From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (droopy)
Subject: Re: Usage of Online Campaign Materials
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:35:32 GMT

MIT Presidential Information Service <Surveys@campaign92.org> writes:


>Explanation: Please answer this survey as best you can and return it to:

>			Surveys@Campaign92.Org

>Purpose: This survey is intended to measure the impact of computer
>networks in the 1992 Presidential Campaign, with particular reference to
>the MIT Information Service experiment.  Your responses will help us
>assess the usefulness of these services and will inform future efforts
>of this type.  The results of this third of four surveys will sketch
>your usage of email connections to the Presidential campaigns, and
>ascertain your views on several current questions of national
>information policy.  We will post the results of this survey to the
>respondents when they become significant.

>Redistribution:  If you redistributed on-line campaign materials to
>other people on the network, please also send this survey to them.

>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 a new line.  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:

>			Help@Campaign92.Org

>Eligibility: People who have interacted with this system or received
>on-line materials during the recent presidential campaign are eligible
>to participate.


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

>			Commentary@Campaign92.Org

>Duplicates: If you receive duplicate copies of this survey, you may be
>registered with this system under more than one email address.  You can
>check on this by sending the subject line STATUS to

>			Surveys@Campaign92.Org

>No Surveys:  If you wish to receive no more surveys (there is one left
>to do), simply send the subject line REMOVE SURVEYS to

>			Surveys@Campaign92.Org

>No Further Contact: If you wish never to hear again from this service,
>simply send the subject line REMOVE CONTACTS to Surveys@Campaign92.Org

>                         --------------------

>PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT LINE!
>:FORM: SERVICE-USAGE

>Question: Do you consider yourself politically active?
>Answer:  Yes or No.	
>:POLITICALLY-ACTIVE: Yes

>Question: Were you more politically involved in this campaign than in previous
>campaigns?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:MORE-ACTIVE: Yes

>Question: How would you describe your principal geographic location during the
>campaign, on a metropolit
>:LOCATION-TYPE: 5

>Question: If you were located in the United States during the campaign,  in
>what state were you principally located?
>Answer:  Unambiguous State name, or NONe (don't forget about North Dakota)
>         Note that standard state abbreviations do NOT work here.
>:US-LOCATION: New York

>Question: If you are located in the United States, what is the zipcode
>where you vote?
>Answer:  U.S. Zipcode or None.
>:ZIPCODE: 12801

>Question: If you are located outside the United States, what country were you in
>during the campaign?
>Answer:  Type the full name of the country on one line.
>:FOREIGN-LOCATION: 

>Question: If you obtained obtain on-line campaign materials during the
>presidential campaign, did they come to you directly or indirectly via
>the MIT Presidential Information Service?  You can tell by looking in
>headers of a message for the received from field, e.g., ``Received: From
><host domain name>....''  Answer yes if you find any hosts whose domain
>name ends with the domain AI.MIT.EDU.
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown.
>:RECEIVED-FROM-MIT: No

>Question: Did you obtain on-line campaign materials during the presidential
>campaign?  If so, please list the sources you used in DECREASING order
>of use. Rank the most often used sources first.
>Answer:  Select some integers from:
>            4  MIT Campaign Packages
>            7  Sent to me by a friend via email
>            2  Usenet/NETNEWS Discussions
>            5  Mailing lists
>            6  Local Bulletin Boards
>            1  FTP Sites
>            3  MIT Campaign Distribution Lists
>            8  Don't know
>:RECEIVED-ONLINE-MATERIALS: 2

>Question: Did you print hardcopies of any on-line campaign materials?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:HARDCOPY: Yes

>Question: If you redistributed copies of the campaign literature, what
>distribution methods did you use?
>Answer:  Select some letters from:
>            B  Face-to-face discussion with others
>            C  Recommended online sources to others
>            J  Newspaper or radio in local area
>            D  Telephone canvassing
>            E  Displayed/distributed hardcopy locally (e.g. work, school, churches, clubs)
>            A  Personal use (immediate family)
>            K  Major market TV or radio (more than 500,000)
>            G  Electronic distribution (PLEASE SEND THIS SURVEY TO THE SAME LISTS)
>            I  Local campaign office
>            H  US Mail
>            L  Distribution to class or lecture audience
>            F  Hand redistribution 
>            M  Not applicable
>:SECONDARY-DISTRIBUTION: M

>Question: If you redistributed copies of the campaign literature, how many people
>received any of the redistributed material?
>Answer:  Select one of:  1  1 - 5 people
>                         2  5 - 20 people
>                         3  20 - 100 people
>                         4  100 - 500 people
>                         5  500 - 1,000 people
>                         6  1,000 - 10,000 people
>                         7  10,000 - 100,000 people
>                         8  over 100,000 people
>:SECONDARY-AUDIENCE: not applicable

