Anchoring Vignettes for Privacy (Government- Monitoring)


Question:

How much does your local town or city government respect [your/"Name's"] privacy about [your/her/his] local activities?

Response categories:

  1. Completely
  2. Mostly
  3. Moderately
  4. Hardly
  5. Not at all
Vignettes:
  1. [Anita] lives in a city that prohibits any form of video or photographic monitoring by government agencies.
  2. [Bita] commutes to work every day into a city that automatically photographs each car to see whether it runs a particular stoplight.
  3. [Jake] lives in a city that videotapes all cars on city-owned property.
  4. [Beth] lives in a city that videotapes all people inside the hallways of city-owned buildings.
  5. [Mark] lives in a city that uses a device in police cars to detect whether individuals are at home.
  6. [Juanita] lives in a city that uses an imaging device in police cars that can see through walls and clothes.

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