Hello everybody,
I am doing a research on the effect of the Internet on society and
on human relationships. For this, I elaborated a questionnaire that you
may find below and that I ask you to fill in. Your data will be treated
as anonymous data, so feel free to fill the answer just as what you feel
about that. I think that filling the questionnaire won't take you more
than 5 to 10 minutes, so if you have a little spare time please fill it
and send it to me.
I know that this posting maybe isn't appropriate for the discussions
you usually have in this mailing list, but I tried to address many
different research areas and lists on various topics, in order to have a
bigger variety in respondents' age, sex, and profession. If you feel
offended by this e-mail, which I hope is not the case, I'm really sorry
for that.
Thank you a lot.
Here comes the questionnaire:
Check cross [x] your option, if applicable
SECTION A -- Personal information:
1. Sex: [ ] Male [ ] Female
2. Country:
3. Native language:
4. Age: [ ] below 16 [ ] 16-25 [ ] 26-35 [ ] 36-45 [ ] 46-55 [
]above 55
5. What is your occupation?
[ ] Director/Manager [ ] Office worker [ ]
Self-employment
[ ] Skilled worker/Trade [ ] Public sector [ ] Clinic worker
[ ] Professional/Academic [ ] Student [ ]Housewife/
House maker
[ ] Retired [ ]Unemployment [ ]Other
SECTION B -- Your Net connection
1. Since when are you a Net user?
[ ]less than a year [ ]1-2 years [ ]2-3 years [ ]3-4 years [
]More than 4 years
2. How much time do you spend online a day?
[ ]less than one hour [ ]1-2 hours [ ]2-5 hours [ ]5-10 hours [
]more than 10 hours
3. Where do you have access to the Net? (you can choose more than one)
[ ]at home [ ]at a university [ ]at your company [ ] at a public
library [ ]elsewhere
SECTION C -- Your Net-activities
1. Please categorize the following services on the Net, according to how
often do you use them:
-www: [ ]very often [ ]often [
]sometimes [ ]never
-e-mail: [ ]very often [ ]often [
]sometimes [ ]never
-mailing lists: [ ]very often [ ]often [
]sometimes [ ]never
-usenet (newsgroups) : [ ]very often [ ]often [ ]sometimes [
]never
-chat rooms: [ ]very often [ ]often [
]sometimes [ ]never
-MUDs/MOOs: [ ]very often [ ]often [ ]sometimes [
]never
2. Which are your main reasons for using the Net? (you can choose more
than one)
[ ]shopping [ ]professional discussions [
]romance-chatting
[ ]getting information [ ]just having fun [ ]other
3. Do you join any mailing list or usenet newsgroups? Choose the subject
areas you are most
interested in (you can choose more than one):
[ ]Religion [ ]Science/Technology [
]Art/Architecture
[ ]Economics/Business [ ]Entertainment/Music [ ] Sports
[ ]Education [ ]Philosophy/Psychology [ ]Other
SECTION D -- Cyber relationships
1. How many e-mails do you usually receive a day?
[ ] less than 3 [ ] 3 to 10 [ ] 10 to 20 [ ] 20 to 40 [ ]more than
40
2. What percent of your correspondents do you personally know?
[ ] less than 25% [ ] 25-50% [ ] 50-75% [ ] 75-90 % [ ] more than
90%
3. What was the longest period you've participated in a particular chat
room?
[ ] never tried it [ ]1-2 days [ ]a week [ ] a month [ ]several
months [ ]a year or more
4. How do you feel about cyberspace relationships/communities compared
with ones in real world?
[ ]less meaningful [ ]equally meaningful [ ]more meaningful [ ]don't
know
[ ]less open [ ]equally open [ ]more open [
]don't know
[ ]less freedom [ ]equally freedom [ ]more freedom [ ]don't
know
[ ]less constraints [ ]equally constraints [ ]more constraints [
]don't know
SECTION E – Language
1. Which is/are the language(s) you use in your e-mails?
2. Which is/are the language(s) you use in chat rooms/MUDs, if
applicable?
3. Do you think that the Net will strengthen the supremacy of English?
[ ] Yes, definitely [ ] Yes, in a certain way [ ] Not really [ ] Not
at all [ ] Don't know
SECTION F – Netiquette
1. Should the Net be censored?
[ ] Not at all [ ]Yes, a limited censorship [ ] Yes, a strict
censorship [ ]Don't know
2. Have you experienced any kind of racial, national, religious or
sexual discrimination on the Net?
[ ] Yes, very often [ ]Yes, sometimes [ ] No, never
If yes, could you explain?
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SECTION G -- Comments
Please enter any comments regarding your feelings about the effect of
the Net on our society and on human
relationships.
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That's all folks! Thanks a lot for filling out this questionnaire, and
have a nice day!
Best regards,
Rolland VIDA
PhD student in Computer Science, Universite Paris VI "Pierre et Marie
Curie", France
BSc student in European Studies, "Babes-Bolyai" University, Cluj Napoca,
Romania
