YouTube survey results

Note: Results that are posted here can be considered finished, although they will not be completely finished until later in the week. If you would like to write your final post now, use these results and link to them. For an update on progress in finishing the tabulating and typing out the comments, see Mr. Leverett's weblog.


YOUTUBE SURVEY

Thank you for helping us with this survey, which is for our (SIU) CESL News Talk class.
Feel free to write any comments you may have.

1. Have you ever heard of YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No

M- 127Y (95%), 7N, 134T
F- 122Y (92%), 10N, 1-0, 133T
U- 10Y, 1N, 11T

>18- 4Y, 1N, 5T
18-22- 136Y (96%), 5N, 141T
23-30 75Y (95%), 3N, 1-0, 79T
>30- 29Y (81%), 7N, 36T
U 4Y, 1N, 5T

Total: 259Y (93%), 18N (7%), 1-0, 278T


2. Do you go to YouTube to watch movie clips?
___ Yes ___ No

M- 108Y (76%), 32N, 2-0, 142T
F- 93Y (76%), 29N, 1-0, 123T
U- 8Y, 1N, 9T

>18- 5Y, 1N, 6T
18-22- 122Y (84%), 23N, 1-0, 146T
23-30- 64Y (82%), 12N, 2-0, 78T
>30- 14Y (39%), 22N, 36T
U- 4Y, 1N, 5T

Total: 209Y (76%), 62N (23%), 3-0, 274T


3. If yes, how often?
___ 1/month or less ___ 1/week
___ 1/day ___ more than 1/day

M- 26 OML, 39 OW, 32 OD, 13 MOD, 28-0, 138T (0=no answer)
F- 23 OML, 34 OW, 19 OD, 10 MOD, 33-0, 119T
U- 3 OML, 4 OW, 2-0, 9T

>18- 0 OML, 2 OW, 1 OD, 0 MOD, 3-0, 6T
18-22- 34 OML, 48 OW, 32 OD, 9 MOD (6%), 24-0, 147T
23-30- 16 OML, 18 OW, 19 OD, 13 MOD (16%), 15-0, 81T
>30- 10 OML, 7 OW, 0 OD, 1 MOD (3%), 19-0, 37T
U- 2 OML, 2 OW, 1-0, 5T

52 OML, 77 OW, 51 OD, 23 MOD, 61-0, 264T


4. Are you interested in YouTube? ___ Yes ___ No

M- 94Y (67%), 38N, 8-0, 140T
F- 76Y (58%), 46N, 9-0, 131T
U- 2Y, 4N, 1-0, 7T

>18- 2Y, 2N, 2-0, 6T
18-22- 100Y (67%), 40N, 9-0, 149T
23-30- 57Y (71%), 20N, 3-0, 80T
>30- 11Y (31%), 24N, 3-0, 38T
U- 3Y, 2N, 5T

Total: 172Y (62%), 88N (32%), 18-0, 278T


5. As you may know, YouTube was sued for $1 billion recently for profiting
indirectly from Viacom’s copyrighted film clips (for example, Jon Stewart).
Do you think YouTube is guilty?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 30Y (20%), 76N (50%), 32DK (21%), 3-0, 151T
F- 34Y (26%), 51N (40%), 43DK (33%), 1-0, 129T
U- 1Y, 3N, 2DK, 2-0, 8T

>18- 3Y, 2N, 1DK, 6T
18-22- 28Y, 65N, 46DK, 2-0, 141T
23-30- 22Y, 41N, 15DK, 4-0, 82T
>30- 11Y, 14N, 12DK, 37T
U- 1Y, 2N, 2DK, 3T

Total: 65Y (23%), 130N (47%), 77DK (28%), 6-0, 278T


6. Do you think YouTube will lose?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 37Y (26%), 47N (34%), 51DK (36%), 5-0, 140T
F- 25Y (19%), 46N (35%), 58DK (45%), 1-0, 130T
U- 2Y, 1N, 3DK, 2-0, 8T

>18- 3Y, 2N, 1DK, 6T
18-22- 31Y, 55N, 58DK, 5-0, 149T
23-30- 23Y, 26N, 31DK, 2-0, 72T
>30- 7Y, 10N, 18DK, 1-0, 36T
U- 1Y, 4DK, 5T

