\section{Demographics}
Instruction: This survey has 6 total sections which should take less than 15 minutes to complete all together. Thanks for your help in this important survey!1. What is your gender?
\begin{itemize}
\item Male
\item Female \end{itemize}
2. In what year were you born?
Example: Four digits, e.g. "1976"3. What is the highest level of education you have
completed?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than High School
\item High School/GED
\item Some College
\item 2-Year College Degree (Associates)
\item 4-Year College Degree (BA, BS)
\item Master's Degree
\item Doctoral Degree
\item Professional Degree(MD, JD)\end{itemize}
4. What is your country of residence?
\begin{itemize}
\item United States
\item Afghanistan
\item Albania
\item Algeria
\item American Samoa
\item Andorra
\item Angola
\item Anguilla
\item Antarctica
\item Antigua and Barbuda
\item Argentina
\item Armenia
\item Aruba
\item Australia
\item Austria
\item Azerbaijan
\item Bahamas
\item Bahrain
\item Bangladesh
\item Barbados
\item Belarus
\item Belgium
\item Belize
\item Benin
\item Bermuda
\item Bhutan
\item Bolivia
\item Bosnia and Herzegovina
\item Botswana
\item Bouvet Island
\item Brazil
\item British Indian Ocean Territory
\item Brunei Darussalam
\item Bulgaria
\item Burkina Faso
\item Burundi
\item Cambodia
\item Cameroon
\item Canada
\item Cape Verde
\item Cayman Islands
\item Central African Republic
\item Chad
\item Chile
\item China
\item Christmas Island
\item Cocos Islands
\item Colombia
\item Comoros
\item Congo
\item Congo, Democratic Republic of the
\item Cook Islands
\item Costa Rica
\item Cote d'Ivoire
\item Croatia
\item Cuba
\item Cyprus
\item Czech Republic
\item Denmark
\item Djibouti
\item Dominica
\item Dominican Republic
\item Ecuador
\item Egypt
\item El Salvador
\item Equatorial Guinea
\item Eritrea
\item Estonia
\item Ethiopia
\item Falkland Islands
\item Faroe Islands
\item Fiji
\item Finland
\item France
\item French Guiana
\item French Polynesia
\item Gabon
\item Gambia
\item Georgia
\item Germany
\item Ghana
\item Gibraltar
\item Greece
\item Greenland
\item Grenada
\item Guadeloupe
\item Guam
\item Guatemala
\item Guinea
\item Guinea-Bissau
\item Guyana
\item Haiti
\item Heard Island and McDonald Islands
\item Honduras
\item Hong Kong
\item Hungary
\item Iceland
\item India
\item Indonesia
\item Iran
\item Iraq
\item Ireland
\item Israel
\item Italy
\item Jamaica
\item Japan
\item Jordan
\item Kazakhstan
\item Kenya
\item Kiribati
\item Kuwait
\item Kyrgyzstan
\item Laos
\item Latvia
\item Lebanon
\item Lesotho
\item Liberia
\item Libya
\item Liechtenstein
\item Lithuania
\item Luxembourg
\item Macao
\item Macedonia
\item Madagascar
\item Malawi
\item Malaysia
\item Maldives
\item Mali
\item Malta
\item Marshall Islands
\item Martinique
\item Mauritania
\item Mauritius
\item Mayotte
\item Mexico
\item Micronesia
\item Moldova
\item Monaco
\item Mongolia
\item Montserrat
\item Morocco
\item Mozambique
\item Myanmar
\item Namibia
\item Nauru
\item Nepal
\item Netherlands
\item Netherlands Antilles
\item New Caledonia
\item New Zealand
\item Nicaragua
\item Niger
\item Nigeria
\item Norfolk Island
\item North Korea
\item Norway
\item Oman
\item Pakistan
\item Palau
\item Palestinian Territory
\item Panama
\item Papua New Guinea
\item Paraguay
\item Peru
\item Philippines
\item Pitcairn
\item Poland
\item Portugal
\item Puerto Rico
\item Qatar
\item Romania
\item Russian Federation
\item Rwanda
\item Saint Helena
\item Saint Kitts and Nevis
\item Saint Lucia
\item Saint Pierre and Miquelon
\item Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
\item Samoa
\item San Marino
\item Sao Tome and Principe
\item Saudi Arabia
\item Senegal
\item Serbia and Montenegro
\item Seychelles
\item Sierra Leone
\item Singapore
\item Slovakia
\item Slovenia
\item Solomon Islands
\item Somalia
\item South Africa
\item South Georgia
\item South Korea
\item Spain
\item Sri Lanka
\item Sudan
\item Suriname
\item Svalbard and Jan Mayen
\item Swaziland
\item Sweden
\item Switzerland
\item Syrian Arab Republic
\item Taiwan
\item Tajikistan
\item Tanzania
\item Thailand
\item Timor-Leste
\item Togo
\item Tokelau
\item Tonga
\item Trinidad and Tobago
\item Tunisia
\item Turkey
\item Turkmenistan
\item Tuvalu
\item Uganda
\item Ukraine
\item United Arab Emirates
\item United Kingdom
\item United States Minor Outlying Islands
\item Uruguay
\item Uzbekistan
\item Vanuatu
\item Vatican City
\item Venezuela
\item Vietnam
\item Virgin Islands, British
\item Virgin Islands, U.S.
