What determines the acceptance of government surveillance? Examining the influence of information privacy correlates

This study, using data from the Pew Research Center's Privacy Panel Survey, identifies the determinants regarding ordinary U.S. citizens’ acceptance of the American government's monitoring of their communications, and those of domestic and foreign leaders. A regression analysis was used to examine whether a set of cognitive and behavioral correlates related to information privacy perception significantly affected the acceptability of government surveillance. The analysis found that while surveillance concerns, perceived transparency, regulatory needs, and self-identified ideology have a significant influence on surveillance acceptability, this is not the case for many other correlates of general information privacy intrusion.