Total: 64Y (23%), 94N (34%), 112DK (40%), 8-0, 278T


7. Do you think people should pay for these clips?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know?


M- 21Y, 99N, 17DK, 137T
F- 22Y, 83N, 28DK, 2-0, 135T
U- 9N, 4DK, 13T

>18- 5N, 1DK, 6T
18-22- 19Y, 116N, 25DK, 1-0, 161T
23-30- 17Y, 53N, 15DK, 85T
>30- 11Y, 17N, 6DK, 1-0, 35T
U- 2N, 3DK, 5T

Total: 43Y (15%), 191N (67%), 49DK (17%), 2-0, 285T


8. Have you ever watched unauthorized clips?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 86Y (61%), 48N, 6-0, 140T (0=no answer)
F- 67Y (52%), 59N, 4-0, 130T
U- 4Y, 3N, 1-0, 8T

>18- 3Y, 3N, 6T
18-22- 80Y (54%), 63N, 5-0, 148T
23-30- 56Y (67%), 26N, 1-0, 83T
>30- 14Y (41%), 16N, 4-0, 34T
U- 6Y, 1N, 1-0, 8T

Total: 157Y (56%), 110N (40%), 11-0 (4%), 278T


9. Have you ever sent an unauthorized clip to someone?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 40Y (29%), 97N, 3-0, 140T (0=no answer)
F- 21Y (17%), 104N, 125T
U- 2Y, 5N, 1-0, 8T

>18- 4Y, 2N, 6T
18-22- 27Y (19%), 117N, 144T
23-30- 26Y (33%), 53N, 79T
>30- 5Y (13%), 32N, 1-0, 38T
U- 2Y, 2N, 1-0, 5T

Total: 63Y (23%), 206N (75%), 4-0 (1%), 273T


10. YouTube claims that it is only providing a place for people to exchange
clips; therefore it is not their fault if copyrighted clips appear on YouTube.
Do you agree with YouTube about that?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 82Y, 38N, 1-0, 121T
F- 50Y, 38N, 2-0, 90T

>18- 3Y, 2N, 5T
18-22 86Y, 22N, 1-0, 109T
23-30- 34Y, 30N, 2-0, 66T
>30- 9Y, 21N, 1-0, 31T

Total: 132Y (63%), 76N (36%), 3-0 (1%), 211T


11. Do you think that, if Viacom wins, and people have to pay to watch
copyrighted clips, people will find a way to watch them for free anyway?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 116Y, 12N, 1-0, 129T
F- 81Y, 11N, 1-0, 93T

>18- 5Y, 1N, 6T
18-22-86Y, 12N, 1-0, 99T
23-30- 70Y, 5N, 1-0, 76T
>30- 27Y, 5N, 32T

Total: 197Y (89%), 23N (10%), 2-0 (1%), 222T


12. Would you continue to watch free clips if you knew it
was illegal to watch them?
___ Yes ___ No


M-76Y, 37N, 4-0, 117T
F- 58Y, 32N, 3-0, 93T

>18- 5Y, 5T
18-22- 66Y, 32N, 3-0, 101T
23-30- 53Y, 21N, 2-0, 74T
>30- 13Y, 16N, 2-0, 31T

Total: 134Y (64%), 69N (33%), 7-0 (3%), 210T


13. If you could not use YouTube free of charge, what
would you do?
___ try to find another site ___ pay money ___ I have no idea


M- 65 TFAS, 8 PM, 24 IHNI, 13-0, 110T
F- 30 TFAS, 4 PM, 37 IHNI, 10-0, 81T
U- 2 TFAS, 2 IHNI, 2-0, 6T

>18- 2 TFAS, 2 IHNI, 1-0, 5T
18-22- 56 TFAS, 0 PM, 33 IHNI, 11-0, 100T
23-30- 30 TFAS, 7 PM, 14 IHNI, 10-0, 61T
>30- 8 TFAS, 4 PM, 13 IHNI, 1-0, 26T
U- 2 TFAS, 1 IHNI, 2-0, 5T

