Survey respondents could define "civility" for themselves, an ABA spokesman said.Įach year the ABA surveys Americans to assess public knowledge about laws and gauge public opinion on current events related to the law. And 90% of respondents said parents and families are most responsible for instilling civility in children, followed by schools at 6%. More than a third of those polled-34%-said family and friends should hold the primary responsibility for improving civility in society, while 27% said that responsibility should fall to public officials. “Our country is experiencing a period of divisiveness,” said ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross, who is moderating an online panel today on the findings. When asked to cite the primary factor in declining civility, 29% said social media, 24% said media, 19% said public officials, and 8% said the educational system. (Reuters) - The vast majority of Americans believe society is less civil than it was a decade ago, and they blame social media and public officials for that decline, according to a new poll by the American Bar Association.įully 85% of the 1,000 respondents of the ABA’s annual Survey of Civic Literacy said civility in today’s society is worse than 10 years ago, while 8% said it was better and 6% said it was worse.
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