Blog Culture

Good day, and thank you for taking the time to answer this quick survey!

We are sophomore students from Ateneo De Manila University, conducting a survey on blog culture for our research paper in Social Anthropology. Our focus is on Microblogging.

Microblogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the web. That includes websites like Facebook, Plurk, and Twitter.

This will greatly help us in our research, so your answers are important to us. Please answer honestly!

1. Please fill out the information below before proceeding.

Please fill out the information below before proceeding. Nickname
Country:

2. Please provide the following information:

Please provide the following information: Gender:
Age:
Highest level of education (ie. high school, college):
occupation:

3. Where did you find this survey?

Where did you find this survey? Twitter

Plurk

Facebook

Tumblr

Other (please specify)

4. Do you:

A) blog using a conventional blogsite?
B) blog using a microblogging website?

Conventional blogsites would be Livejournal, Blogger, Wordpress, etc.
while Microblogging websites would be Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, and Facebook's status updates.

Do you: A) blog using a conventional blogsite? B) blog using a microblogging website? Conventional blogsites would be Livejournal, Blogger, Wordpress, etc. while Microblogging websites would be Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, and Facebook's status updates. only A

only B

both A & B

none at all

If none at all, then why not?

5. What host website are you a member of? (Check all that apply)

What host website are you a member of? (Check all that apply) Blogger

DeviantArt

Facebook

LiveJournal

Multiply

Plurk

Tumblr

Twitter

Others (please specify and separate with commas)

6. How often do you update?

	Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Blogger	How often do you update? Blogger Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
DeviantART	DeviantART Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Facebook	Facebook Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
LiveJournal	LiveJournal Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Multiply	Multiply Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Plurk	Plurk Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Tumblr	Tumblr Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A
Twitter	Twitter Rarely	Once a month	Once a week	Once a day	More than once a day	N/A

Other (please specify)

7. The following are reasons as to why people microblog. Please rate each answer as it applies to you.

	False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
I like being "followed"	The following are reasons as to why people microblog. Please rate each answer as it applies to you. I like being "followed" False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
I like giving comments	I like giving comments False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
I like receiving comments	I like receiving comments False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
it's a mode of stalking!	it's a mode of stalking! False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
it's easier to use and maintain compared to conventional blogging	it's easier to use and maintain compared to conventional blogging False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
it's fun and addictive!	it's fun and addictive! False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
my friends microblog too	my friends microblog too False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to advertise business / events	to advertise business / events False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to get updates from celebrities	to get updates from celebrities False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to get updates from family and friends	to get updates from family and friends False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to rant/vent out frustration	to rant/vent out frustration False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to read up on media and politics	to read up on media and politics False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to share media (photos, videos, etc)	to share media (photos, videos, etc) False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to share the trivial things in life	to share the trivial things in life False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True
to spread news/disseminate information	to spread news/disseminate information False	Somewhat false	Somewhat true	True

Other (please specify)

8. Have you ever had any negative experience/s from blogging? Microblogging? If ever, under what category would this be (i.e. privacy issues, copyright infringement, plagiarism?) if none, please write N/A.

Have you ever had any negative experience/s from blogging? Microblogging? If ever, under what category would this be (i.e. privacy issues, copyright infringement, plagiarism?) if none, please write N/A.

Thank you so much for your time! If you have a Plurk / Twitter / Tumblr / Facebook account, we'd appreciate it if you can repost this. Thank you once again!

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1. Please fill out the information below before proceeding.

2. Please provide the following information:

3. Where did you find this survey?

4. Do you:A) blog using a conventional blogsite?B) blog using a microblogging website?Conventional blogsites would be Livejournal, Blogger, Wordpress, etc. while Microblogging websites would be Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, and Facebook's status updates.

5. What host website are you a member of? (Check all that apply)

6. How often do you update?

7. The following are reasons as to why people microblog. Please rate each answer as it applies to you.

8. Have you ever had any negative experience/s from blogging? Microblogging? If ever, under what category would this be (i.e. privacy issues, copyright infringement, plagiarism?) if none, please write N/A.

4. Do you:

A) blog using a conventional blogsite?
B) blog using a microblogging website?

Conventional blogsites would be Livejournal, Blogger, Wordpress, etc.
while Microblogging websites would be Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, and Facebook's status updates.