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You are invited to participate in a survey about Media and Interpersonal Network
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1a. What political party are you registered with, if any?
ENTER (Q1A) OTHER SPECIFY BELOW
1b. How strongly committed are you to being an independent voter?
2a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Demo
2b. Would you call yourself a strong [Q12]## or a not very strong [Q12]##?
2c. Do you think of yourself as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
3a. And how often do you...Read and printed newspaper, including free newspapers
3b. And how often do you...Listen to news on the radio either live, online or st
3c. And how often do you...Watch local television news either live, online or st
3d. And how often do you...Watch national television news (ABC, CBS, NBC or any
3e. And how often do you...Get news from a social networking site (such as Faceb
4a. How often do you receive links, clippings, or texts that direct you to news
4b. How often do you read those articles? (READ LIST IF NECESSARY)
5. Which statement best describes how you get news online, whether on a computer
6. Which of the following social networking sites do you use? (READ LIST) (SELEC
ENTER (Q6) OTHER SPECIFY BELOW
7A. Facebook (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the followin
7B. Twitter (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the following
7C. LinkedIn (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the followin
7D. Instagram (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the followi
7E. Vine (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the following si
7F. Tumblr (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the following
7G. YouTube (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the following
7H. Reddit (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the following
7I. Snapchat (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the followin
7J. [Q24A1]## (How often do you get news or news headlines on any of the followi
8. Thinking about the news, in the past week did you get news from...? (READ LIS
Typical News Source
9a. Which specific television outlet or program you turn to most often for gover
9b. Which specific internet source, website, or group you turn to most often for
9c. Which specific radio program or station (call letters) outlet you turn to mo
9d. Which specific print source (newspaper and city, magazine... etc.) do you tu
10A. CNN (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but don
10B. ABC News (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it bu
10C. Bloomberg (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it b
10D. NBC News (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it bu
10E. NPR (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but don
10F. CBS News (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it bu
10H. Fox News Cable Channel (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are
10J. USA Today (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it b
10K. MSNBC (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but d
10L. The Guardian (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of i
10M. PBS (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but don
10N. The Economist (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of
10O. New York Times (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of
10P. Drudge Report (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of
10Q. Wall Street Journal (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are awa
10R. Politico (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it bu
10S. Yahoo! News (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it
10T. BuzzFeed (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it bu
10U. Washington Post (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware o
10V. Mother Jones (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of i
10W. BBC (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but don
10X. Slate (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but d
10Y. Google News (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it
10Z. The Blaze/Glenn Beck (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aw
10AA. Rush Limbaugh Show (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are awa
10BB. Huffington Post (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware
10CC. Breitbart (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it
10DD. The New Yorker (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware o
10EE. Daily Kos (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it
10FF. Daily Show (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it
10GG. ThinkProgress.org (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are awar
10HH. Rachel Maddow Show (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are awa
10II. Reddit (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but
10JJ. The Kelly File/Megyn Kelly (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you
10KK. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Please tell me whether you use it, whe
10LL. Real Time with Bill Maher (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you
10MM. Anderson Cooper 360 (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aw
11A. CNN (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a ne
11B. ABC News (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11C. Bloomberg (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it a
11D. NBC News (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11E. NPR (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a ne
11F. CBS News (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11G. The O'Reilly Factor/Bill O'Reilly (For each of the sources you use, indicat
11H. Fox News Cable Channel (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether y
11I. Sean Hannity Show (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you tr
11J. USA Today (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it a
11K. MSNBC (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a
11L. The Guardian (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust i
11M. PBS (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a ne
11N. The Economist (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust
11O. New York Times (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust
11P. Drudge Report (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust
11Q. Wall Street Journal (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you
11R. Politico (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11S. Yahoo! News (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it
11T. BuzzFeed (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11U. Washington Post (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trus
11V. Mother Jones (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust i
11W. BBC (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a ne
11X. Slate (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as a
11Y. Google News (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it
11Z. The Blaze/Glenn Beck (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you
11AA. Rush Limbaugh Show (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you
11BB. Huffington Post (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you tru
11CC. Breitbart (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it
11DD. The New Yorker (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trus
11EE. Daily Kos (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it
11FF. Daily Show (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it
11GG. ThinkProgress.org (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you t
11HH. Rachel Maddow Show (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you
11II. Reddit (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you trust it as
11JJ. The Kelly File/Megyn Kelly (For each of the sources you use, indicate whet
11KK. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (For each of the sources you use, indic
