CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION SURVEY: August 24, 2003 http://www.chicagomediaaction.org Chicago Media Action is drawing up plans for the coming 12 months in order to create a more focused mission, complete with goals to achieve and the strategies necessary to achieve them--and we need just three minutes of your time to help. We are interested in your thoughts about what political and media issues matter most to you, and what issues and activities you would personally be most likely to support and participate in. We would like you to take three minutes to complete the brief survey below. Simply fill in your answers and email your response to survey@chicagomediaaction.org by Wednesday, August 27, 2003. Your answers will inform our organizational work, and aggregate results of the survey will be posted at a later date. Feel free to forward this to others you may know in the area who care about media. Thanks for your interest and support. Chicago Media Action *** *** *** *** *** *** *** QUESTION #1: For this question: 1 means "Not at all important" 2 means "Somewhat important" 3 means "Extremely important" Rate each issue below on a scale of 1 to 3, by typing in the number '1', '2', or '3' after each issue, based on the importance of the issue to you. Making the FCC more responsive to the public when formulating media policy Cable ownership and cable access television Low-power FM (LPFM) radio and microradio Democratic reform of public broadcasting Getting progressive views represented in commercial media Building an audience for independent media Creating independent media Eliminating negative stereotypes in commercial media Reducing violence and/or commercialism in media Learning more about important independent media Other (please describe) QUESTION #2 For this question: 1 means "Definitely would not participate" 2 means "Probably would not participate" 3 means "Might or might not participate" 4 means "Probably would participate" 5 means "Definitely would participate" Rate each activity on a scale of 1 to 5, by typing in the number '1', '2', '3', '4', or '5' after each activity, based on how likely you are to participate in such an activity. Media monitoring Media monitor analysis Network with progressive organizations and create joint actions to support their causes Write letters to editor/call talk shows/meet with media representatives to get progressive views represented Create independent media Market/promote independent media Distribute independent media Call/write/visit government officials regarding media policy Attend demonstrations related to media issues/policy Attend independent media events Attend CMA general meetings or committee meetings to plan activities Other (please describe) QUESTION #3 Choose what you consider to be the top three most important current political issues by placing an 'X' next to your top three. __ Jobs/Labor __ Health Care __ Tax Cuts/Economic Justice __ GMOs/Food issues __ Globalization/Fair Trade __ War and Peace __ Civil Liberties __ GLBT __ Education __ Environment __ 2004 Elections/Political reform __ Other (please describe) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** This is an email from Chicago Media Action, a Chicago activist group devoted to media issues. Chicago Media Action, P.O. Box 14140, Chicago IL 60614-0140 Call toll-free: 1-866-260-7198 Web: www.chicagomediaaction.org email: cma@chicagomediaaction.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, simply send an email requesting removal to mailinglist@chicagomediaaction.org