>Question: If you redistributed copies of the campaign literature, do you believe
>those people in turn redistributed the material, and if so, what
>distribution means do you believe they used?
>Answer:  Select some integers from:
>            F  Hand redistribution 
>            D  Telephone canvassing
>            B  Face-to-face discussion with others
>            E  Displayed/distributed hardcopy locally (e.g. work, school, churches, clubs)
>            I  Local campaign office
>            L  Distribution to class or lecture audience
>            C  Recommended online sources to others
>            J  Newspaper or radio in local area
>            A  Personal use (immediate family)
>            H  US Mail
>            G  Electronic distribution (PLEASE SEND THIS SURVEY TO THE SAME LISTS)
>            K  Major market TV or radio (more than 500,000)
>            M  Not applicable
>:TERTIARY-DISTRIBUTION: M

>Question: If you redistributed copies of the campaign literature, to how many
>people do you believe those people in turn redistributed the literature?
>Answer:  Select one of: 1  1 - 5 people
>                        2  5 - 20 people
>                        3  20 - 100 people
>                        4  100 - 500 people
>                        5  500 - 1,000 people
>                        6  1,000 - 10,000 people
>                        7  10,000 - 100,000 people
>                        8  over 100,000 people
>:TERTIARY-AUDIENCE: NA

>Question: How carefully did you read the document that you read the MOST
>CAREFULLY?
>Answer:  Select one:  1  Never looked at it
>                      2  Skimmed it
>                      3  Read it
>                      4  Read it carefully
>                      5  Debated the key points from it
>:READING-DEPTH: 2

>Question: Did the on-line campaign material help you decide how to vote?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:DECISION-EFFECT: No

>Question: Which presidential candidate did you vote for?
>Answer:  Select one:  4  Andre Marrou - Libertarian
>                      7  Did not Vote
>                      2  Bill Clinton - Democrat
>                      5  John Hagelin - Natural Law Party
>                      3  Ross Perot   - Independent
>                      6  Other
>                      1  George Bush  - Republican
>                      8  Not US Citizen
>:VOTED-FOR: 2

>Question: Did the on-line campaign material change your opinion of any of the
>candidates?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:OPINION-EFFECT: No

>Question: Did you try to change anybody's mind about any of the candidates?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:CHANGE-MINDS: Yes

>Question: Did you use electronic mail to successfully communicate with the
>headquarters of a presidential campaign?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:HQ-COMMUNICATION: No

>Question: Are you a member of any political organizations that
>engage in lobbying or advocacy activities?
>Answer:  Yes or No.
>:ORGANIZATION-MEMBERSHIP: Yes

>Question: Which campaign(s) put out material with more factual errors?  List the
>campaigns in DECREASING order of factual errors, from most error-prone
>to most accurate.  If you noticed no factual errors in the campaign
>literature, skip this question.  If you believe a campaign made no
>significant factual errors, omit them from the list.
>Answer:  Select some of:  2  Bill Clinton - Democrat
>                          4  Andre Marrou - Libertarian
>                          1  George Bush  - Republican
>                          3  Ross Perot   - Independent
>                          5  John Hagelin - Natural Law Party
>:FACTUAL-ERRORS: 1

>Question: How many hours per week on average did you devote to reading online
>campaign materials during the last two weeks of the campaign?
>Answer:  Specify number of hours (an integer).
>:HOURS-READING: 3

>Question: How many hours per week on average do you spend viewing, listening to,
>or reading off-line news (conventional news sources)?
>Answer:  Specify number of hours (an integer).
>:NEWS-HOURS: 10

>Question: How many hours per week on average would you devote to on-line policy
>discussions if the relevant government officials were participating?
>Answer:  Specify number of hours (an integer).
>:GOVT-LISTENS: 5-8

>Question: Please list the media to which you generally pay any attention in
>DECREASING order of familiarity. Rank the most familiar media sources
>first.  Omit any unfamiliar media sources.>Answer:  Select any letters from:
>            G  Foreign Broadcasts (e.g., BBC, VOA, other national services)
>            M  Local TV News
>            F  Public Radio (i.e., NPR)
>            Q  Usenet/NETNEWS
>            J  Cable News (i.e., CNN, CNBC)
>            B  Weekly News Magazines (e.g., Time, Newsweek)
>            I  Network News (i.e., ABC, NBC, CBS)
>            A  Newspapers of Record (e.g. New York Times, Wallstreet Journal)
>            S  MIT Information Service
>            O  Professional/Trade Publications
>            N  Scientific Journals
>            H  Local Radio
>            E  Local Newspapers
>            D  Foreign Newspapers (e.g., Le Monde, Manchester Guardian)
>            P  FTP Sites
>            R  Mailing lists (e.g., clinton@marist)
>            C  Expert News Weeklies (e.g., The Economist)
>            L  CSPAN
>            K  Public TV (e.g., McNeil/Lehrer News Hour)
>            T  Online Newspapers (e.g. Clarinet)
>:MEDIA-SOURCES: J, Q, E, B  L

