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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 10:09:41 -0600
From:         MASOUDER@ALEX.STKATE.EDU
Subject:      HISTORY Audience Analysis Survey-PLEASE READ AND RESPOND
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HISTORY listmembers

I am exploring the questions below for a paper discussing audience analysis
for electronic mail discussion lists which is important (the issue, not the
paper) to those us who use computer-mediated-communications (cmc) as a
teaching tool to encourage guided and spontaneous interactions among
members of collaborative learning communities.

This topic is important to my work as a trainer and designer of
computer-mediated-communications programs. Learning how people interact and
collaborate online will help me design workshops and documentation materials
for helping people use the resources the Internet has available.

This research paper should be of interest to the educators and those who
teach writing because it will explore how the roles of reader and writer blend
together in the interactive text medium of electronic mail.

I posted these questions on HISTORY because I have been a member of the list
on and off for a year and a half and have played a number of roles as both
a writer and reader (currently, my status has been "semi-lurker").

I would any response the list members could give me to any or all of the
questions on this survey

Plaese send your survey responses to me MASOUDER@ALEX.STKATE.EDU or the snail
address below by November 13, 1992.  I'll summarize the results on the list and
send anyone who participates a copy of my paper via e-mail on December 4.

Thanks

Mick Souder
Coordinator, New Pathways Project
College of St. Catherine
2004 Randolph Ave. F-30
St. Paul, MN 55105
masouder@alex.stkate.edu
phone: 612-690-6050
fax:   612-690-6549

To participate identify the question number(s) and send me your answer
(or forward and edit this message to me, mail or fax your responses)
All responses will remain anonymous unless you tell me that you wish to
be quoted in the paper.


1.	Do you feel the membership of HISTORY is a distinct "discourse
	community"?

	If so, how would you describe the community?


2.	When you post a message on HISTORY, who do you feel you are writing
	to/for?
	(i.e. history reserachers, history teachers, buffs, the world at large)


3.	How often do you estimate you post messages on HISTORY per month?


4.	What percentage of your postings does someone reply to?  (a guess)


5.	What percentage of your postings are replies to someone else postings?
        (another guess)


6.	What clues do use to determine your audience for messeges you post on
	HISTORY?


7.	What kind of reponse do you try to elicit from your audience? (i.e.
	understanding of your views, a reply on the list, a private reply)


8.	What do you do to get your potential audience's attention so that they
	read your message and respond accordingly?


9.	How does/has your process of determining your audience change:


     	A.	as you became more comfortable with the medium of electonic
		mail?


     	B.    	as you became more aware of the character of the
           	membership of the list (students, teaching faculty, researchers,
           	etc.)?

     	C.    	over the evolution of discussion of specific topics?


10.	How has your electronic mail reading habits as traffic on listservs
	has grown?


11.	What effect of the knowledge of discussions being archived have on
	your posting of messages on HISTORY?


12.	How do feel about lurkers?  Do they have a role to play in the
	discussions on HISTORY?
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