Total: 97 TFAS, 12 PM, 63 IHNI, 25-0, 197T


14. Have you ever downloaded an entire movie?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 71Y (51%), 68N, 139T
F- 46Y (36%), 81N, 129T
U- 5Y, 4N, 9T

>18- 2Y, 3N, 5T
18-22- 73Y (49%), 75N, 148T
23-30- 43Y (53%), 38N, 81T
>30- 4Y (11%), 32N, 36T
U- 1Y, 3N, 4T

Total: 117Y (44%), 149N (57%), 266T


15. Have you ever sent an entire movie to someone?
___ Yes ___ No


M-40Y (29%), 96N, 136T
F- 26Y (20%), 102N, 128T
U- 2Y, 1N, 3T

<18- 2Y, 3N, 5T
18-22- 36Y (25%), 109N, 145T
23-30- 28 (33%)Y, 57N, 85T
>30- 0Y (0%), 35N, 35T
U- 0Y, 4N, 4T

Total: 68Y (25%), 199N (74%), 267T


16. Do you have a cell-phone?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 127Y (93%), 9N, 1-0, 137T (0=no answer)
F- 128Y (92%), 10N, 1-0, 139T
U- 6Y, 0N, 1-0, 7T

<18- 4Y, 3N, 7T
18-22- 132Y (92%), 9N, 3-0, 144T
23-30- 77Y (91%), 8N, 85T
>30- 32Y (86%), 5N, 37T
U- 4Y, 4T

Total: 261Y (92%), 19N (7%), 3-0, 283T


17. Do you have a cell-phone camera?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 107Y (75%), 36N, 143T
F- 91Y (72%), 35N, 126T
U- 6Y, 1-0, 7T

<18- 4Y, 2N, 6T
18-22- 110Y (76%), 33N, 1-0, 144T
23-30- 64Y (79%), 17N, 81T
>30- 16Y (55%), 13N, 29T
U- 5Y, 4N, 9T

Total: 204Y (74%), 71N (26%), 1-0, 276T


18. Have you ever made a clip and sent it to someone?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 61Y, 78N, 1-0, 140T (0=no answer)
F- 35Y, 72N, 107T

<18- 2Y, 4N, 6T
18-22- 59Y, 79N, 1-0, 139T
23-30- 35Y, 45N, 80T
>30 12Y, 24N, 36T
U- 1Y, 1T

Total: 96Y (39%), 150N (61%), 1-0, 247T


19. Have you ever made a clip and put it on YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 25Y (18%), 112N, 1-0, 138T, (0=no answer)
F- 17Y (13%), 113N, 130T
U- 8N, 8T

<18- 1Y, 7N, 8T
18-22- 28Y (19%), 122N, 150T
23-30- 11Y (14%), 69N, 80T
>30- 2Y (5%), 34N, 1-0, 37T
U- 2N, 2T

Total: 42Y (15%), 233N (84%), 1-0, 276T


20. Has anyone ever filmed you and put it on YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 20Y, 82N, 38DK, 140T
F- 15Y, 81N, 35DK, 131T
U- 3N, 1-0, 4T

<18- 0Y, 1N, 4DK, 5T
18-22- 26Y, 95N, 31DK, 152T
23-30- 9Y, 49N, 24DK, 82T
>30- 0Y, 18N, 17DK, 35T
U- 4N, 4T

Total: 35Y (13%), 166N (60%), 73DK (27%), 1-0, 275T


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21. Has anyone filmed you without your permission?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 23Y, 43N, 49DK, 2-0, 117T
F- 16Y, 53N, 43DK, 112T
U- 2Y, 1N, 2-0, 5T

>18- 1Y, 3N, 2DK, 6T
18-22- 19Y, 64N, 48DK, 2-0, 133T
23-30- 16Y, 23N, 29DK, 68T
>30- 4Y, 7N, 13DK, 24T
U- 1Y, 1DK, 2-0, 4T

Total: 41Y (18%), 97N (39%), 92DK (40%), 2-0 (1%), 232T


22. Do you think the law should punish people
who film you without permission?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 58Y, 30N, 26DK, 3-0, 117T
F- 66Y, 21N, 25DK, 112T
U- 3N, 2-0, 5T

