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Do you give your consent to answer the questionnaire?
Yes X
No
1. Are you male or female? F
2. Which ethnic group do you belong to?
White European X
White other
Black African Caribbean
Black African
Indian
Pakistani
Chinese
Asian other
Mixed ethnicity
3. Which of these social classes do you think you belong to?
Manual working class
Semi-skilled working class
Skilled working class
Lower-middle class/clerical workers X
Intermediate middle class (teachers, lower-grade professionals)
Upper middle class (doctors, highly qualified professionals)
Upper class (property owners/employers).
4. How old are you? 25
5. How much time do you spend on the Internet each week (on average)?
0-5 hours
6-11 hours
12-17 hours
18-23 hours
24+ hours X
6. How much leisure time do you spend with friends and family in person each week (on average)?
0-5 hours
6-11 hours
12-17 hours
18-23 hours
24-30 hours
30+ hours X
7. Which type of websites do you tend to visit whilst online? Select as many that apply.
Message boards/forums X
Online shopping X
News websites
Political websites
Other (please specify) X For work
8. When you’re online, do you often communicate with people from different backgrounds (i.e. people of a different nationality, ethnic group, social class, etc.)?
Yes X
No
9. How would you describe your online relationships? friends or aquaintances
10. Do you feel particularly close to your Internet contacts (please explain why or why not)? Some of them, we share a lot in common and some are people I actually know and hang with also.
11. Have you ever met up with, and befriended, someone you communicated with over the Internet? (select one of the responses)
Yes X
No
12. Have you ever been concerned about online flaming (flaming refers to heated arguments and/or abuse in online message boards/chat rooms/forums)? No
13. Would you say flaming was one of the major problems of communicating online?
Yes
No X
14. Would you say you belong to an online community, or do you think it’s impossible for a group of people who communicate over the Internet to form a community? I don't think it's impossible but I take it for what it is. People sharing common interests.
15. Do you use Computer Mediated Communications (CMC’s) such as e-mail, instant messaging, and message forums to communicate with your personal, close relationships such as family and friends?
Yes X and work
No
16. Do you feel as close to your family and friends when you are communicated via the Internet/e-mail as you would do in person?
Yes X
No
17. How many clubs/societies do you belong to?
1-3 X
4-6
7-9
10+
18. Have you ever joined an online protest movement?
Yes
No X
19. Have you ever joined any groups which use networking via the Internet to put people in touch with each other (for example, Facebook.com)?
Yes X
No
20. Which groups are these? (specify the name(s) of the group(s)) Myspace
21. On the whole, would you say using the Internet improves your relationships with other people, or it has no effect on people’s relationships, or does it make you more isolated/alienated from other humans? (select one response)
Improves relationships
Has no effect on relationships X
Worsens relationships/makes me more isolated
22. Do you trust people you speak to online? Some of them.
Yes
No
23. Have you come across someone online who has helped you out in some way (i.e. by giving you advice)?
Yes X
No
Thank you very much for completing my questionnaire. I appreciate it.
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