At 1:34 pm +0200 7/5/99, Rolland VIDA wrote:
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> 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 [x ] Female
>2. Country: UK
>3. Native language: english
>4. Age: [ ] below 16 [ ] 16-25 [ ] 26-35 [ ] 36-45 [ ] 46-55 [x
>]above 55
>5. What is your occupation?
> [ ] Director/Manager [ ] Office worker [ ] Self-employment
> [ ] Skilled worker/Trade [ ] Public sector [ ] Clinic worker
> [x ] 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 [ x]More
>than 4 years
>2. How much time do you spend online a day?
> [ ]less than one hour [x ]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)
> [x ]at home [ x]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 [x ]often [
>]sometimes [ ]never
> -e-mail: [ x]very often [ ]often [
>]sometimes [ ]never
> -mailing lists: [ ]very often [ ]often [x
>]sometimes [ ]never
> -usenet (newsgroups) : [ ]very often [ ]often [ ]sometimes [
>x]never
> -chat rooms: [ ]very often [ ]often [
>]sometimes [x ]never
> -MUDs/MOOs: [ ]very often [ ]often [ ]sometimes [x
>]never
>2. Which are your main reasons for using the Net? (you can choose more
>than one)
> [ ]shopping [x ]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):
> [x ]Religion [ ]Science/Technology [
>]Art/Architecture
> [ ]Economics/Business [ ]Entertainment/Music [ ] Sports
> [x ]Education [ ]Philosophy/Psychology [x ]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 [x ] 20 to 40 [ ]more than 40
>2. What percent of your correspondents do you personally know?
> [ ] less than 25% [ ] 25-50% [ x ] 50-75% [ ] 75-90 % [ ] more than 90%
>3. What was the longest period you've participated in a particular chat room?
> [x ] 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?
> [x ]less meaningful [ ]equally meaningful [ ]more meaningful [ ]don't know
> [x ]less open [ ]equally open [ ]more open [
>]don't know
> [x ]less freedom [ ]equally freedom [ ]more freedom [ ]don't know
> [ ]less constraints [ ]equally constraints [ x]more constraints [ ]don't
>know
>
>SECTION E – Language
>1. Which is/are the language(s) you use in your e-mails? english, french
>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 [x ] 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 [x ]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 [x ] No, never
>If yes, could you explain?
>_____________________________________
>_____________________________________
>
>SECTION G -- Comments
>Please enter any comments regarding your feelings about the effect of the
>Net on our society and on human
>relationships.
>_brilliant - should enable and empower except that its impact will
>probably never be as good as expected.____________________________________
>__I fear the rise of unwelcome influences and think we need to work hard
>to discover ways of keeping the web
>'clean'___________________________________
>_____________________________________
>_____________________________________
>
>
>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
>
>
Anne Leeming, Centre for Virtual Work, Commerce and Learning, Department of
Continuing Education (CPD unit), City University, Northampton Square,
London EC1V 0HB, UK
email: [log in to unmask];
University nos: tel +44 (0)171 477 8252 fax no: +44 (0)171 477 8240
Home nos: tel: +44 (0)181 670 7919 home fax +44 (0)181 670 0480
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