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Description & Citation--Study No. 7354

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7354
 
Title:Study of Political Violence Attitudes, Personal Experiences with Violence, Emotional Reactions to Assassination and Violence in the Media, 1968
 
Principal Investigator(s):Sheldon G. Levy
 
  Sandra Ball-Rokeach
 
Funding Agency:National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.
 
Bibliographic Citation:Levy, Sheldon G., and Sandra Ball-Rokeach. STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE ATTITUDES, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH VIOLENCE, EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO ASSASSINATION AND VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA, 1968 [Computer file]. New York, NY: Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. [producer], 1968. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study, conducted in October 1968 by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., focused on respondents' opinions about violence in the United States as well as their personal experiences with violence. In addition, several questions were asked concerning both news and entertainment media, including respondents' media preferences and which form of news media they relied upon for obtaining information on specific issues. Respondents were asked to rate television networks with respect to violent programming content and to state their opinions on television violence and its effects. Further questions sought to ascertain in what instances, both personal and political, respondents would be moved to specific acts of violence, and in what instances they would tolerate violence in others. A number of variables assessed knowledge of and feelings toward the assassination of public figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, and George Lincoln Rockwell. In addition respondents were asked about their interest in government and the presidential campaign of November 1968. Party preference, party identification, and anticipated presidential choice were ascertained, as well as opinions on Vietnam and civil rights. Demographic information includes age, sex, marital status, occupation, religion, income, and participation in the armed services.
 
Subject Term(s):aggression, assassinations, civil rights movement, conflict, emotional states, entertainment industry, mass media, news media, media coverage, media influence, political affiliation, political violence, presidential elections, social influence, television violence, Vietnam War, violence, voter attitudes, voter expectations, United States
 
Time Period:1968
 
Date(s) of Collection:October 1968
 
Universe:Adult population of the United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 

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