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Questions related to "media use"
Woould you say you use Twitter every day, at least once a week or less than once a week?
Have you ever used Twitter on the Internet?
Would you say you use Facebook every day, at least once a week or less than once a week?
Have you ever used facebook on the Internet?
(If respondent says there is an online edition of the paper published in the city or county in which he lives)Do you look at the online edition regularly, occasionaly or never?
(If there is a daily newspaper published in the county or city in which you live) Does that paper have an online edition?
(If respondent read newspaper published in county or city regularly or occasionally) Would you say the news in tht paper is usually accurate or inaccurate?
(If you read daily newspaper published in your county regularly or occasionally) Would you say the news in that paper is usually biased or unbiased?
(If there is a daily newspaper published in the city or county in which you live) Do you read that paper regularly, occasionally or never?
Is there a daily newspaper published in the city or county in which you live?
How often do you listen to talk radio programs. Do you listen to them often, sometimes, rarely or never?
How many days in the past week have you watched an early evening network news program?
How many days in the past week have you read a newspaper?
How many days in the past week have you watched news on a cable news program?
I am going to list sources that provide information about the presidential campaign. Please tell me if they have been useful sources of information about the campaign. What about the early evening national news on CBS, NBC or ABC? Have these been useful sources of information about the campaign for you?
What about Cable News Network, also called CNN. Is it a useful source of information about the campaign for you?
What about the Fox News cable channel?
What about CNBC?
What about local TV news in your viewing area which usually comes on before or after the national news in the evening and again later at night? Is the local TV news program a useful source of information about the campaign for you?
What about the News Hour with Jim Lehrer?
What about the Today Show, Good Morning America or the Early Show? Are any of these useful sources of news about the campaign for you?
What about "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly?
What about "Hannity and Colmes" with Sean Hannity?
What about "Countdown with Keith Olbermann"?
What about shows like the Colbert Report or "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart?
What about National Public Radio also called NPR?
What about Rush Limbaugh's radio show?
What about other talk radio shows?
What about news magazines such as Time, U.S. News and Newsweek? Are they useful sourcs of news about the campaign or not?
What about a daily newspaper?
What about Internet news websites such as Google News or Yahoo News?
What about network TV news such as CNN.com or MSNBC.com?
What about grocery store tabloids such as National Enquirer? Are these a useful source of news about the campaign for you?
What about the websites of major natonal newspapers such as USA Today.com, New York Times.com or the Wall Street Journal online?
What about online blogs where people discuss events in the news?
What about the websites of one or more of the candidates? Are they useful sources of news about the campaign or not?
What about the websites of one or more of the political parties?
Would you say that you regularly, that is at least once a week, seek out detailed, in-depth information about science from sources such as magazines, books or the internet or do you not regularly seek information about science?
I want to ask how useful you find the Internet, magazines and books in helping understand the range and depth of science information. So, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being least useful and 10 being most useful, how useful is the Internet for science information?
How about magazines?
How about books?
How useful is it to talk with friends and family?
Woould you say you regularly, that is at least once a week, seek out detailed, in-depth information about health questions concerning you and your family?
How useful is Internet on health information?
How about magazines?
How about books?
How about family and friends?
Would you say you regularly, that is at least once a week, seek out detailed, in-depth information about business?
Which source is useful for understanding the range and depth of business activities? So, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the least useful and 10 being the most useful, how useful is the Internet for science information?
How about magazines?
How about books?
How about family and friends?
I'd like to ask you how often you use each of the following kinds of news media. So how many days in the past week did you listen to a radio newscast?
How many days did you listen to a radio talk show?
How many days did you watch local television news?
How many days did you watch network television news
How many days did you read a daily newspaper?
How many days did you use the Internet?
How many days did you get news from a newspaper web site?
How many days did you get news from a television web site?
How many days did you get news from a blog on the Internet?
How many days dd you get news from some other web site?
Do you read a news magazine regularly, occasionally or never?
Do you read a grocery store tabloid regularly, occasionally or never?
