I, too, wonder about the aims and methodology of this research. Out of curiosity, and because this is a controversial film, I went over to the website, which does provide some contact names. I compared the two different surveys to see the types of questions asked. It was clear to me that if a person has not seen the film, the answers will not be codified in the same way (for example, there is no demographic data collected for such persons beyond whether or not the respondents are "Followers of Jesus"--even that terminology is interesting. Nor are any Likert-type questions asked, despite the fact that interesting data could be gathered based on someone's exposure to the film through trailers, news articles, talk shows, etc. and how that influences a decision). Because the actual survey is only for those who've actually seen the film, I assume the research project is primarily inerested in whether or not there is a difference in response from those who are Christian and those who are not. However, it seems clear that not only is the self-selected respondent sample problematic in terms of validity, there also doesn't seem to be any way to prevent someone from answering the survey more than once. This obviously could skew the results. Thus I'm pretty skeptical about the potential "findings" of this survey as regards this film, whatever the hypothesis. I thought those on this list should be aware of this information in case they were considering answering this survey. Barbara L. Baker Professor Dept. of Communication Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO. 64093 >>> [log in to unmask] 04/04/04 03:06PM >>> Whether you have seen The Passion of the Christ or not, can you fill out this short online opnion survey? It only takes 2-10 min., and there is an option for explaining why you did not see it. Even that info is helpful. http://www.edcomresearch.com/passion.html If it is not a lot of trouble, can you please pass it on to your friends and family members? We currently have about 6,000 respondents, but even more would improve its accuracy. We are shooting for 10,000 responses. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]