CIRCULATE THE MEDIA SURVEY Please take a moment and fill out our survey. Please submit online or download a printable PDF (requires the free utility Adobe Acrobat Reader) and make copies and circulate it among your family, friends, co-workers, professional colleagues, and others. These are very important questions in establishing a broad basis of public interest in Citizen Feedback Forums. Media Survey What do you think about programming on the major broadcast TV stations—ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX? Are you satisfied with their entertainment programming? Are you satisfied with their informational/news programming? Would you like to give broadcasters feedback regarding what is ON television, and, perhaps more importantly, what is NOT on television? We want to hear from you. Please complete this survey and send it, either electronically or by paper, to Our Media Voice. Did you know that broadcast TV stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox) in local communities have a unique legal obligation to serve the public interest—which means they are required to provide programming that responds to the needs of the community? In fact, unlike cable TV stations, broadcasters must serve the public interest before they serve their own profits. Was not aware of this Had a vague idea of this Had a clear understanding of their legal obligation to serve the public interest When you consider the programming on broadcast television (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox), how concerned are you about the following? (Choose one, #1 means very concerned/ # 5 means not concerned at all) 1 2 3 4 5 Excessive violence in entertainment 1 2 3 4 5 Sexual exploitation 1 2 3 4 5 Stereotyping (racial, ageist, income, gender, sexual orientation) 1 2 3 4 5 Neglect of critical global issues, both environmental and political 1 2 3 4 5 Excessive advertising and consumerism We invite your comments: There are important areas that are not adequately covered on broadcast television: [agree/disagree] a. Global pollution and climate change agree disagree b. Global trends and political issues agree disagree c. Healthy models for relationships and pro-social skills such as conflict resolution agree disagree d. Excessive advertising and consumerism agree disagree e. How to live and work more sustainably agree disagree f. Species extinction and what to do about it agree disagree g. The spread of weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical, and biological agree disagree Other: By law, broadcast TV stations are obligated to serve the public interest in the local communities in which they operate. TV broadcasters should do more to learn what people in my community want to see on television. Strongly agree Agree No opinion Disagree Strongly disagree We invite your comments: Our Media Voice plans to host Citizen Feedback Forums that use a democratic or representative sample of citizens to give feedback to broadcasters in televised town meetings. Do you: Strongly favor Citizen Feedback Forums Favor Citizen Feedback Forums No opinion Do not favor Citizen Feedback Forums Strongly object to Citizen Feedback Forums We invite your comments: If you are in favor of prime-time feedback forums that enable local communities to give feedback to TV broadcasters, then how often would you like to see these happen? Weekly Monthly Quarterly Annually What would be your top 3 choices for the topics in the first three Citizen Feedback Forums? Excessive sex and violence in the media Stereotyping (racial, ageist, income, gender, sexual orientation) and lack of diversity of perspectives Neglect of critical global issues, both environmental and political Excessive advertising and consumerism Media’s effects on youth Other: We invite your comments: Your name: Email address: