>Hi,
>I'm currently doing a PhD and am studying people's newspaper reading
>habits. I'm hoping I can model people's use and apply this to an
>electronic envonment. At the moment, I'd like to collect some general
>background data on newspaper reading.
>If you can spare a few minutes, I'd be very grateful if you could
>answer the questions below and send them back to me.
> Many thanks,
>
>Kev Tansley
>
>1) Which newspaper or papers do you normally read? Guardian/observer
>
>2) How often, on average would you read a newspaper in a week? 1-2
>
>3) Do you normally read a paper in one sitting, or look at it several
>times in the day? Usually once
>
>4) Is there a specific time or times of the day that you would
>normally look at a newspaper? (e.g. on the bus into work, 1pm with
>lunch etc.)
>Sunday morning, or on the tube on the way home form work
>5) How long would you normally spend reading a newspaper?
>20 minutes
>6) Do you have a (fairly) set pattern of reading a newspaper? If so
>can you describe it, please?
>Yes - skim the headlines, read the ones that are of interest. I look in detail at home news, scan foreign news for anything of interest. I read editorials and comment and then (for some reason!) all the letters. Then the sport.
>7) Please add anything else you would like to say.
>I also read a random selection of newspapers on the tube as people often leave them behind - that way I end up reading a set of newspapers I would not otherwise buy (Murdoch press for instance). Although I must admit that if there is a political sex scandal happening I sometimes buy the Sun for the lurid details that the broadsheets are too prim to print.
Good luck with the project
>
>
>Kev Tansley
>HCI Group
>School of Psychology
>Leeds University
>LS2 9JT
>0113 233 6680
>
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