>18- 3Y, 1N, 1DK, 5T
18-22- 67Y, 30N, 31DK, 3-0, 131T
23-30- 41Y, 13N, 14DK, 68T
>30- 13Y, 7N, 4DK, 24T
U- 1N, 1DK, 2-0, 4T

Total: 124Y (53%), 54N (23%), 51DK (22%), 5-0 (2%), 234T


23. Do you think people should be allowed to take any
picture of anyone who is in public?
___ Yes ___ No ___ I don’t know


M- 50Y (42%), 50N, 17DK, 0-1, 118T
F- 38Y (34%), 50N, 23DK, 1-0, 112T
U- 3N, 2-0, 5T

>18- 1Y, 4N, 5T
18-22- 52Y (39%), 51N, 28DK, 1-0, 132T
23-30- 27Y (40%), 30N, 10DK, 1-0, 68T
>30- 7Y (29%), 16N, 1DK, 24T
U- 1N, 1DK, 2-0, 4T

Total: 88Y (37%), 103N (44%), 40DK (17%), 4-0 (2%), 235T


24. Do you think all the people taking cell-phone pictures
and making clips will change society as we know it?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 39Y (39%), 61N, 100T
F- 31Y (36%), 55N, 86T

<18- 4Y, 4T
18-22- 39Y (36%), 68N, 107T
23-30- 16Y (29%), 39N, 55T
>30- 10Y (50%), 10N, 20T

Total: 70Y (38%), 116N (62%), 186T


25. If so, how?


Answers to this are here


Any comments?


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26. Do you like paparazzi?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 31Y (27%), 81N, 1-0, 113T
F- 32Y (29%), 74N, 4-0, 110T
U- 2Y, 2-0, 4T

>18- 2Y, 2N, 4T
18-22- 35Y (56%), 26N, 2-0, 63T
23-30- 25Y (41%), 33N, 3-0, 61T
>30- 3Y, 10N, 13T
U- 3Y, 8N, 5-0, 16T

Total: 65Y (28%), 157N (69%), 7-0 (3%), 229T


27. Do you think the government should control the
movies that are shown on YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 36Y, 91N, 1-0, 128T
F- 36Y, 70N, 106T
U- 1N, 1-0, 2T

>18- 3Y, 2N, 5T
18-22- 36Y (28%), 60N, 2-0, 98T
23-30- 25Y (38%), 40N, 65T
>30- 6Y (50%), 6N, 12T
U- 5Y, 2N, 2-0, 9T

Total: 73Y (31%), 162N (68%), 2-0 (1%), 237T



28. Do you think the government should control the
language that appears on YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 28Y (25%), 84N, 2-0, 114T
F- 47Y (41%), 66N, 1-0, 114T
U- 5-0, 5T

>18- 5Y, 3N, 8T
18-22- 45Y (38%), 71N, 3-0, 119T
23-30- 38Y (59%), 26N, 64T
>30- 10Y (83%), 2N, 12T
U- 4Y, 7N, 3-0, 14T

Total: 75Y (32%), 150N, 8-0, 232T


29. If you answered yes to 27/28, what should the government control?
___ pornography ___ illegal drug-related clips ___ strongly political clips
___ obscene language ___ copyrighted clips ___ clips that mock politicians


M- 31 P, 29 IDRC, 11 SP, 11 OL, 23 CC, 13 CMP, 78-0, 196 T (0=nothing checked)
F- 37 P, 32 IDRC, 9 SP, 11 OL, 19 CC, 7 CMP, 54-0, 284 T
U- 4 P, 2 IDRC, 0 SP, 2 OL, 2 CC, 7 CMP, 2-0, 12 T

<18 1 P, 2 IDRC, 1 SP, 0 OL, 1 CC, 1-0, 7 T
18-22- 34 P, 25 IDRC, 9 SP, 7 OL, 15 CC, 6 CMP, 83-0, 177 T
23-30- 21 P, 20 IDRC, 6 SP, 9 OL, 17 CC, 6 CMP, 41-0, 120 T
>30- 14 P, 15 IDRC, 6 SP, 9 OL, 10 CC, 8 CMP, 16-0, 78 T
U- 2 P, 1 IDRC, 0 SP, 1 OL, 1 CC, 0 CMP, 2-0, 7 T

