New Survey Report
by Michael B. Perini, ABC perini & associates
I think it’s important with this being the week that our nation was attacked at Pearl Harbor (7 December) that we review where the public stands on terrorism.
A recent national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Nov. 4-7, details what major attacks to our nation have done to the public mindset.
According to the study, there is little evidence that close calls in this country or terrorist attacks overseas have led to a fundamental change in the public’s worries about terrorism.
The survey finds the public is divided over whether the U.S. is winning or losing its campaign against terrorism around the world: 38% say the United States is winning, while about the same number (43%) say it is losing.
This also is little changed from 2007, according to the survey. For more…
Let me know what if you think about what the public relations challenges are to communicating the terrorism threat. It’s real in my view. We need to continue to be mindful of that.