A recent article in Wall Street Journal argued that social networking sites such as Facebook have some undesirable effects on friendships. One of the arguments made was that the ease with which information can be shared encourages sharing of banality that was previously usually kept for oneself.
One of the targets in both the article and comments were posts and tweets about consuming food and drinks.
Insofar as this is a sin, Zogby Interactive data suggest that not that many of us are sinners. 85% percent of our respondents who use Twitter said they have never twittered about food or drinks. Females tend to find these topic a little more interesting, with 18% saying they have done so (compared to 13% males).
Do you think that sites such as Facebook encourage banality in relationships? Do you tweet about food and drinks?
Some media outlets have recently reported that conservative groups have been more successful in utilizing twitter than liberal groups. This comes in contrast to recent history, where liberal bloggers and online communities have been thought to have played an instrumental role in the election of President Obama. On this view, the success of a political platform is, at least to some extent, due to new technology.
However, one can look at this from a different angle: the recent success of conservatives tweets may be due to a consolidation of conservative opposition to the administration policies. Likewise, it was a wide discontent with the Bush administration that lead to victory for Democrats, and the effects of new media were incidental to those more fundamental changes.
What is your view of the role of technology in political change? Are new technologies primarily a cause or effect of the rise and fall of political ideas?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Don’t forget that the questions are actually asked in real surveys and we’ll post the results on the blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on the next Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Zogby survey, use the “contact us” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Men and women are biologically predisposed for different professions
2. Have you personally taken advantage of the government’s Cash for Clunker program?
3. Cell phones and Smartphones have a variety of features and applications such as an application which allows you to twitter from your phone or voice command, which allows you to command your phone to make a phone call using only your voice. Thinking about cell phone/Smartphone applications and features, which of the following statements comes closes to your own opinion: Statement A: I enjoy a large majority of the programs and applications and look forward to new features in the future. Statement B: I prefer a cell phone that simply makes phone calls.
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about whether people are more or less religious than their parents.We’ll put this question on an upcoming interactive survey and blog about the results soon.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look though and then vote for which question you’d most like to see on the next Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Zogby survey, use the “contact us” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, clickhere.
1. Excluding retirement funds, how much money (if any) do you put into savings on an average month?
2. How often do you view TV programs on a computer using Hulu – never, every couple of months, about once a month, a few times a month, at least once a week, more than once a week?
3. What do you think about politicians twittering– is it a good idea, a bad idea, or are you not sure?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked whether Supreme Court justices should continue to be appointed for life or whether they should serve for specified periods of time. We’ll put this question on an upcoming interactive survey and blog about the results soon.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look though and then vote for which question you’d most like to see on the next Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Zogby survey, use the “contact us” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. Do you think the Obama administration should be required to reveal White House visitors?
2. Do you think celebrities should be encouraged or not encouraged to adopt children from all over the world?
3. Do you believe Twitter will still exist in five years?
We at Zogby have been very excited by our first couple of months on Twitter! If you haven’t checked us out yet, here is a link to our Twitter page.
We’ve been tweeting about our blog posts, our surveys, our mentions in the media, and other Zogby news of note. Recently, we’ve tweeted about our surveys of the Middle East, our survey about Israel and Palestine, our survey about marijuana legalization, and John Zogby and former NBA star Manute Bol’s upcoming fundraiser to raise money for a school in Sudan. Stop by and take a look!
We at Zogby have started our own Twitter feed! Follow us at http://twitter.com/zogby . We’ll tweet about our data, Zogby in the news, blog posts, and other topics of interest. John Zogby will be stopping by to leave his own tweets too. If you’ve got ideas for other things we should tweet about, leave us a comment!
The newest sensation on Capitol Hill is the use of Twitter and other social media Websites for Congressional officials to reach their colleagues, constituents, and the vast cross-section of the Twitter citizenry. Critics question if these important American politicians should stick to the conventional notions of public service (i.e. legislating, improving economic conditions, particularly amid a troubling economic prognosis, and ensuring the nation’s security).
As evidenced by Scoop44 and our attempt to engage seriously young people online, we are some of the most visible advocates for harnessing the power of the Web. But some Congressional officials’ growing obsession with Twitter could be on the edge of, to put it lightly, distraction.
Here is a selected group of this past week’s tweets. (Included twice is Claire McCaskill, Missouri’s junior U.S. Senator, who is one of the most prolific and frequent tweeters).
Michael Honda (D-CA) @financial times Great article. Also, Twitter helps constituents engage in politics=better policy&more equity in politics
Thomas Allen Coburn (R-OK) new debt proposed by Administration’s budget is larger than the total amount of debt accumulated by the government from 1789 to today
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