| 24–35. Please indicate whether or not you have been actively involved in any of the following activities at your high school, and if not, whether you would like to be involved in such activities. | |||||||||||||
Participant? |
If NO: Would you like to be? |
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| 24. | 8% | Yes | 92% | No | 25. | 23% | Yes | 77% | No | Student newspaper | |||
| 26. | 4 | Yes | 96 | No | 27. | 15 | Yes | 85 | No | Student magazine with a news component (Category does not include student literary magazines or yearbook) | |||
| 28. | 4 | Yes | 96 | No | 29. | 30 | Yes | 70 | No | Student-run radio station with a news component | |||
| 30. | 5 | Yes | 95 | No | 31. | 27 | Yes | 73 | No | Student-run television station with a news component | |||
| 32. | 5 | Yes | 95 | No | 33. | 18 | Yes | 82 | No | Student Internet or World-Wide Web publication with a news component | |||
| 34. | 5 | Yes | 95 | No | 35. | 18 | Yes | 82 | No | Any other form of student media with a news component | |||
| 36–38. Do you currently... | 41. Overall, do you think the press in America has too much freedom to do what it wants, too little freedom to do what it wants, or is the amount of freedom the press has about right? | ||||||||||||
| 36. Volunteer for a community service organization | 32% | Too much freedom | |||||||||||
| 35% | Yes | 10 | Too little freedom | ||||||||||
| 65 | No | 37 | About right | ||||||||||
| 21 | Don’t know | ||||||||||||
| 37. Volunteer for service activities in a religious organization | For each of the following statements, please circle if you agree or disagree that someone should be allowed to do it... | ||||||||||||
| 32% | Yes | ||||||||||||
| 68% | No | 42. People should be allowed to express unpopular opinions. | |||||||||||
| 51% | Strongly agree | ||||||||||||
| 38. Participate in community social clubs or organizations | 32 | Mildly agree | |||||||||||
| 28% | Yes | 5 | Mildly disagree | ||||||||||
| 72 | No | 2 | Strongly disagree | ||||||||||
| 10 | Don’t know | ||||||||||||
40. The First Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago. This is what it says: Based on your own feelings about the First Amendment, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. |
43. People should be allowed to burn or deface the American flag as a political statement. | ||||||||||||
| 8% | Strongly agree | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Mildly agree | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Mildly disagree | ||||||||||||
| 63 | Strongly disagree | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Don’t know | ||||||||||||
| 12% | Strongly agree | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Mildly agree | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Mildly disagree | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Strongly disagree | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Don’t know | ||||||||||||