How do you get most of your information about the actions and activities of state and local government? Do you get most of your information from newspapers, from television, or from some other source?
How do you get most of your information about the federal government's actions and activities?
How would you rate the coverage of the hurricanes by the news media. Would you say it as very good, good, poor, or very poor?
Let me ask a few questions about environmental issus. Where do you get most of your news about international environmental problems like global warming--from newspapers, radio, television, magazines, Internet or environmental groups?
What about environmental problems in other places across the United States? Do you get news about them from nespapers, radio, television, magazines, Internet or environmental groups?
What about enviromental problems in the city that's nearest you?
What about environmental problems in your community?
How good a job do you think your local newspaper where you live has done in informing people about the causes of environmental problems? Has your newspaper been very good, somewhat good, neither good nor bad, poor or very poor?
How good a job has your local newspaper done in informing people about who is affected by environmental problems. Has it been very good, somewhat good, neither good nor bad, poor or very poor?
How good a job has your local newspaper done in informing people about who is responsible for environmental problems.
How good a job has the local newspaper done in informing people about solutions for environmental problems?
How good a job has the local newspaper done in informing people about the costs for environmental problems?
How carefully would you say you follow news media coverage of America's military occupation of Iraq? Would you say you read and watch news accounts very closely, somewhat closely ot not closely?
On a different subject, how many days in the last week have you read a daily newspaper?.
When you read your daily newspaper how often do you read article about new housing developments or new house plans?. Do you always, usaully, sometimes, rarely or never read articles about housing developments or new house plans?
How often do you read aticles about new cars or car maintenance? Always, usually, sometimes, rarely or never?
How often do you read articles involving medical issues, health and pharmaceuticals?
How often do you read articles involving diet, exercise and nutrition?
How often do you read articles about personal finance and investment?
How often do you read articles about home electronics, computers or the Internet?
How often do you read articles about fashion?
How often do you read articles about gardening and landscaping?
How often do you read about foods and new recipes, wines or new kitchen utensils and appliances?
How often do you read articles giving marital advice or commenting on domestic and personal relationships?
I want to ask you just a few questions about sports and sports figures, regardless of whether or not you regard yourself to be a sports fan. I'm going to name some different kinds of sports. Please tell me how often you watch each sport on television, read about it in the newspaper or go on the Internet to get information about it. So when it comes to NFL Football, would you say you watch NFL Football on television often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Do you use the Internet to get information about NFL FOOTBALL often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Who do you think is the most famous active athlete in NFL FOOTBALL today?
How about NHL HOCKEY? Do you watch NHL HOCKEY on television often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Do you read about NHL HOCKEY in the newspaper often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Do you use the Internet to get information about NHL HOCKEY often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Who do you think is the most famous active athlete in NHL HOCKEY today?
Which one of these sources do you rely upon to get most of your information about science and technology: television, newspapers, magazines, radio, other people or some other source?
Would you say reports of science and technology in the media are easy to understand or difficult to understand?
How many days in the last week have you read a daily newspaper?
Have you ever written a letter to the editor of a newspaper?
Have you sent a letter to the editor in the past year?
Please think about the very last letter that you wrote to a newspaper editor. Was that letter published?
Have you ever had a letter to the editor get published?
Was the last letter you wrote about a local topic, a state topic, a national topic or an international topic?
Was your name published with the letter?
Did you want your letter published without your name?
Would you have sent a letter to the editor if the newspaper would publish your comments without printing your name?
Do you think a letter to the editor published without the name of the author is as credible as one published with the author's name?
Do you think the newspaper in your community probably publishes most of the letters to the editor they receive or only a few of them?
Do you think the letters to the editor column in your local newspaper does a good job or not a good job in representing the broad concerns of people in your community?
How often do you look at the letters-to-the-editor in your local newspaper? Do you never, rarely, sometimes, frequently or always look at the letters to the editor?
How did you first learn of the September 11th attack: from a television broadcast; from a radio broadcast; a member of your family told you; a friend or co-worker told you or from some other source?
