[governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
Simon Ontoyin
exigencygh at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 12:17:04 EDT 2013
What's more important is the sample size and the margin of error.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Nnenna <nne75 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > If such a study was conducted in China with 5000 respondents...
> >
> > What will your conclusion be?
> >
>
> If it was conducted by a well known and well respected firm, probably
> something like "that's interesting".
>
> Think it really depends on the source.
>
> Adam
>
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> >
> > Just asking
> >
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> > From: Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com>
> > To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>;
> Suresh
> > Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
> > Cc: Simon Ontoyin <exigencygh at gmail.com>; Riaz K Tayob
> > <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied
> Upon,
> > Pew Study Finds
> >
> > +2
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <
> suresh at hserus.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Sample size doesn't quite matter as much as the method of sampling, and
> the
> > questions asked in the survey, which must be carefully designed to
> eliminate
> > interviewer bias, among other things
> >
> > --srs (iPad)
> >
> > On 11-Jun-2013, at 20:52, Simon Ontoyin <exigencygh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A contagiously hilarious study. 100 people?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
> >
> > <picture-5.jpg>
> > Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 17:48 -0400
> >
> >
> > In what is likely the most disappointing, if not unexpected, news of the
> > day, we find that according to a just released Pew Research study, a
> > substantial majority, or 56% of Americans, "say the National Security
> > Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of
> > Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate
> terrorism."
> > Only 41% object to having every phone conversation intercepted,
> > investigated, analyzed, and recorded for posterity. Sorry Edward Snowden:
> > you just threw your life away for nothing. The sheep have been properly
> and
> > thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which is why they continue to get
> > precisely the government they so rightfully deserve.
> > <6-10-13-1.png>
> > More from Pew:
> >
> > The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The Washington
> > Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no indications that
> last
> > week’s revelations of the government’s collection of phone records and
> > internet data have altered fundamental public views about the tradeoff
> > between investigating possible terrorism and protecting personal privacy.
> >
> > It just gets better:
> >
> > <6-10-13-3.png>Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal
> > government to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that
> intrudes
> > on personal privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government
> > not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to
> > investigate possible terrorist threats.
> >
> > These opinions have changed little since an ABC News/Washington Post
> survey
> > in January <6-10-13-2.png>2006. Currently, there are only modest partisan
> > differences in these opinions: 69% of Democrats say it is more important
> for
> > the government to investigate terrorist threats, even at the expense of
> > personal privacy, as do 62% of Republicans and 59% of independents.
> >
> > However, while six-in-ten or more in older age groups say it is more
> > important to investigate terrorism even if it intrudes on privacy, young
> > people are divided: 51% say investigating terrorism is more important
> while
> > 45% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on
> personal
> > privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible threats.
> > The survey finds that while there are apparent differences between the
> NSA
> > surveillance programs under the Bush and Obama administrations, overall
> > public reactions to both incidents are similar. Currently, 56% say it is
> > acceptable that the NSA “has been getting secret court orders to track
> > telephone calls of millions of Americans in an effort to investigate
> > terrorism.”
> > In January 2006, a few weeks after initial new reports of the Bush
> > administration’s surveillance program, 51% said it was acceptable for the
> > NSA to investigate “people suspected of involvement with terrorism by
> > secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails between some
> > people in the United States and other countries, without first getting
> court
> > approval to do so.”
> >
> > Perhaps least surprising is that once the most vocal objector to "Dubya"
> > pervasive surveillance, the Democrats, are now its most ardent defenders.
> > And so once again, political party line stupidity trumps common sense.
> >
> > Republicans and Democrats have had very different views of the two
> > operations. Today, only about half of Republicans (52%) say it is
> acceptable
> > for the NSA to obtain court orders to track phone call records of
> millions
> > of Americans to investigate terrorism. In January 2006, fully 75% of
> > Republicans said it was acceptable for the NSA to investigate suspected
> > terrorists by listing in on phone calls and reading emails without court
> > approval.
> >
> > <6-10-13-4.png>
> >
> > Democrats now view the NSA’s phone surveillance as acceptable by 64% to
> 34%.
> > In January 2006, by a similar margin (61% to 36%), Democrats said it was
> > unacceptable for the NSA to scrutinize phone calls and emails of
> suspected
> > terrorists.
> >
> > Of course, if the president was Romney, his head would already be on a
> > stick. Metaphorically speaking of course.
> > Finally, the biggest danger to America it appears is not a turnkey
> > totalitarian tyrant, but broad apathy as it turns out only one in four
> > follow NSA News "very closely." The other 3 in 4 are far more concerned
> with
> > who gets to fake-wed the fake-bachelorette this season, or who is the
> victor
> > of Dancing with the Stars.
> >
> > Roughly a quarter (27%) of Americans say they are following news about
> the
> > government collecting Verizon phone records very closely. This is a
> > relatively modest level of public interest. Only another 21% say they
> are
> > following this fairly closely, while about half say they are following
> not
> > too (17%) or not at all (35%) closely.
> >
> > Interest in reports about the government tracking of e-mail and online
> > activities is almost identical: 26% say they are following this story
> very
> > closely, 33% not closely at all.
> >
> > Attention to these stories is higher among Republicans and
> > Republican-leaning independents: 32% are following reports about the
> > government tracking phone records very closely, compared with 24% of
> > Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. The partisan gap in
> interest
> > is almost identical when it comes to reports about government collecting
> > email and other online information: 30% of Republicans and
> > Republican-leaners are following very closely compared with 20% of
> Democrats
> > and Democratic-leaners.
> >
> > Overall, those who disagree with the government’s data monitoring are
> > following the reports somewhat more closely than those who support them.
> > Among those who find the government’s tracking of phone records to be
> > unacceptable, 31% are following the story very closely, compared with 21%
> > among those who say it is acceptable. Similarly with respect to reports
> > about government monitoring of email and online activities, 28% of those
> who
> > say this should not be done are following the news very closely, compared
> > with 23% of those who approve of the practice.
> >
> > Those who wish to be even more depressed can read on here.
> > As for Edward Snowden, hopefully this will teach you to throw away your
> life
> > to liberate a bloated and apathetic society that couldn't care less if
> the
> > slaughter-gate was slammed shut behind it, and just wants to have its
> > rose-colored blinders on in perpetuity.
> > Average:
> > 4.52
> > Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (25 votes)
> >
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