Reading assignment: Agre and Rotenberg 4; Beyond Concern; Americans and Online Privacy; Most People are Privacy Pragmatists; Do Not Call Registry Is Working Well; Culnan-Milne Survey (see also related press release)
1. For each of the assigned surveys explain (a) How many people were surveyed? (b) What population was sampled and how? (c) What were the most important/interesting findings?
2. Find another privacy-related survey. (a) Provide a bibliographic citation for the survey. (b) How many people were surveyed? (c) What population was sampled and how? (d) What were the most important/interesting findings? (e) How might the results of this survey be used?
3. What role do you think should opinion surveys play in shaping public policy? Explain.