Steve Thompson's
Internet Connectivity Research Project · Entire Survey
| I am a: 1. On average, how many days per week do you connect to the Internet? 2. On a typical day when you connect to the Internet, how many hours are you connected during such a day? 3. What is the maximum number of hours you were connected to the Internet on any single occasion during the last month? 4a. Have you ever felt that you should cut down on your Internet connectivity? 4b. If you answered yes, has this occurred during the past year? 5a. Have people annoyed you by criticizing your Internet connectivity habits? 5b. If you answered yes, has this occurred during the past year? 6a. Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your Internet connectivity? 6b. If you answered yes, has this occurred during the past year? 7a. Have you ever connected to the Internet first thing in the morning? 7b. If you answered yes, has this occurred during the past year? If you answered Yes, please use the comment box to explain your answer in more depth. Please use the comment box for any additional comments you feel may be appropriate to any of your above responses: 8. How many total hours have you been on the Internet this month? 9. How many times in a week do you stay on the Internet for four or more hours on one occasion? 10. How many times in a month do you stay on the Internet for four or more hours on one occasion? 11. What is the most time in hours you have spent on the Internet on one occasion in the past year? 12. Has your computer use or Internet connectivity ever led to any of the following known distresses?
13. Have you or has anyone in your immediate family ever had an addiction problem? 14. Has your Internet connectivity ever caused you problems with your family? 15. Has your Internet connectivity ever caused you problems with work or school performance? 16. Has your Internet connectivity ever caused you any accidents or injuries? 17. Are there times when you are unable to disconnect from the Internet once you have connected? 18. Does it take more time connected than before to fulfill your time online for satisfaction? 19. Do you get a strong urge to connect to the Internet? 20. Do you change your plans so that you can get access to Internet connection? 21. Do you ever connect to the Internet first thing in your morning for fulfillment reasons? Please use the comment box for any additional comments you feel may be appropriate to any of your above responses: 22. Which of the following have you experienced on the Internet? [Check all that apply] 23. Which of the above experiences contributes the most to your decision to get or remain online? 24. Which of the following software technologies contributes the most to your choice in (#23)? 25a. What is the single most important technology which contributes to your desire to have an online experience? 25b. What is the single most important reason you can give for getting online? 25c. What is the single most important reason you can give for staying online? 26a. Addiction implies that you may have no will of your own concerning a particular habit. Dependency implies that you have a strong, compelling desire to continue a particular habit. With that in mind, how do you see yourself concerning your Internet connectivity habits? 26b. Overall, do you perceive your condition in (#26a) as a negative or positive state of affairs? 27. Do you feel that your level of socialization has altered itself to where it is now done mainly via the computer? 28a. Overall, do you consider yourself above-average in intelligence? 28b. In spite of your answer to (28a), do you consider yourself above-average in intelligence or more occupationally marketable due to computer skills you are constantly acquiring and employing through your Internet connectivity? 29. What do you eventually expect to happen to your current level of Internet connectivity? 30a. As you see things now, have your Internet connectivity habits enhanced or crippled your personal communication skills? 30b. As those who know you best may see things now, have your Internet connectivity habits enhanced or crippled your personal communication skills? 30c. Barring unforeseen circumstances, do you see any time between now and the time of your death when you would not have access to a computer and the Internet as part of the practical makeup of your everyday existence? 30d. Which of the following one item best describes your overall reason for Internet connectivity? Please use the comment box for any additional comments you feel may be appropriate to your above responses: |
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I would like to attend a virtual conference on this issue with the researcher and other participants. I can:
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