ISTA 160, Fall 2010
Survey of Computer and Online Uses and Topic Awareness Prof. Weisband
The answers to these questions are strictly confidential. I only use your name to note that you took the survey. Any analysis of the data will be at the class level and not individually. I use this survey to help me determine assignments and topic choices.
Basic Demographic Information
Name:
College Level: Major:
Age: M or F (circle)
Internet and Computer Uses
1. Overall, how often do you use the Internet? (Circle best response)
several times
a day about once aday 3-5 days aweek 1-2 days aweek
every few weeks, or less
often?
2. In terms of your Internet skills, do you consider yourself to be . . . (Circle response)
not at all
skilled not very skilled fairly skilled very skilled expert
3. In terms of your programming skills, do you consider yourself to be . . . (Circle response)
not at all
skilled not very skilled fairly skilled very skilled expert
4. Of the following list, which do you own (check of own):
Check if yes A desktop computer
A laptop computer iPad
A cell phone with Internet access A cell phone without Internet access A cell phone with unlimited texting An electronic book device
List other computer-based devices you own:
Web 2.0 Uses
5. Do you ever use the Internet to do any of the following (check all that apply): Have done this Did yesterd ay Have not
done this Don’tknow
Use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or
LinkedIn.com?
Work on your own online journal or blog.
Take material you find online – like songs, text or images – and remix it into your own artistic creation
Share something online that you created yourself, such as your own artwork, photos, stories or videos
Use Twitter
Download music, TV or movies
Stream music, TV or movies
Participate in virtual worlds such as Second Life.
Post comments to an online news group, website, blog or photo site
Go online to get news or information about current events or politics21
6. Have you ever created your own profile online that others can see on any social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn? Yes
No Don’t Know
7. How many social networking web sites do you currently have a profile on?
None One Two Three Four orMore Don’t Know
8. On which social networking site(s) do you have profile? (List as many as apply)
Texting and Mobile Device Uses
9. Have you ever experienced or done any of the following? (Check the best answer)
Yes No Don’tKnow
Been in a car when the driver was texting
Been in a car when the diver used a cell phone in a way that put themselves or others in danger
Texted while driving
10. Do you ever use your cell phone or handheld device to:
Yes No Don’tKnow
Go online to check your Facebook account or other Social Network?
Check your email Play games
Go online for news and information
Get news alerts sent to your phone by text or email Check maps on your GPS
Online News Sources
11. On a typical day, do you or do you not get news or information from:
Yes No Don’tKnow
The PRINT version of a national daily newspaper such as the New York Times or USA Today
The PRINT version of a LOCAL or school newspaper The local television news
The television broadcast of a cable or network news show.
12. Thinking about news and information you might get ONLINE… Do you ever use the
internet to get news or information about
Yes No
Yes, but not
that much
Don’t Know
Events in your local community (hometown)
Events in your state National or World events Health or medicine The weather
Celebrities or entertainment Arts and culture
Business, finance or the economy Science and technology
Sports
Other types of news and info (please list)
13. If you get the news online, do you typically get news and information from:
Yes No Don’tKnow
A website of a national or local newspaper
A website of a TV news organization such as Fox or NBC
A website of a radio news organization such as NPR A portal website like GoogleNews or Yahoo that gathers news from many different sources
organization such as the BBC or The Guardian, or a foreign language news site
A website that specializes in a particular topic like health, politics or entertainment
The website of an individual blogger who does not work for a major news organization
A news website such as Digg where users rank stories
A website that offers a mix of news and commentary, such as the Drudge Report or Huffington Post
A news podcast from an organization such as NPR or the New York Times
A news organization or an individual journalist you follow on a social networking site like Facebook Another individual or organization you follow on a social networking site like Facebook,
including personal friends and family
Twitter updates from a news organization or individual journalist
Twitter updates from another individual or
organization you follow, including personal friends and family
14. Thinking about all of the news and information you get online, how many websites, if any, do you routinely rely on for your news and information?
Just one
site Two tofive Six toten More thanten Don’t rely on any websiteregularly for news
All or most
16. Here are a few statements about the news. For each, please indicate completely, agree with it, mostly agree with it, mostly disagree with it, or completely disagree with it.
COMPLETEL
Y AGREE MOSTLYAGREE
MOSTLY DISAGRE
E
COMPLETELY
DISAGREE DON’TKNOW
The amount of news and information available from different sources today is
overwhelming. The major news organizations do a good job covering all of the important news stories and subjects that matter to me.
Most news sources today are biased in their coverage.
17. Thinking about the different kinds of news available to you, what do you prefer? (Check the best response.)
___ Getting news from sources that SHARE your point of view
___ Getting news from sources that DON’T HAVE a particular point of view ___ Getting news from sources that DIFFER FROM your point of view ___ Don’t know
18. Do you have a favorite news source online, or do you not have a favorite? ___ Have favorite
___ Do not have favorite ___ Don’t know
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
Topics you would like to discuss in class:
Here are a list of topics that I “plan” on covering in class (not necessarily in this order).
* Digital Explosion and What’s at Stake
* Ethics
Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media
Global Network Initiative (GNI)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Access to Justice (ATJ) Technology Principles
* Is Privacy Dead? Secrets and Personal Information
Facebook and Privacy Settings
* Intellectual Property (IP)
Economics and Intro to IP (Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents)
DMCA and Fair Use
Using / Sharing and Infringement of Copyrights
* Debate about Net Neutrality
* Multitasking and Attention: Does the Internet Make us Dumb?
* Protecting the Internet from Minors
Porn, Cyberbullying, Sexting, etc.
* Data Leaks (intentionally and unintentionally)
* The Power of Search
* International Cross Border Issues
Wikileaks.org, The Pirate Bay and living between legal borders
Global Internet Filtering
* Crowdsourcing
* Comparing main-stream media and crowdsourced journalism
* Robotics and Ethics
* Violence and Video Games
1. Please underline the topics that you would like the class to cover.
2. Are there topics that you would like to discuss in class that is not
