Text messaging surveyText messaging survey

1. Name (a fake name is fine)

Name (a fake name is fine)

2. Age

Age

3. Gender

Gender Female

Male

4. What type of cell phone do you have?

What type of cell phone do you have? regular phone with no keyboard

phone with a keyboard but no internet

smartphone with email

I don’t have a cell phone

5. On average, how many text messages do you send each day?

On average, how many text messages do you send each day? 0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

20 or more

6. Would you like to receive more, fewer or as many text messages as you do now?

Would you like to receive more, fewer or as many text messages as you do now? I’d like to receive more text messages

I’d like to receive fewer text messages

I’m happy with my current level of texting

7. To follow up after a first date, I would most like to receive:

To follow up after a first date, I would most like to receive: an email

a text message

a Facebook IM

a phone call

8. Have you ever asked someone out -- or been asked out -- on a date via text message?

Have you ever asked someone out -- or been asked out -- on a date via text message? Yes

If yes, do you have a story about this?

9. Have you ever sent a text message while having an in-person conversation with someone else?

Have you ever sent a text message while having an in-person conversation with someone else? Yes

10. Do you text with your parents?

Do you text with your parents? Yes

11. Have you ever sent a text message while driving?

Have you ever sent a text message while driving? Yes

12. Have you ever sent or received a “sext” -- a sexual text message?

Have you ever sent or received a “sext” -- a sexual text message? Yes

13. Text messaging is an impersonal form of communication.

Text messaging is an impersonal form of communication. strongly agree

agree

disagree

strongly disagree

14. Texting is a good way to flirt in the early stages of a relationship.

Texting is a good way to flirt in the early stages of a relationship. strongly agree

agree

disagree

strongly disagree

15. What is the best use of text messaging in new dating relationships?

What is the best use of text messaging in new dating relationships?

16. If you could offer someone one piece of advice about text messaging and dating, what would it be?

If you could offer someone one piece of advice about text messaging and dating, what would it be?

17. Do you have any dating and text-messaging stories you’d like to share?

Do you have any dating and text-messaging stories you’d like to share?

Text messaging survey

1. Take the survey!