CANDIDATES COMMERCIALS AND THE LAW - THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION

This study was designed to discover the public's level of knowledge ab out the regulation of advertising, both political and product. Most su rvey respondents believed that the government would do something if fa lsehoods were discovered in candidates' commercials, which legally is not the case. Further, people perceived that political commercials are regulated and product ads are not, which again is not true. Spearman' s rhos indicated that there is little relationship between respondents levels of knowledge on these matters and age, education level, or rel iance on televised media.