I'm writing an essay entitled 'The influence of media on attitudes to migration' and I wonder if any of you would be willing to help me out by responding to a fairly short survey on the subject.

Any responses will be anonymously presented, in a statistical format, in the essay. The name of this website wont be mentioned as the source, and no personally identifiable information will be used.

If anyone wants to take part but would prefer not to post their responses publicly, I'd be glad to receive responses via PM.

You're welcome to add your personal thoughts and/or discuss the subject beyond the fairly limited choices of answers, but note that it wont be used in the essay.

Many thanks in advance to any and all who take part.

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SURVEY:

1. To what extent to you approve of economic migration to your country of residence?
(Please choose from the following responses: Strongly approve / Approve / No preference / Disapprove / Strongly disapprove / Don't know)

2. To what extent to you approve of the migration of those who seek refuge/asylum to your country of residence?
(Please choose from the following responses: Strongly approve / Approve / No preference / Disapprove / Strongly disapprove / Don't know)

3. What effect do you feel migration to your country of residence has on the following:
i) Economy
ii) Employment
iii) Education
iv) Culture
v) Health
(Please give a separate answer to each from the following responses: Very positive / Positive / No effect / Negative / Very negative / Don't know)

4. To what extent do you think your feelings on migration are influenced by the media?
(Please choose from the following responses: Strongly influenced / Somewhat influenced / Not at all influenced / Don't know)

5. What news source do you use most regularly?
- TV (news/current affairs)
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Internet
- Other (please specify)
(Please choose only one of the above, i.e. the one you use most frequently)

(It is probably worth mentioning, as a footnote to the final question, that I'm aware that each of those media categories encapsulate many different political persuasions. To ask everybody what particular news source they use most would probably yield some interesting responses, but little of statistical use on an international level. So I have chosen to look for broader patterns between different forms of media instead. I hope that clarifies the purpose of the question, as I imagine some of you may have wondered about it.)

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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

1) No preference

2) No preference

3)
i) Positive
ii) Positive
iii) No effect
iv) No effect
v) Negative

4) Not at all influenced

5) Internet

Well, since I'm American..........

1. approve

2. approve

3. a. pos
b. pos
c. neg
d. pos
e. neg

4. somewhat influenced

5. tv news stations and internet

As a UK-er:

1. Strongly positive.

2. Strongly positive.

3
i. Strongly positive.
ii. Strongly positive.
iii. Strongly positive.
iv. Strongly positive.
v. Negative.

4. Somewhat influenced. I'd like to pretend I live in a bubble, but I don't.

5. Newspaper, Internet (ah, bbc.co.uk, you rock my news world) and Radio.

Maybe I was a bit hasty. I'm too fair to be working the fields.

Huh?

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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

One of my first thoughts about this thread was that you’re using ‘migrant’ for what is usually called ‘immigrant’ in the US. About the only regular use of ‘migrant’ here that I can think of is ‘migrant workers,’ people, usually not citizens, who work in agricultural fields under slave-like conditions, and usually return, willingly or not, to their country of origin after the harvest is done.

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Please hang up and die again.
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And die again.

I see. Thanks for that. His comment makes a bit more sense to me now.

I could have used the term "immigration" equally, seeing as that alone is what is being dealt with in the survey, but the essay will deal with migration as a whole (immigration and emigration) so I decided to keep the wording consistent. And since the word "immigrant" almost seems to have a negative connotation amongst some people, as a result of their views, I thought I'd go for a more neutral wording of the concept.

Any others willing to take part?

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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

1. No Preference

2. No Preference

3.
No Effect
No Effect
Negative
Negative
Negative

4. Not Influenced

5. Internet

1. Strongly approve
2 Strongly approve
3 i) Very positive
3 ii) Very positive
3 iii) No effect
3 iv) Very positive
3 v) No effect
4. Not at all influenced
5. Newspapers

Thanks so much again to all who responded.

I'm going to push my luck and bump this thread and see if there are any other takers?

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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

i know i'm a tad late, but if you still need it:


as an immigrant to america:

SURVEY:

1. Don't know

2. Strongly Approve

3.
i) Positive
ii) Negative
iii) Positive
iv) Very Positive
v) Don't know


4.
Somewhat Influenced

5. What news source do you use most regularly?
Internet
Magazines
Other (personal friends from different countries, first hand accounts, etcetera)

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1. To what extent to you approve of economic migration to your country of residence?
Economic migration? In my state it's helped keep it economically sound, so yes, I approve.

2. To what extent to you approve of the migration of those who seek refuge/asylum to your country of residence?
I definately approve.

3. What effect do you feel migration to your country of residence has on the following:
i) Economy positive
ii) Employment negative
iii) Education no effect
iv) Culture positive
v) Health no effect


4. To what extent do you think your feelings on migration are influenced by the media?
Not at all influenced

5. What news source do you use most regularly?
- TV (news/current affairs)
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Internet
- Other (please specify)

Are you talking about illegal immigration or legal immigration?

If Legal immigration:

1. Approve
2. Disapprove
3.
i. positive
ii. positive
iii No effect
iv no effect
v no effect
4. somewhat influenced
5 radio

If illegal immigration:

1 Strongly Disapprove
2. Disapprove
3.
i Negative
ii Very Negative
iii Very Negative
iv Negative
v Very Negative
4. Somewhat Influenced
5. radio

SURVEY:

1. To what extent to you approve of economic migration to your country of residence?
Strongly Approve

2. To what extent to you approve of the migration of those who seek refuge/asylum to your country of residence?

Approve

[I don't always know that New Zealand is the best possible option for some refugees who come here, thinking more of them, and their lives, than of "us", but I approve of taking refugees.]

3. What effect do you feel migration to your country of residence has on the following:
i) Economy

Very positive
ii) Employment

Very positive [Our recent booms in fields like construction clearly coincided with increased migration and population growth]
iii) Education

Positive [I wish some of my kids were less racist, and exposure can only help them... plus South African kids are always really disciplined. We need more of them!]
iv) Culture

Positive. [Except when it comes to sport, and then it is Extremely Positive]

v) Health

No effect
4. To what extent do you think your feelings on migration are influenced by the media? Somewhat influenced [I read both pro and anti immigration stories at times, and consider the information in those articles. My personal feeling is that pro- articles tend to have facts and figures outlining how our country and economy is benefiting, whereas anti- articles contain more stories of isolated incidents, vague scaremongering and opinions from "interest groups", and spurious figures from other countries, or statistics taken out of context. I don't read the New Zealand asian press, or other sources catering specifically to immigrant communities, which might have more aggressively and passionately pro-immigration articles]
5. What news source do you use most regularly?
- TV (news/current affairs)

(It is probably worth mentioning, as a footnote to the final question, that I'm aware that each of those media categories encapsulate many different political persuasions. To ask everybody what particular news source they use most would probably yield some interesting responses, but little of statistical use on an international level. So I have chosen to look for broader patterns between different forms of media instead. I hope that clarifies the purpose of the question, as I imagine some of you may have wondered about it.)[/quote]

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