From: bu658@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jodi White)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna
Subject: Survey of Userse
Date: 12 Nov 1992 23:34:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


**I AM POSTING THIS FOR A FRIEND WHO CANNOT POST TO USENET...
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_Survey of Usenet NEWS Users_
 
This study is being conducted by Steve Jones, assistant professor 
of communication at the University of Tulsa.  It is intended to 
create an understanding of media use in electronic communities.  
The study is focusing on Usenet newsgroups with heavy message 
traffic related to the war in the former Yugoslavia as those 
newsgroups exhibit a high rate of media-related content. 
 
The information disclosed in this survey will remain confidential 
and will be used for research purposes only by Steve Jones, 
Faculty of Communication, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104 
(Bitnet SJONES@TULSA, Internet COMM_SJ@VAX1.UTULSA.EDU).  If you 
wish to receive a general summary of the study please send e-mail 
to the author's address. 
 
Please respond to this survey in any of the following three ways: 
        1. Return it via e-mail.
        2. Print it out and return it via snailmail.
        3. Send e-mail requesting a hard copy along with your
           snailmail address.
 
Replies to the survey signify your consent to participate in this 
study. 
 
Thank you very much for the time and effort taken to fill out 
this questionnaire. 
 
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS SURVEY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 1992 
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Please mark the correct answer for yourself: 
 
1. Most recent academic degree: Ph.D. _____
                                Master's _____
                                Bachelor's _____
                                High School or GED _____
 
2. Sex: Male _____
        Female _____
 
3. Ethnic Data: White (not of Hispanic origin) ______
                Black or African-American _____
                Asian or Pacific Islander _____
                American Indian or Alaskan Native _____
                Hispanic _____
 
Are you affiliated with an academic institution?  If not, please 
skip to question 7. 
 
4. Academic Rank: Undergraduate Student _____
                  Graduate Student _____
                  Instructor _____               
                  Assistant Professor _____
                  Associate Professor _____
                  Professor _____
 
5. Academic Department/Unit: ____________________________________ 
 
6. Institution Type: 4-year _____  University _____  Public _____
                     2-year _____  College _____    Private _____
 
7. Your age: ___________
 
8. Occupation: __________________________________
 
9. How much time (in hours) do you spend a week reading any 
   Usenet newsgroups? 
   ______________________
 
10. How much time (in hours) do you spend a week reading Usenet 
    newsgroups for information on the war in Yugoslavia?                  
    ______________________
 
11. From question 10, which newsgroups have the information you 
    prefer to read?  Why do you prefer these?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rate the following statements about the newsgroups you mention in 
question.  Please use this scale to rate your opinion: 
        1 = Strongly Agree
        2 = Agree
        3 = No Opinion
        4 = Disagree
        5 = Strongly Disagree
     
 
12. I believe the newsgroups I read contain objective opinions. 
    _____ 
 
13. I find that in the newsgroups all sides of the conflict are
    represented. _____
 
14. Everyone who posts messages to newsgroups is biased. ____
 
15. What is your overall opinion of the objectivity of those 
    newsgroups? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. What other sources of information do you use to learn about 
    the situation in the former Yugoslavia?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing to use the same scale, give your opinion of the 
following statements: 
 
17. Television news coverage of the war in former Yugoslavia is 
    better than other media coverage. _____
 
18. Newspapers provide more accurate coverage of the war. _____
 
19. American newspapers provide the least information about the 
    war. _____ 
 
20. Please rank the following news sources in order of the 
    importance they have to you for providing news about the 
    former Yugoslavia. Use the following scale:
          1 = very important
          2 = important
          3 = somewhat important
          4 = not important
          5 = I do not use this source
 
ABC-TV  _____
Associated Press _____
BBC _____
CBC _____
CBS-TV _____
Chicago Sun-Times _____
Chicago Tribune _____
CNN _____
Danas _____
London Times _____
Los Angeles Times _____
NBC-TV _____
Newsweek _____
New York Times _____
NPR _____
Politika _____
Reuters _____
Time _____
United Press Intl. _____
U.S. News & World Report _____
USA Today _____
Vreme News Digest _____
Wall St. Journal _____
 
 
21. What is your overall opinion about the objectivity of media
    coverage of the war in the former Yugoslavia?
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Do you use electronic networks like the Internet to retrieve 
    information from any of the above-listed news sources?  If 
    yes, please list the names of the ones you use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Please rank the same news sources in order of the objectivity
    you believe they show when providing news about the former 
    Yugoslavia.  Please use the following scale:
          1 = very important
          2 = important
          3 = somewhat important
          4 = not important
          5 = I do not use this source
 
 
ABC-TV  _____
Associated Press _____
BBC _____
CBC _____
CBS-TV _____
Chicago Sun-Times _____
Chicago Tribune _____
CNN _____
Danas _____
London Times _____
Los Angeles Times _____
NBC-TV _____
Newsweek _____
New York Times _____
NPR _____
Politika _____
Reuters _____
Time _____
United Press Intl. _____
U.S. News & World Report _____
USA Today _____
Vreme News Digest _____
Wall St. Journal _____
 
 
24. Do you find it useful when information from newspapers, TV 
    and radio is posted to a newsgroup?  Why or why not?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the following please use this scale to rate your opinion: 
        1 = Strongly Agree
        2 = Agree
        3 = No Opinion
        4 = Disagree
        5 = Strongly Disagree
 
25. I find replies to messages I post on newsgroups infuriating. 
    _____ 
 
26. My interactions on newsgroups are satisfying. _____
 
27. I find Usenet newsgroups informative. _____
 
28. Overall, what I read on newsgroups makes me angry. _____
 
29. I find it frustrating that I am unable to communicate with 
    others on the newsgroup face-to-face. _____
 
30. I only read newsgroups.  I never post messages. _____
 
31. The Usenet newsgroups I participate on are fun. _____
 
32. I feel flattered when there are responses to my postings. 
    _____ 
 
33. I have become friends with people I met on newsgroups. _____
 
34. If it were not for these newsgroups I would know very little 
    about events in the former Yugoslavia. _____
 
35. It bothers me when no one responds to a posting I make. _____
 
36. Reading these newgroups helps me make sense of events in the 
    former Yugoslavia. _____
 
37. Please write any additional comments or observations about 
    Usenet, newsgroups, media coverage of the war in Yugoslavia,
    etc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!