# Academic Survey Needs Movie Memories From Baby Boomers (those born between 1940 and 1970) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016 "2012-04-26T14:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimWhalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JimWhalley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimWhalley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/1 "2012-04-26T14:18:02Z")
Hi, My name is Jim Whalley and I’m a college professor in the UK working on a major new research project titled ‘Hollywood and the Baby Boom: A Social History’. The aim of the project is to discover how the Baby Boom generation both experienced and changed the movies in the United States. Our hope is to base the study (and resulting book) around the memories and opinions of Boomer audiences. **To do this we’ve created an online survey, and the administrators at The Straight Dope have very kindly given me permission to post a link to it here.** The survey is at [www.hollywoodandthebabyboom.com](http://www.hollywoodandthebabyboom.com). If you were born between 1940 and 1970 and live in the United States, you would be doing us a huge service if you’d take the time to fill it out. Crucially, we don’t just want to hear from film fans; it’s just as important that we get the views of those who avoid the movies as well as those who watch something every week. It should only take 10-30 minutes and you’ll be contributing to a new history of American film. We’re trying to get as many responses as possible, so if you enjoy filling the survey out, please tell your friends. Many thanks for your time, Jim Whalley ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/2 "2012-04-26T14:37:45Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/3 "2012-04-26T14:47:35Z")
Done. That was time consuming. You need to include streaming video on TV. DVDs are on their way out. ---
**Author:** ![JimWhalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JimWhalley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimWhalley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/4 "2012-04-26T14:53:18Z")
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to fill it out. I hope it wasn’t too time consuming John! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/5 "2012-04-26T15:07:26Z")
Jim, like I told you earlier, **you need to tell people that you got permission to do this** – otherwise they will keep reporting it to us as spam. You do not want to aggravate the moderators. You know what aggravates moderators? Many people reporting spammers. We kill spammers, so it’s kind of important. So no one gets this wrong we’re not aggravated at people who report spammers – they’re the greatest. They do that because we ask them to, they do as we instruct them. We do get aggravated at spammers. And people who don’t follow instructions. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/6 "2012-04-26T15:07:50Z")
Done! Happy to help. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/7 "2012-04-26T15:13:21Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Jim, like I told you earlier, **you need to tell people that you got permission to do this** – otherwise they will keep reporting it to us as spam. You do not want to aggravate the moderators. You know what aggravates moderators? Many people reporting spammers. We kill spammers, so it’s kind of important. > > So no one gets this wrong we’re not aggravated at people who report spammers – they’re the greatest. They do that because we ask them to, they do as we instruct them. We do get aggravated at spammers. And people who don’t follow instructions. He did. Last sentence in the 2nd paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![JimWhalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JimWhalley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimWhalley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/8 "2012-04-26T15:15:20Z")
Hi TubaDiva. I put a mention about permission in the second paragraph, but I can certainly make it more prominent. Though I am struggling to find the ‘edit post’ button… ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/9 "2012-04-26T15:15:29Z")
> [@JimWhalley](#): > > To do this we’ve created an online survey, **and the administrators at The Straight Dope have very kindly given me permission to post a link to it here.** He did say he had permission. I can’t fill it out because I don’t fit the criteria, but good luck! ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/10 "2012-04-26T15:16:31Z")
> [@JimWhalley](#): > > Hi TubaDiva. I put a mention about permission in the second paragraph, but I can certainly make it more prominent. Though I am struggling to find the ‘edit post’ button… You can’t edit after five minutes. Perhaps one of the mods can highlight it for you… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/11 "2012-04-26T15:22:29Z")
Wait, what?!? 1970? When did I become a Baby Boomer?!? We usually end it at 1965 [Baby boomers - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer) ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/12 "2012-04-26T15:26:26Z")
Done, but I thought Baby Boomers ended in 1964, not 1970. I dont know what they’re called, but it’s not Baby Boomers. ---
**Author:** ![JimWhalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JimWhalley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimWhalley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/13 "2012-04-26T15:27:03Z")
Don’t worry, TruCelt, we expanded the dates to provide some context. Depending on the source, Boomers are 43-60 (culturally speaking) or 46-64 in terms of pure numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/14 "2012-04-26T15:41:28Z")
Done ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/15 "2012-04-26T15:44:07Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Done, but I thought Baby Boomers ended in 1964, not 1970. I dont know what they’re called, but it’s not Baby Boomers. Generation X came after the Boomers. The “X” makes us sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/16 "2012-04-26T16:04:11Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/17 "2012-04-26T16:05:04Z")
> [@JimWhalley](#): > > Hi TubaDiva. I put a mention about permission in the second paragraph, but I can certainly make it more prominent. Though I am struggling to find the ‘edit post’ button… The edit window is only five minutes long … and the clock starts when you hit the Send button. Sorry about that – apparently some folks didn’t get to the second paragraph before they jumped on the report button. I have highlighted that permission was asked for and granted in advance. Hope your survey goes well. Remember that usually if you got two Dopers you have at least three opinions … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/18 "2012-04-26T16:30:42Z")
I can’t vote - I’m too young. ☹ Do one for Gen Xers next!! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/19 "2012-04-26T16:42:06Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![JimWhalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JimWhalley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimWhalley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016/20 "2012-04-26T16:47:06Z")
Thanks to everyone who has responded so far - our numbers have shot up in the last hour or two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academic-survey-needs-movie-memories-from-baby-boomers-those-born-between-1940-and-1970/620016.md?page=2)