This survey focuses on investigating how the Internet may be changing the way people think and work, and also how it could be potentially harming them.
Q1.) How many years have you been using the internet (approx)? Please make a selection... 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 9 10 - 15 16 - 25 26 +
Q2.) On average how many hours do you spend on the Internet each day? Please make a selection... 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Q3.) On average how many hours do you spend reading (not on computer/internet) each day? Please make a selection... 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Q4.) What is your Internet usage like now compared to 3 years ago? Please make a selection... Use it more Use it less The same
Q5.) What is your primary research source for university work? Please make a selection... Internet Library (Books/Journals/Magazines) People (Talking/Questions) Other
Q6.) Where do you usually start when performing research for university work? Please make a selection... Internet Library (Books/Journals/Magazines) People (Talking/Questions) Other
Q7.) When reading long articles/books/journals/magazines do you ever find it difficult to concentrate without being distracted or getting bored? Please make a selection... Never Sometimes Always
Q8.) When reading long articles/books/journals/magazines do you ever find yourself skimming through the text or drifting between paragraphs/pages not reading it fully? Please make a selection... Never Sometimes Always
Q9.) When performing research online do you usually… Please make a selection... Look at one article at a time Look at many sources at the same time going back and forth between them (I.E multi task/multiple tabs/windows)
Q10.) How good do you think your memory is? Please make a selection... Poor Ok Good Great
Q11.) How good are you at making snappy decisions? Please make a selection... Poor Ok Good Great
Q12.) Whats your gender? Please make a selection... Male Female
Q13.) Whats your age? Please make a selection... 18 - 21 22 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 39 40 - 49 50 +
Any other comments you have in regard to this topic would be greatly appreciated! (This is optional)