“People and the Press” is a comprehensive investigation into public attitudes toward the press conducted by the Gallup Organization, Inc. on behalf of Times Mirror. \u00a0part 2 in the series, reported herein, presents findings about two current news media issues: \u00a0terrorism and news leaks. \u00a0In addition, general press opinion in America is tracked from the measurements taken in 1985. \u00a0The objectives of the “People and the Press, part 2” survey were as follows:<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To reexamine the public’s general opinions about the press in order to track those attitudes through time.<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To determine the level of satisfaction, and the degree of favorability toward press coverage of terrorist incidents.<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To measure perceived performance ratings for news organizations’ coverage of terrorist incidents.<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To identify perceived effects of news organizations’ coverage of terrorist incidents.<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To measure the salience of and knowledge about news leaks.<\/p>\n\n
— \u00a0To determine public attitudes about news leaks and their perceived effect on national security.<\/p>\n\n
The findings on general press attitudes, and those on terrorism and news leaks are based on telephone interviews with 1,504 adults, conducted between July 10-24, 1986. \u00a0This survey contained the principal questions for the “People and the Press, Part 2.” \u00a0it contained a subset of repeat questions from the 1985 survey on general attitudes toward the press used for trend analysis. \u00a0The margin of error due to sampling for the total sample of 1,504 is + or – 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n
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