In a survey conducted by the Gallup Organization on behalf of the GIO, 87 % of the respondents felt that the amount of sex, violence and crime on TV was a cause for concern. A further 93 % of respondents felt that television programming was a factor in juvenile crime, and about 80 % felt that the government should make a strong effort to bring this problem under control.
一份新聞局委託台灣蓋洛普公司所作的民調也顯示：百分之八十七．七的受訪者認為電視節目出現暴力、犯罪及色情的情形十分嚴重；百分之九十三的受訪者認為，青少年犯罪行為受到了電視節目的影響；而且有百分之八十左右的受訪者希望政府以強硬的方式管理這種現象。