Entry:

Jackson-Beeck, Marilyn, "Political Implications of Heavy Television Viewing," Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism, College Park, Maryland, August, 1976.


Abstract:

Heavy TV viewers are more likely to advocate social change through government action than non-viewers. They support school integration, spending to solve national problems, conform to the existing power structure, report few memberships and less voting expect war in the near future, and support an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.

GSS Years:

1975

Other Data Sets:

SRC 1968

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

TVHOURS

HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV

TRUST

CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED

HELPFUL

PEOPLE HELPFUL OR LOOKING OUT FOR SELVES

FAIR

PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

USWAR

EXPECT U.S. IN WAR WITHIN 10 YEARS

USINTL

TAKE ACTIVE PART IN WORLD AFFAIRS

MEMNUM

NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS

VOTE72

DID R VOTE IN 1972 ELECTION

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT