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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