A commentary by Gideon Levy, which accompanied the results of the poll, described the findings as disturbing.
Thirty-four percent in the latest poll described it as such, compared with only 7percentt who said it was "too stimulative".
The poll described Mr. Snowden as "the national security consultant who released information to the media about the phone scanning program".
The urge to shop was confirmed by a tracking poll described in a third white paper, "Opinions on News Coverage, Entertainment and Advertising," by Jon Mandel and Dene Callas, co-managing directors at the Mediacom division of Grey Global.
In mid-January, 67percentt of people surveyed by the Gallup Poll described economic conditions as excellent or good, down from 74percentt in August, but still higher than at any point between 1992 and 1998.
Nick James, editor of Sight & Sound magazine, which commissions the poll, described Vertigo, which stars James Stewart and Kim Novak, as the ultimate critics' film, "full of spellbinding moments of awful poignancy that show how foolish, tender and cruel we can be when we're in love".
Only 46% of respondents in our latest poll described 2009 as a good year, and the reasons are obvious: unemployment is hovering around 10%, whole cities are collapsing, America is still mired in two seemingly endless wars, and the threat of terrorism persists.
Early results from the poll – described by domestic and international observers as "breathtaking" in its levels of fraud – suggest that the ruling National Democratic party (NDP) has captured 96% of the seats, while the 88 opposition members from the Muslim Brotherhood, could be erased to zero.
Fifty-five percent of Spanish participants surveyed in the poll described homosexuality as "morally acceptable," while 38percentt deemed it "not a moral issue".
