Question Wording

For source of media I'd add radio to the list of options; the CBC gets a lot of play. Do you think it's worth differentiating between Canadian and American television? I've got at least one relative living in Vancouver who watches nothing but Fox News...

1. Print (e.g. Vancouver Sun, National Post, Metro) 2. Online news services (e.g. cbc.ca, vancouversun.com, thetyee.ca) 3. Canadian television (e.g. CBC, Global) 4. American television (e.g. CNN, Fox, King 5) 5. Social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook)

For how often they use social media, howsabout we make it even clearer? Something like:

1. Constantly 2. Every day 3. A few times a month 4. Almost never, but I have accounts 5. Never, I don't even have accounts 6. Prefer not to answer

I'd theoretically prefer something similar for rates of participation, but I'm almost not sure how best to measure it save self-identification. But if we are just asking for how active they consider themselves to be politically, why don't we make it super clear, something like:

How active do you consider yourself to be politically?

1. Very 2. Somewhat 3. About average 4. Not very 5. Totally uninvolved 6. Don't know/prefer not to say

Do we have to ask about voting history, or is that likely to be in the basic package of questions Dr. Owen includes? (or another group's maybe?)