I'm going to name a several sources of news. Please tell me whether these have been a useful or not a useful source of news about the terrorist attacks. Have daily newspapers been a useful or not a useful source for information about the terrorist attacks?
Have news magazines been useful or not useful to you?
How about radio news, useful or not useful?
How about television news?
How about the Internet?
Of all the news sources I just named, which has been your best source of information about the terrorist attacks?
Did media coverage of the terrorist attacks help you to cope with the tragedy, make you feel worse about it or have no effect on how you felt?
How many days in the past week have you read a daily newspaper?
How many days in the past week have you watched a television newscast?
How many days have you listened to radio news?
How many days have you used the Internet?
I'm going to name a several sources of news about the environment. Please tell me whether these have been a useful or not a useful source of environmental news. Have daily newspapers been a useful or not a useful source for information about the environment?
Have news magazines been useful or not useful to you?
Have environmental magazines been useful or not useful to you?
How about radio news, useful or not useful?
How about television news?
How about the Internet?
How about conversations with family and friends?
Of all the news sources I just named, which has been your best source of information about the environment?
I'd like to ask some questions about international news. In general, do you think the newspaper you most often READ covers international news adequately, or not?
In general, do you think the television newscast you most often WATCH covers international news adequately, or not?
How many days in the past week have you read a daily newspaper?
How many days in the past week have you watched a television newscast?
How important is international news coverage to you? Is it very important, somewhat important, somewhat unimportant or very unimportant?
Here are some HEADLINES you might see in your newspaper or on Television news. As I read the headline, please tell me if you would be Very Interested, Somewhat Interested or Not Interested in the story. THE FIRST HEADLINES READS,"Forest fires spreading in Western Canada."
How about,"Sony plans major effort to capture digital TV market in U.S."
How about,"Nile floods threaten Egyptian cities"?
Syria proposes peace plan for Israel?
50 die in Chinese train wreck?
Italian president faces severe challenge at polls?
Novice pilot takes charge, saves 70 in Algerian plane crash?
Canada-U.S. trade down 10 percent as result of NAFTA?
Japanese recession may force Honda to downsize U.S. plants?
Two U.S. medical volunteers save hundreds of Iraqi children?
Nike fires 200 workers in labor dispute in Indonesia?
U.S. withdrawing aid to Sudan government?
Scottish farmer's idea may solve foot and mouth epidemic?
Mexican farm workers vital to California agriculture?
Student from China rescues missing boy in Colorado?
Israelis shell Arab bases in Lebanon?
American missionary heads effort to feed people in Thailand?
End of drought saves crops in Nigeria?
Ten from U.S. feared victims of avalanche in Switzerland?
Mexico border guards save 20 refuges?
In the last week, how many days have you read a newspaper?
In the last week, how many days have you watched a television newscast?
I would like to ask you some questions about how often you read VARIOUS parts of a daily newspaper. For example, how often do you read reviews of television programs in the newspaper? Do you always, usually, sometimes, rarely or never read reviews of television programs, or does the newspaper you read not print such reviews?
How often do you read reviews of first-run movies playing at your local theaters. Do you always, usually, sometimes, rarely or never read movie reviews, or does the newspaper you read not print such reviews?
How often do you read reviews of CDs?
How often do you read reviews of new video releases?
How often do you read book reviews?
How often do you read reviews of classical music performances?
How often do you read reviews of local restaurants?
How often do you read reviews of rock concerts?
How often do you read reviews of exhibits at art galleries or museums?
How often do you read reviews of ballet or other dance performances?
How often do you read reviews of plays and theatre productions?
Do you have a computer in your home?
Can you access the Internet from your home?
Can you access the Internet from someplace other than your home, such as your place of business?
In the last week, how many DAYS have you used the Internet?
In the last week, how many DAYS have you used the Internet to get news?
Did you get news from a Web site operated by a newspaper?
Was that Web site for a newspaper that you normally read or for another newspaper?
Did you get news from a Web site operated by a television station?
Was that Web site for a TV station that you normally watch or for another station?
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