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Subject: Elections: Media Survey
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Explanation: What you think about the media coverage of the recent presidential
election campaign?  After our first electronic survey on Sunday, we have
corrected a number of bugs to make our form processor more user
friendly, and more reasonable in its responses. In this last
broad-distribution survey of our experiment, we would appreciate your
responses, if you care to participate.  Please answer this survey and
return it to:

            [e-mail]

Results: The sooner you return this survey, the sooner you can find out
how your answers square with other participating members of the Internet
community.  We will post the results to those who respond as soon as the
returns become significant.

Directions: Try to answer all the questions as best you can in order make
this survey as accurate as possible.  Be sure to put your answer AFTER
the PROMPT for each query BUT NOT on new line.  The answers to questions
will complete from your input, so you need only provide enough characters
to distinguish your answer from the alternatives.  For multiple choice
questions with letter or numeric labels, you need only provide the letter
or number for your answer.  Be careful NOT TO DELETE the FORM IDENTIFIER
and SPECIFIER appearing at the beginning of the survey, or the system
will have trouble figuring out which survey you are submitting.

If you are unsure how to complete this survey, you can learn how to fill
out our computerized forms by sending mail to:

            [e-mail]

Eligibility: Feel free to circulate this survey to your friends.  Anyone
able to send electronic mail is eligible to participate, even if they
have never taken advantage of the MIT Presidential Information Servers.

Comments: If you wish to register comments on this survey or other aspects of
these experiments, you may send them to:

            [e-mail]

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PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT LINE!
:FORM: MEDIA-SURVEY

Question: What was the most important event in the presidential campaign?
Answer:  Select one:  1  the Buchanan primary challenge to Bush
                      2  Perot's entry, withdrawal and reentry
                      3  the Democratic convention
                      4  the Republican convention
                      5  the candidate debates
                      6  other
                      7  no single event
:MOST-IMPORTANT-FACTOR:

Question: How much attention did you pay to news programs on the
major television networks?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:NETWORK-NEWS-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did news programs on major television
networks focus on issues that interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:NETWORK-NEWS-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate were news programs on major
television networks more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:NETWORK-NEWS-BIAS:

Question: How much attention did you pay to news programs on the
local television?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:LOCAL-NEWS-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did news programs on local television
focus on issues that interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:LOCAL-NEWS-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate were news programs on local
television more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:LOCAL-NEWS-BIAS:

Question: How much attention did you pay to newspapers?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:NEWSPAPER-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did newspapers focus on issues that
interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:NEWSPAPER-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate were newspapers more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:NEWSPAPER-BIAS:

Question: How much attention did you pay to interview programs on
television?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:INTERVIEW-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did interview programs on television
focus on issues that interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:INTERVIEW-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate were interview programs on
television more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:INTERVIEW-BIAS:

Question: How much attention did you pay to the convention
coverage on television?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:CONVENTION-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did the convention coverage on
television focus on issues that interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:CONVENTION-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate was convention coverage on
television more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:CONVENTION-BIAS:

Question: How much attention did you pay to the debate commentary
on television?
Answer:  Select one:  1  paid a lot of attention
                      2  moderately attentive
                      3  paid no attention
:DEBATE-ATTENTION:

Question: To what extent did the debate commentary on television
focus on issues that interest you?
Answer:  Select one:  1  highly focused on issues of interest to me
                      2  focused on issues of interest to me
                      3  not focused on issues of interest to me
:DEBATE-FOCUS:

Question: Against which candidate was debate commentary on
television more biased?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly biased against George Bush
                      2  mostly biased against Bill Clinton
                      3  mostly  biased against Ross Perot
                      4  not biased against any candidate
:DEBATE-BIAS:

Question: During the last month of the campaign, about how often
did you see televised political ads for George Bush?
Answer:  Select one:  1  almost every day
                      2  a few times a week
                      3  once a week
                      4  not at all
:BUSH-ADS:

Question: During the last month of the campaign, about how often
did you see televised political ads for Bill Clinton?
Answer:  Select one:  1  almost every day
                      2  a few times a week
                      3  once a week
                      4  not at all
:CLINTON-ADS:

Question: During the last month of the campaign, about how often
did you see televised political ads for Ross Perot?
Answer:  Select one:  1  almost every day
                      2  a few times a week
                      3  once a week
                      4  not at all
:PEROT-ADS:

Question: Were the Bush political ads you saw primarily about
George Bush's position on the issues or attacks on his
opponents?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly issues
                      2  mostly attack
                      3  can't say
:BUSH-AD-TYPE:

Question: Were the Clinton political ads you saw primarily about
Bill Clinton's position on the issues or attacks on his
opponents?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly issues
                      2  mostly attack
                      3  can't say
:CLINTON-AD-TYPE:

Question: Were the Perot political ads you saw primarily about
Ross Perot's position on the issues or attacks on his
opponents?
Answer:  Select one:  1  mostly issues
                      2  mostly attack
                      3  can't say
:PEROT-AD-TYPE:

Question: Which candidate was most responsible for negative
campaigning?
Answer:  Select one:  1  George Bush
                      2  Bill Clinton
                      3  Ross Perot
:NEGATIVE-CAMPAIGN:

Question: How much of the first presidential debate did you
watch?
Answer:  Select one:  all most some none
:FIRST-PRESIDENTIAL-DEBATE:

Question: How much of the second presidential debate did you
watch?
Answer:  Select one:  all most some none
:SECOND-PRESIDENTIAL-DEBATE:

Question: How much of the third presidential debate did you
watch?
Answer:  Select one:  all most some none
:THIRD-PRESIDENTIAL-DEBATE:

Question: Which debate format did you prefer?
Answer:  Select one:  1  panel of journalists - 1st presidential
                      2  single moderator - vice-presidential
                      3  audience questions - 2nd presidential
                      4  single moderator & journalist panel
                         - 3rd presidential
:DEBATE-FORMAT:

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facilitate electronic discussion of the issues, and to study the
use of electronic mail as a component of a presidential campaign.
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most messages, and we will make them available after the election
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