11LL. Real Time with Bill Maher (For each of the sources you use, indicate wheth
11MM. Anderson Cooper 360 (For each of the sources you use, indicate whether you
12. How often do you discuss government and politics with others?
13. Have you ever stopped talking to or being friends with someone because of so
15. Which, if any, of the following have you done in the past year? (READ LIST)
16a. On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being important and 5 being unimportant, how im
16b. How do you follow local or national political debates and/or candidate foru
17a. Climate change is caused, primarily, by human activity (On a scale of 1 to
17b. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not support and 10 is strongly support, d
17c. The death penalty should be eliminated (On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is s
17d. I prefer that Arizona reduce funding for state services such as public scho
17e. Marriage should be legal for any consenting adult, regardless of their sexu
17f. Arizona's gun laws should be more restrictive than they are (On a scale of
17g. I support women's rights to abortion services (On a scale of 1 to 10, where
17h. I believe the state has a responsibility to help the poor (On a scale of 1
17i. I believe Arizona should support comprehensive immigration reform that incl
17j. Bathroom usage should be restricted by biological sex - the sex of the pers
18a. From time to time, most people discuss important personal matters with othe
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18b. Do you feel equally close to all these people?
18c. Of the following people [Q140]##, [Q141]##, [Q142]##, [Q143]##, [Q144]##, w
19a. Are [Q140]## and [Q141]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
19b. Are [Q140]## and [Q141]## especially close? As close to each other as they
20a. Are [Q140]## and [Q142]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
20b. Are [Q140]## and [Q142]## especially close? As close to each other as they
21a. Are [Q140]## and [Q143]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
21b. Are [Q140]## and [Q143]## especially close? As close to each other as they
22a. Are [Q140]## and [Q144]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
22b. Are [Q140]## and [Q144]## especially close? As close to each other as they
23a. Are [Q141]## and [Q142]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
23b. Are [Q141]## and [Q142]## especially close? As close to each other as they
24a. Are [Q141]## and [Q143]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
24b. Are [Q141]## and [Q143]## especially close? As close to each other as they
25a. Are [Q141]## and [Q144]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
25b. Are [Q141]## and [Q144]## especially close? As close to each other as they
26a. Are [Q142]## and [Q143]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
26b. Are [Q142]## and [Q143]## especially close? As close to each other as they
27a. Are [Q142]## and [Q144]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
27b. Are [Q142]## and [Q144]## especially close? As close to each other as they
28a. Are [Q143]## and [Q144]## total strangers, in the sense that they wouldn't
28b. Are [Q143]## and [Q144]## especially close? As close to each other as they
29a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of [Q140]## as a Republican, a Dem
29b. Would you call [Q140]## a strong [Q170]## or a not very strong [Q170]##?
29c. Do you think of [Q140]## as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
30. How often do you discuss government and politics with [Q140]##?
31a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of [Q141]## as a Republican, a Dem
31b. Would you call [Q141]## a strong [Q174]## or a not very strong [Q174]##?
31c. Do you think of [Q141]## as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
32. How often do you discuss government and politics with [Q141]##?
33a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of [Q142]## as a Republican, a Dem
33b. Would you call [Q142]## a strong [Q178]## or a not very strong [Q178]##?
33c. Do you think of [Q142]## as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
34. How often do you discuss government and politics with [Q142]##?
35a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of [Q143]## as a Republican, a Dem
35b. Would you call [Q143]## a strong [Q182]## or a not very strong [Q182]##?
35c. Do you think of [Q143]## as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
36. How often do you discuss government and politics with [Q143]##?
37a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of [Q144]## as a Republican, a Dem
37b. Would you call [Q144]## a strong [Q186]## or a not very strong [Q186]##?
37c. Do you think of [Q144]## as closer to the Republican or Democratic party?
38. How often do you discuss government and politics with [Q144]##?
39. In what year were you born? (ENTER YEAR OF BIRTH BELOW - "1999"=REFUSED)
41. What is your ethnic background? (READ LIST)
42. What is the highest level of schooling you have completed or the highest deg
43. What is your approximate household income?
10FF. Comedy Central (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware o
10KK. HBO (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it but do
10LL. Showtime (Please tell me whether you use it, whether you are aware of it b
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RECODE of q192 (41. What is your ethnic background? (READ LIST))
RECODE of q15 (3a. And how often do you...Read and printed newspaper, including
RECODE of q16 (3b. And how often do you...Listen to news on the radio either liv
RECODE of q17 (3c. And how often do you...Watch local television news either liv
RECODE of q18 (3d. And how often do you...Watch national television news (ABC, C
RECODE of q19 (3e. And how often do you...Get news from a social networking site
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RECODE of x (2a. Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Repub
cpol_1 cpol_2 cpol_3 cpol_4 cpol_5 == 1
cpol_1 cpol_2 cpol_3 cpol_4 cpol_5 == 2
cpol_1 cpol_2 cpol_3 cpol_4 cpol_5 == 3
RECODE of q124 (13. Have you ever stopped talking to or being friends with someo
RECODE of q21 (4b. How often do you read those articles? (READ LIST IF NECESSARY
RECODE of q20 (4a. How often do you receive links, clippings, or texts that dire