Brooklyn Museum Art Controversy Survey 1999 [United States] (ICPSR 35236)

Version Date: Jan 28, 2016

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Principal Investigator(s):
Lawrence T. McGill, First Amendment Center; Kenneth Dautrich, University of Connecticut. Center for Survey Research and Analysis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35236.v1

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Summary

This national survey collected data on Americans' attitudes concerning freedom of expression issues arising from the exhibit of an art show at the Brooklyn Museum in the fall of 1999. Debate about the show, titled "Sensation," centered on a painting of the Virgin Mary by British artist Chris Ofili that incorporated some unconventional images into its design. The survey included questions about awareness of the debate, attitudes toward the public display of potentially controversial art, attitudes toward government censorship of art, and attitudes toward public funding of museums that display controversial art. Respondents were also asked for their demographic information including age, sex, and income. A total of 1,005 computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted between September 29 and October 3, 1999.

Citation

McGill, Lawrence T., and Dautrich, Kenneth. Brooklyn Museum Art Controversy Survey 1999 [United States]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-01-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35236.v1

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Funding

First Amendment Center

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

MSA

Restrictions

Users of the data must agree to the Terms of Use presented on the NADAC Website and available through the link in each codebook.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1999-09-29 -- 1999-10-03

Date of Collection

1999-09-29 -- 1999-10-03

Data Collection Notes

  1. The survey was conducted for the First Amendment Center by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis (CSRA) at the University of Connecticut.

  2. This data collection was previously distributed by the Cultural Policy and the Arts National Archive (CPANDA). The CPANDA Identification Number (study number) for the data collection is a00005.

  3. Quick Facts for this data collection, "How Supportive are Americans of Freedom of Expression?" and "Case study: The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1999", are available from the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies (CACPS) at Princeton University.

  4. Information regarding data processing for this data collection is in the "Codebook Notes" page(s) in the ICPSR Codebook. Most notably:

    • To protect respondent privacy, variable FIPS "FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS CODE" has been masked.
    • For this data collection, no documentation was provided for the following variables: FIPS-TZONE and V20.
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Study Design

A total of 1,005 computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted with a random national random digit dialing sample of Americans over the age of 18, between September 29 and October 3, 1999.

Sample

This survey used a random national sample constructed by random digit dialing (RDD).

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Adults over 18 years old in the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The survey included questions about awareness of the debate, attitudes toward the public display of potentially controversial art, attitudes toward government censorship of art, and attitudes toward public funding of museums that display controversial art.

Response Rates

Response rates are not available.

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Original Release Date

2016-01-28

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • McGill, Lawrence T., and Kenneth Dautrich. Brooklyn Museum Art Controversy Survey 1999 [United States]. ICPSR35236-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-01-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35236.v1

2016-01-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
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Weight

This data collection has no weight variables.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC). NADAC is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.