\item Wallis and Futuna
\item Western Sahara
\item Yemen
\item Zambia
\item Zimbabwe\end{itemize}
5. What is your current marital status?
\begin{itemize}
\item Single/Never Married
\item Married
\item Separated
\item Divorced\end{itemize}
6. What is your race/ethnicity?
\begin{itemize}
\item Black/African American
\item White/Caucasian
\item Asian/Pacific Islander
\item Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
\item Native American/American Indian
\item Mixed/Multi-racial
\item Other\end{itemize}
7. What is your current 5-digit zip code?
Example: e.g. 021398. What is your total household income, including all earners in your household?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than $10,000
\item $10,000-$20,000
\item $20,000-$30,000
\item $30,000-$40,000
\item $40,000-$50,000
\item $50,000-$60,000
\item $60,000-$70,000
\item $70,000-$80,000
\item $80,000-$90,000
\item $90,000-$100,000
\item $100,000-$150,000
\item Over $150,000\end{itemize}
\section{Links on your weblog}
Instruction: For the following section we need to access your weblog and collect some information about the links you have made recently. After you click "submit," 5 random links will be selected from your weblog, and you will be asked to answer a few simple questions about each. The links will be provided in the context in which they were found on the page.
For the link type we ask that you use the following definitions: weblog is the front page of another person's weblog, weblog entry is a link to an individual entry on a weblog, news story is a story on a professional news website, personal home page is another person's non-weblog homepage, web service is a tool such as Google, and other is anything else.
If the weblog in question has multiple authors, please answer the questions about the one you know the best
Please enter your weblog URL below:
How would you classify the link above?
\begin{itemize}
\item Part of my weblog
\item Weblog
\item Weblog entry/post
\item Personal Homepage
\item News story
\item Web service
\item Other\end{itemize}
When did you last read this weblog
\begin{itemize}
\item Today
\item This week
\item This month
\item Past 6 months
\item Past year
\item Over a year ago
\item Never\end{itemize}
When did you last post a comment on this weblog?
\begin{itemize}
\item The site doesn't have comments
\item Today
\item This week
\item This month
\item Past 6 months
\item Past year
\item Over a year ago
\item Never\end{itemize}
When did you last meet the author in person?
\begin{itemize}
\item Today
\item This week
\item This month
\item Past 6 months
\item Past year
\item Over a year ago
\item Never\end{itemize}
When did you last speak with them online (IM, email, etc.)?
\begin{itemize}
\item Today
\item This week
\item This month
\item Past 6 months
\item Past year
\item Over a year ago
\item Never\end{itemize}
How did you first hear about this story/website?
\begin{itemize}
\item Someone told you about it
\item Saw it on another weblog
\item Saw it on a bulletin board
\item Saw it on a news site
\item Found it through a search engine
\item Stumbled upon it
\item Can't remember\end{itemize}
What would you say was the main motivation for posting it?
\begin{itemize}
\item Personal/Related to you
\item Newsworthy/Urgent
\item Important/Influential
\item Funny/Amusing
\item Informative/Useful
\item No reason\end{itemize}
\section{Technology Use}
Instruction: In this section we will ask you a few questions about how often you use specific technologies. By regularly we mean at least once a week.
Firefox
Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs)
Telnet/SSH
Word Processing
Video Games
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Instant Messaging (IM)
Web Bulletin Boards
Presentation Software
Voice Over IP (VoIP, Skype)
Databases
Peer-to-Peer (e.g. Kazaa, Bittorrent, etc.)
Online Dating
Video Editing Software
PIM (Outlook, calendar software, etc.)
Usenet
Open Source Software
Photo Sharing
\section{Communication Use}
Instruction: This section deals with your daily communication with friends, family and at work.16. How many distinct people do you write emails to on an average weekday?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1 - 4
\item 5 - 9
\item 10 - 24
\item 25 - 49
\item 50 or more\end{itemize}
17. How many distinct people do you have instant messenger (IM) conversations with on an average weekday?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1 - 4
\item 5 - 9
\item 10 - 24
\item 25 - 49
\item 50 or more\end{itemize}
18. How many distinct people do you send text messages (SMS) to on an average day?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1 - 4
\item 5 - 9
\item 10 - 24
\item 25 - 49
\item 50 or more\end{itemize}
19. How many distinct people do you have phone conversations with on an average weekday?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1 - 2
\item 3 - 5
\item 6 - 10
\item 11 - 20
\item 21 or more\end{itemize}
Instruction: For the following six questions we will ask you some details about your instant messenger client. Feel free to look at your list of buddies if you need to. If you do not use instant messaging, you can skip this section.20. How many members do you have in your buddy list?