Total: 72 P (26%), 63 IDRC (22%), 20 SP (7%), 24 OL (9%), 44 CC (16%), 27 CMP (10%), 134-0.
Percentages are out of total people surveyed (281)


30. Do you think the government should be able to block
websites?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 35Y (26%), 98N, 2-0, 135T
F- 35Y (29%), 85N, 1-0, 121T
U- 2Y, 3N, 2-0, 7T

>18- 14Y, 3N, 17T
18-22- 26Y (20%), 102N, 2-0, 130T
23-30- 20Y (27%), 54N, 1-0, 75T
>30- 21Y (54%), 18N, 39T
U- 1Y, 3-0, 4T

Total: 72Y (27%), 186N, 5-0, 263T


31. Do you think the government should control the
language that appears on YouTube?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 26Y (21%), 100N, 126T
F- 29Y (25%), 85N, 114T
U- 3Y, 2N, 5T

>18- 2Y, 4N, 6T
18-22- 17Y (13%), 114N, 131T
23-30- 23Y (26%), 56N, 89T
>30- 14Y (39%), 22N, 36T
U- 2Y, 3N, 5T

Total: 58Y (24%), 187N, 245T


32. Do you think YouTube itself should control the
film clips?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 77Y (59%), 53N, 130T
F- 65Y (57%), 49N, 114T
U- 3Y, 3N, 6T

>18- 0Y, 6N, 6T
18-22- 64Y (51%), 61N, 125T
23-30- 45Y (58%), 33N, 78T
>30- 28Y (80%), 7N, 35T
U- 4Y, 5N, 9T

Total: 145Y (58%), 105N, 250T


33. If you found a clip of yourself on YouTube that you
objected to, what would you do?
___ ask the person to remove it
___ sue the person who put it there
___ ask YouTube to remove it
___ sue YouTube
___ I have no idea


M- 39 APRI, 23 SP, 57 AYT, 15 SYT, 2-0, 24 IHNI, 172T (0=no answer)
F- 44 APRI, 20 SP, 38 AYT, 14 SYT, 2-0, 24 IHNI, 152T
U- 1 SP, 1 AYT, 1 SYT, 2-0, 5T

<18- 1 APRI, 4 SP, 1 SYT, 6T
18-22- 54 APRI, 17 SP, 48 AYT, 10 SYT, 4-0, 19 IHNI, 152T
23-20- 16 APRI, 14 SP, 30 AYT, 11 SYT, 1-0, 20 IHNI, 92T
>30- 11 APRI, 7 SP, 13 AYT, 7 SYT, 1-0, 7 IHNI, 46T
U- 1 APRI, 2 SP, 2-0, 1 IHNI, 6T

Total: 83 APRI, 44 SP, 96 AYT, 30 SYT, 6-0, 48 IHNI, 329T


34. Do you believe that sites like YouTube should be illegal?
___ Yes ___ No


M- 17Y, 95N, 15-0, 127T
F- 22Y, 80N, 10-0, 112T
U- 0Y, 2N, 3-0, 5T

>18- 2Y, 3N, 1-0, 6T
18-22- 5Y, 94N, 12-0, 111T
23-30- 14Y, 53N, 5-0, 72T
>30- 17Y, 19N, 2-0, 38T
U- 0Y, 2N, 3-0, 5T

Total: 39Y, 177N, 25-0, 244T


35. How would you feel if you were a filmmaker? Check any that apply?
___ I’d hate YouTube
___ I’d use YouTube to get good publicity
___ I’d get another career


M- 35 HY, 74 UY, 19 GAC, 11-0, 139T
F- 37 HY, 57 UY, 19 GAC, 8-0, 121T
U- 2UY, 2T

>18- 2 HY, 4 UY, 1-0, 7T
18-22- 28 HY, 74 UY, 16 GAC, 8-0, 126T
23-30- 25 HY, 38 UY, 8 GAC, 4-0, 75T
>30- 16 HY, 15 UY, 7 GAC, 4-0, 42T
U- 2 UY, 2T

Total: 72 HY, 133 UY, 38 GAC, 19-0, 260T


36. How old are you?
___ under 18 ___ 18-22 ___ 23-30 ___ over 30

37. What is your sex?
___ M ___ F

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