of those who<br>
> say this should not be done are following the news very closely, compared<br>
> with 23% of those who approve of the practice.<br>
><br>
> Those who wish to be even more depressed can read on here.<br>
> As for Edward Snowden, hopefully this will teach you to throw away your life<br>
> to liberate a bloated and apathetic society that couldn't care less if the<br>
> slaughter-gate was slammed shut behind it, and just wants to have its<br>
> rose-colored blinders on in perpetuity.<br>
> Average:<br>
> 4.52<br>
> Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (25 votes)<br>
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