Example: If you have twenty buddies, please enter "20"21. Approximately what percentage of your buddy list are family members?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item 100%\end{itemize}
22. Approximately what percentage of your buddy list are close friends, i.e. someone you would feel comfortable borrowing money from?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
23. Approximately what percentage of your buddy list are business-related, i.e. someone with whom you only talk about professional matters?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
24. Approximately what percentage of your buddy list are people you meet in-person at least once a month?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
\section{Weblog Use}
25. When did you first start weblogging?
Example: (e.g. for April 2005, please use 04-2005)26. How many weblogs have you been an author on in the past year?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1
\item 2
\item 3
\item 4
\item 5 or more\end{itemize}
27. How many weblogs would you estimate you have posted comments on in the past year?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1-5
\item 5-10
\item 10-25
\item 25-100
\item 100 or more\end{itemize}
28. How many hours per week would you estimate you typically spend using weblogs (reading, writing, or commenting on)?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than one hour
\item 1-2 hours
\item 2-5 hours
\item 5-10 hours
\item 10-20 hours
\item 20 or more hours\end{itemize}
29. How many weblogs would you estimate you read on a given day?
\begin{itemize}
\item None
\item 1-5
\item 5-10
\item 10-25
\item 25-100
\item 100 or more\end{itemize}
Instruction: For the following questions, please answer them about your primary weblog, i.e. the weblog you post the most to, or most consider your own. If the weblog is not currently active, please answer about the last time you updated it.30. When did you create the weblog?
Example: (e.g. for April 2005, please use 04-2005)31. What would you say is the primary reasons for writing to this weblog?
Check all that apply.
\begin{itemize}
\item Keep a list of links to things you have read
\item Keep in touch with friends
\item keep notes for myself or record what's going on in my life
\item Comment about things I read in the news
\item Meet new people
\item Keep notes for my professional interests
\item None of the above\end{itemize}
32. How many times has it changed locations (i.e. changed your blog service or host, giving it a new URL)?
\begin{itemize}
\item Never
\item 1 time
\item 2 times
\item 3 times
\item 4 times
\item 5 or more times\end{itemize}
33. How often do you typically post to the weblog?
\begin{itemize}
\item Many times per day
\item A few times per day
\item Once a day
\item A few times per week
\item Once a week
\item A few times per month
\item Once a month
\item Less than once a month\end{itemize}
34. How often does the weblog typically receive comments (excluding spam or comments you have written)?
\begin{itemize}
\item Many times per day
\item A few times per day
\item Once a day
\item A few times per week
\item Once a week
\item A few times per month
\item Once a month
\item Less than once a month\end{itemize}
35. How many authors does the weblog have?
\begin{itemize}
\item One (you)
\item 2
\item 3 - 5
\item 5 - 10
\item 10 - 25
\item More than 25\end{itemize}
36. What percentage of your weblog posts would you say are about personal matters?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
37. What percentage of your weblog posts would you say are about the news, current events, or things you think are newsworthy?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
38. What percentage of your weblog posts would you say are about topics relating to your profession?
\begin{itemize}
\item Less than 10%
\item 10%
\item 20%
\item 30%
\item 40%
\item 50%
\item 60%
\item 70%
\item 80%
\item 90%
\item More than 90%\end{itemize}
\section{Social Networks}
Instruction: Last section! Here we will ask you about a number of different occupations. For each one we are interested in whether or not you know someone who holds that job. By knowing we mean that if you saw this person on the street somewhere you could remember their name and start a conversation with them.
If you do know such a person, we would also like you to specify what your relationship to this person is. By friend we mean someone whose house you could stay at if you needed to, and family being someone in your extended family. Acquaintance should be anyone else. We also would like you to specify if you were introduced to this person online (over email, instant messaging, bulletin board, etc.) or offline (in person).
If you know multiple people in one profession, please answer the questions about the individual you communicate with the most.
\begin{tabular}
\toprule
Do you know someone who is a/an & & No & Yes & & Acqaint. & Friend & Family & & Met Online & Met Offline \\ \midrule
doctor \\
cook \\
engineer \\
higher civil servant \\
construction worker \\
director of a company \\
manager \\
teacher \\
real estate agent \\
trade union manager \\
\begin{tabular}
\toprule
Do you know someone who is a/an & & No & Yes & & Acqaint. & Friend & Family & & Met Online & Met Offline \\ \midrule
lawyer \\
mechanic \\
bookkeeper/accountant \\
scientist \\
policy maker \\
musician/artist/writer \\
information technologist \\
police officer \\
secretary \\
insurance agent \\
foreman \\
\begin{tabular}
\toprule
Do you know someone who is a/an & & No & Yes & & Acqaint. & Friend & Family & & Met Online & Met Offline \\ \midrule
nurse \\
farmer \\
truck driver \\
postman \\
bus driver \\
sales employee \\
unskilled laborer \\
cleaner \\
hairdresser \\