>Question: Please order the media sources according to their focus on issues that
>concern you.  List only the media familiar to you in DECREASING order of
>relevance for you.  Rank the most relevant first.
>Answer:  Select any letters standing for media sources.
>:MEDIA-FOCUS:  L, B, Q, E, J, I

>Question: Please order the media sources according to their depth of analysis.
>List only the media familiar to you in DECREASING order of their depth
>of analysis. Rank the media with deeper analysis first.
>Answer:  Select any letters standing for media sources.
>:MEDIA-ANALYSIS: A, B, E, L, K, J, I, M

>Question: Please order the media sources according to their level of bias FOR or
>AGAINST a candidate. List only the media familiar to you in DECREASING
>order of their bias. Rank the media with greater bias first.
>Answer:  Select any letters standing for media sources.
>:MEDIA-BIAS: L, E, K, M, B, I, J

>Question: If you communicated directly with the headquarters of a campaign
>via email, what was the nature of your communication?  If you did not communicate
>directly with headquarters, skip this question.
>Answer:  Select any letters from:
>            J  Reviewed resumes or recommended personnel
>            F  Other activity
>            K  Sought direction/advise from HQ for partisan activity
>            L  Supplied expert/technical services or advise
>            D  Delivered insults or hate mail
>            B  Critiqued policy positions
>            C  Complained about INTERNET usage
>            E  Failed to establish communication
>            A  Asked questions for clarification
>            I  Proposed political strategy
>            G  Offered moral support, congratulations, or condolances
>            H  Imparted specialized knowledge or private information
>            M  Informed HQ about local campaign efforts 
>:HQ-COMMUNICATION-NATURE: 

>Question: Should future political campaigns use electronic mail 
>to communicate issue positions and receive feedback from the public?
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:CAMPAIGN-EMAIL: Yes

>Question: Should the U.S. Presidency use electronic networks to communicate policies 
>and receive feedback from the public?
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:PRESIDENT-EMAIL: Yes

>Question: Should the U.S. Congress use electronic networks to publish pending
>legislation, the Congressional record, and communicate with constituents?
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:CONGRESS-EMAIL: Yes

>Question: Should the agencies of the U.S. Federal Government use electronic
>networks to publish government information and field questions or
>suggestions from the public?
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:AGENCY-EMAIL: Yes
 
>Question: Should the full text of the Library of Congress as well as other
>government databases be available over electronic networks?
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:ONLINE-INFO: Yes

>Question: Should the government charge on a per-use basis for the information
>resources made publicly available over electronic networks?  Assume a
>fair, competitive price.
>Answer:  Yes, No, or Unknown (don't know).
>:INFO-PRICE: Yes

>Question: Would you use networked information resources significantly less if
>you, or your institution, had to pay for each transaction, billed like
>telephones?  Assume a fair, competitive price.
>Answer: Yes, No or Unknown (don't know)
>:INFO-USAGE: Yes
 
>Question: What would be the effects if the Federal Government spent billions of
>dollars to create newer, faster, more extensive computer networks and make
>available over those networks major new information resources, such as
>the Library of Congress and all major public databases?
>Answer:  Select any letters from:
>            O  Stimulates advances in computers
>            P  Strengthens industrial competitiveness
>            K  Provides crucial public goods that business cannot supply
>            J  Opens vast new markets in information and knowledge services
>            N  Spreads information rights more evenly
>            A  Increases productivity
>            Q  Usurps business opportunities from the private sector
>            L  Quickens the pace of basic research
>            E  No change in the quality of education
>            B  Improves the quality of education
>            G  No effect on progress in computers
>            I  Not relevant for industrial competitiveness
>            D  No effect on productivity growth
>            F  No effect on basic research
>            H  No effect on the way business is done
>            C  Makes information access more uneven
>            M  Represents a wise investment for the 21st century
>            R  Squanders scare government resources on a boondoggle
>:INFO-VALUE:  J, L, B, M

>                         --------------------

>The Presidential Campaign Information Service is a non-partisan 
>service operated at M.I.T to make campaign information available,
>facilitate electronic discussion of the issues, and to study the 
>use of electronic mail as a component of a presidential campaign.
>The service can neither control who reads what you write in public, 
>nor how they may use your written words.  For our part, we store 
>most messages, and we will make them available after the election 
>for scientific study.  Names and any other identifiers will not be 
>released; they will be omitted or replaced with random symbols.

>Eric Loeb and John Mallery
>M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory