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| Banned  Joined: Jan 2006
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| Politics/entertainment survey This thread isn't about really about a news story or political issue. I am doing a survey for one my psych classes and I'm testing whether people are more familiar with and more interested in entertainment/pop culture news or politics and news concerning current events. The survey is in the form of a rank order scale. That is where you are simply ranking the items you see in front of you. I don't need your names and/or where you live but I do need the following information if you don't mind. I also obtained persmission from one of the moderators to do put this survey up. I hope it doesn't cause any problems or anything bad. I'm just doing this survey so I can write a paper about it and pass my class.  What is your age? ________ What is your gender? M or F What is your college classification if applicable? Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior What is your race? Caucasian African-American Hispanic Asian Other The following contains statements about news stories of the past year that deal with pop culture, current events, and politics. Please rank each statement in each section according to how familiar they are to you. Place a 1 by the statement that is most familiar to you, a 2 next to the second most familiar to you, and so on. No two statements can have the same ranking. The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine The Madonna baby adoption controversy Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son TV shows go online The emergence of Youtube Steroid use in Major League Baseball The Mark Foley Scandal The war in Iraq The U.S. - Mexico border problem Global Warming John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case 2006 Mid-term elections Democrats win both the House and Senate E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America U.S. population reaching 300 million people Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power/weapons Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? I would really appreciate if you posters would fill out this survey. It would help me out a lot. | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest   Joined: Jul 2003
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| What is your age? 26 What is your gender? M or F What is your college classification if applicable? Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduated What is your race? Caucasian African-American Hispanic Asian Other The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed 1 Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade 9 Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine 2 The Madonna baby adoption controversy 3 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce 14 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce 17 The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son 16 TV shows go online 20 The emergence of Youtube 18 Steroid use in Major League Baseball 19 The Mark Foley Scandal 4 The war in Iraq 8 The U.S. - Mexico border problem 5 Global Warming 15 John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case 12 2006 Mid-term elections 13 Democrats win both the House and Senate 6 E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America 11 U.S. population reaching 300 million people 10 Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power/weapons 7 Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? I tend to be familiar with whatever stories are getting the most coverage whether they be in entertainment or political news. My interests always vary. It just depends on the story. If something catches my eye, I'll look more into it, if not, I'll just tune it out. Good luck on your paper. Sasha  __________________ Sasha | |||
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| Extreme Fan  Joined: Jan 2002
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| Hey - not sure if the thoughts of a UK resident are useful but this is such an interesting topic I'm gonna wade in. What is your age? 21 What is your gender? F What is your college classification if applicable? Senior (last year of degree) What is your race? Caucasian The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed 12 Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade 10 Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine 18 The Madonna baby adoption controversy 3 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce 11 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce 16 The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son 17 TV shows go online 19 The emergence of Youtube 4 Steroid use in Major League Baseball 20 The Mark Foley Scandal 7 The war in Iraq 1 The U.S. - Mexico border problem 13 Global Warming 5 John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case 6 2006 Mid-term elections 8 Democrats win both the House and Senate 9 E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America 14 U.S. population reaching 300 million people 15 Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power/weapons 2 Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? I am more interested in politics by I do like the odd bit of celebrity gossip. But I do think a lot of stuff you get my osmosis - thinks like Britney's marriage and Anna Nicole Smith's son get so much attention that you absorb it without really thinking about it. Last edited by Lexis; 12-06-2006 at 11:57 AM. | |||
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| Elite Fan   | What is your age? 27 What is your gender? M or F What is your college classification if applicable? Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate What is your race? Caucasian African-American Hispanic Asian Other The following contains statements about news stories of the past year that deal with pop culture, current events, and politics. Please rank each statement in each section according to how familiar they are to you. Place a 1 by the statement that is most familiar to you, a 2 next to the second most familiar to you, and so on. No two statements can have the same ranking. The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed 10 Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade 11 Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine 5 The Madonna baby adoption controversy 16 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce 20 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce 19 The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son 15 TV shows go online 18 The emergence of Youtube 17 Steroid use in Major League Baseball 12 The Mark Foley Scandal 7 The war in Iraq 2 The U.S. - Mexico border problem 6 Global Warming 1 John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case 13 2006 Mid-term elections 3 Democrats win both the House and Senate 4 E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America 14 U.S. population reaching 300 million people 8 Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power/weapons 9 Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? I tend to be most familiar with the stories that get the most coverage, however I do tend to tune out when celebrity gossip comes on. Don't really give a damn who's sleeping with whom and all of that. Global warming's the exception, though. It doesn't get covered as much as, say, the war in Iraq, but it's something that I'm aware of every time I step outside my house, so... __________________  Sunny "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." avie by Jessie | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Jan 2002
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| I'm Canadian and these are largely American issues, so that might skew this. What is your age? 20 What is your gender? F What is your college classification if applicable? Sophomore/U2 What is your race? (Skipping this q. If you seriously need it and you can't put "declined to answer," PM me and I'll elaborate) The following contains statements about news stories of the past year that deal with pop culture, current events, and politics. Please rank each statement in each section according to how familiar they are to you. Place a 1 by the statement that is most familiar to you, a 2 next to the second most familiar to you, and so on. No two statements can have the same ranking. The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed - 10 Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade - 7 Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine - 12 The Madonna baby adoption controversy - 11 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce - 18 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce - 17 The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son - 19 TV shows go online - 14 The emergence of Youtube - 11 Steroid use in Major League Baseball - 20 The Mark Foley Scandal - 9 The war in Iraq - 3 The U.S. - Mexico border problem - 15 Global Warming - 2 John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case - 13 2006 Mid-term elections - 5 Democrats win both the House and Senate - 4 E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America - 6 U.S. population reaching 300 million people - 8 Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power/weapons - 1 Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? Politics, but I skim the entertainment section of the news for fluff reading. __________________ (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) e. e. cummings - somewhere i have never traveled | |||
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| Part-Time Fan Joined: Dec 2006
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| What is your age? 24 What is your gender? Female What is your college classification if applicable? graduated What is your race? Caucasian The following contains statements about news stories of the past year that deal with pop culture, current events, and politics. Please rank each statement in each section according to how familiar they are to you. Place a 1 by the statement that is most familiar to you, a 2 next to the second most familiar to you, and so on. No two statements can have the same ranking. The meanings of the nicknames Brangelina, Tomkat, and K-Fed-10 Mel Gibson’s drunken tirade-11 Michael Richards’ racist tirade during comedic routine-16 The Madonna baby adoption controversy-15 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s divorce-12 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson’s divorce-13 The mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son-14 TV shows go online-19 The emergence of Youtube-18 Steroid use in Major League Baseball-20 The Mark Foley Scandal-7 The war in Iraq-1 The U.S. - Mexico border problem-5 Global Warming-6 John Mark Karr briefly being a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case-9 2006 Mid-term elections-3 Democrats win both the House and Senate-2 E. Coli epidemic in spinach in America-8 U.S. population reaching 300 million people-17 Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power-4 Do you tend to be more interested and familiar with entertainment news or news concerning politics? I tend to be much more interested in political news. | |||
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