GVU's Eighth WWW User Survey Privacy Graphs

Policies Towards Spamming


Notes:


Recent attention has been given to mass electronic mailings (a.k.a. spammings) which often contain advertisements, political statements, get-rich-quick schemes, etc. In your opinion, which of the following policies most closely resembles your feelings about what should be done?

Table of Data for All Categories

Policies Towards Spamming All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
Blacklist 1061.00

15.90%

705.00

17.19%

342.00

13.97%

820.00

14.70%

103.00

24.82%

54.00

16.41%

224.00

20.16%

602.00

15.81%

138.00

13.03%

286.00

12.11%

421.00

17.28%

340.00

19.42%

Don't Know 429.00

6.43%

222.00

5.41%

202.00

8.25%

364.00

6.52%

17.00

4.10%

20.00

6.08%

61.00

5.49%

225.00

5.91%

103.00

9.73%

207.00

8.77%

140.00

5.74%

77.00

4.40%

Government Controls 561.00

8.41%

393.00

9.58%

162.00

6.62%

455.00

8.16%

47.00

11.33%

43.00

13.07%

101.00

9.09%

317.00

8.33%

68.00

6.42%

150.00

6.35%

198.00

8.12%

207.00

11.82%

Impact Fee 808.00

12.11%

520.00

12.68%

278.00

11.36%

687.00

12.31%

43.00

10.36%

34.00

10.33%

151.00

13.59%

478.00

12.56%

111.00

10.48%

242.00

10.25%

302.00

12.39%

254.00

14.51%

Nothing 470.00

7.04%

337.00

8.22%

120.00

4.90%

401.00

7.19%

23.00

5.54%

28.00

8.51%

65.00

5.85%

262.00

6.88%

85.00

8.03%

207.00

8.77%

160.00

6.57%

90.00

5.14%

Other 541.00

8.11%

364.00

8.88%

168.00

6.86%

444.00

7.96%

39.00

9.40%

23.00

6.99%

90.00

8.10%

325.00

8.54%

73.00

6.89%

128.00

5.42%

200.00

8.21%

204.00

11.65%

Registry 2802.00

42.00%

1560.00

38.04%

1176.00

48.04%

2408.00

43.16%

143.00

34.46%

127.00

38.60%

419.00

37.71%

1598.00

41.98%

481.00

45.42%

1141.00

48.33%

1016.00

41.69%

579.00

33.07%











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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280