Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASSIFIEDUDC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL No. /ZMML7AU-67U 986 15/3 liMICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSINU DEPT OFCOMMUNICATIONA PILOT STUDY OF yOUNG AMLRICANS# BELIEFS ANDKNO,VLEDGE ABOUT CIVIL DLFENSE* (U)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: PRtLIMINARY REPT, NO, ItMAR 6b 39P (aREENBERIoBRADLEY S,DOMINICKJOSEPH Re ;RAZINSKYsEDWARD ICONTRACT: OAHC20-67-C-0119MONITOR: OCD '9831-CU1NCLASSIFIED REPORTDESCRIPTORS: (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *PUBLIC-PINION)o ATTITUOEbs ADOLESCENTS, STUDENTS#SOCIAL COMMUNICATION# FALLUUT SHELTERS (U)THE 5TUgy SOUGHT ANSWERS TO T*O QUESTIONS:(1) *HAT IS THE DIFFERE1NCE bETWLEN TWO GROUJPSOF TEE1NAGERS IN TERMS OF CD INFORMATION ANDATTITUDES, amERE ONE GROU? HAS dEEN EXPOSED TO ANINTENSIVE IN-SCHOOL CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM$ AND(2) WHAT DIFFERENCES IN INFuRMATION ANDATTITUDES EXIST BETWEEN YOUNGER AND OLDCR TEENAGERS(Iý VS. 17-YEAR-OLDS). THE PRINCIPAL POSITYJEEFFECTS OF THE SCHOOL CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM WERE INTERMS OF INFORMATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION BEHAVIORS$THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE BETTEN INFORMED, USED MOREAND DIFFERENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION, TALKED MOREABOUT CU AND SHELTERS, AMON6 OTHER bEHAVIORS. TOTHE EXTENT THAT AGE MAKES A DIFFERENCE, IT APPEARS ToMANIFEST ITSELF IN SOMEWHAT LESS FAVORAdLE cDATTITUDES. THE YOUNGSTERS WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED TOA SYSTEMATIC PRO5RAM OF INFORMATION THOUGHT MOREFAVORABLY ABOUT CIVIL DEFENSE ALONG SEVERALDIENSIONS, THEY RATED CIVIL DEFENSE AS WISER,MORE IMPORTANT, MORL INTERESTING, BOLDER, SAFER, ANDMORE EXPENSIVE, THAN DID THE OTHER TEENAGERS.THEIR JUD4MENTS WERE MORE INTENSE* NONE OF THESEJUdgMENTS hERE NEGATIVE ONES. IT WAS THAT THEGHOUP WITH tr-ORE INFORMATION WAS RELATIVELY P.OREFAVORABLE IN ITS ASSESSMENT OF CD AS A TOPIC.(AUTHOR)(U)114UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML?