About the Study
Profile of Student Attitudes
Participation in the First Amendment
Profile of High Schools
Methodology
The “Future of the First Amendment” research project is the most comprehensive survey ever conducted on knowledge and attitudes about the First Amendment in American high schools. Many of the findings provide baseline information about media programs in American high schools that, for perhaps the first time ever, provides a clear picture of the levels of student participation and how they use media in classrooms. Especially interesting are the findings linking the effect of participation in media activities and First Amendment or journalism-related classes on student levels of tolerance and knowledge of the First Amendment. Comparisons of the different groups in the study, teachers and principals versus students, for example, also provide telling differences in tolerance and knowledge levels. (More)
Participation and the First Amendment
Not surprisingly, since high schools offer different types and amounts of student media activities, students themselves vary in their participation in student media activities. In some cases, the amount of activities students participate in appears to influence their opinion on certain issues. In other cases, the specific type of activity the student participates in may have the greatest influence over their opinion. This chapter explores the relationships between school media characteristics, student participation in school media, school course offerings in journalism and the First Amendment and attitudes about journalism and the First Amendment. (More)
The surveys conducted in this study provide an opportunity to profile the activities of high schools across the country, vis-à-vis the journalism curriculum, First Amendment instruction and media-related student activities. This chapter highlights some of these high school profile findings. (More)
The Department of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut was commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to conduct this study of high school students, faculty and administrators at a representative sample of high schools across the country to assess whether a relationship exists between the presence and nature of media programs in high schools and levels of appreciation and knowledge of First Amendment rights. The Center for Survey Research and Analysis (CSRA) in the Department of Public Policy conducted the data collection. The principal investigators for the project were Dr. David Yalof and Dr. Kenneth Dautrich, both on the faculty at the University of Connecticut . Christopher Barnes of CSRA oversaw the data collection, and Chase Harrison of CSRA was responsible for the sampling. Under the direction of Drs. Yalof and Dautrich, Erin St. Onge helped to analyze the findings and draft the report, which was edited by Knight Foundation journalism program officer Denise Tom. (More)
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