News Consumption Survey

This survey is intended to gather information about people's views, behavior, and values relating to news consumption. All data gathered is anonymous and will be used as research for a graduate student project on news & media at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design.

1. What do you consider news?

What do you consider news?

2. What kinds of news are most important to you?

What kinds of news are most important to you?

3. Do you consider yourself a news consumer?

Do you consider yourself a news consumer?

4. Where do you get your news from? Please be as specific as possible for each relevant category (names of shows, stations, websites, etc.):

Where do you get your news from? Please be as specific as possible for each relevant category (names of shows, stations, websites, etc.): television
radio
print (newspaper, magazine, etc.)
internet (nytimes.com, Google News, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
directly from people (family members, friends, co-workers, etc.)

5. Please specify which of these news sources is...

Please specify which of these news sources is... the one you trust the most
the one you use most frequently
the one you consider most essential

6. If you get your news from internet sources, what technology do you use to access it? (Pick all that apply)

If you get your news from internet sources, what technology do you use to access it? (Pick all that apply) laptop computer

desktop computer

eReader (Kindle, Sony eReader, etc.)

smart phone (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.)

other (please specify)

7. When do you usually get your news?

When do you usually get your news?

8. How often do you get your news?

How often do you get your news? more than once an hour

once an hour

several times a day

once a day

once a week

less than once a week

9. Where do you get your news?

	Frequently	Often	Sometimes	Occasionally	Rarely
home	*Where do you get your news? home Frequently	home Often	home Sometimes	home Occasionally	home Rarely
work or school	work or school Frequently	work or school Often	work or school Sometimes	work or school Occasionally	work or school Rarely
car	car Frequently	car Often	car Sometimes	car Occasionally	car Rarely
on the go	on the go Frequently	on the go Often	on the go Sometimes	on the go Occasionally	on the go Rarely
other (please specify below)	other (please specify below) Frequently	other (please specify below) Often	other (please specify below) Sometimes	other (please specify below) Occasionally	other (please specify below) Rarely

other

10. How do you get your news? (Pick all that apply)

How do you get your news? (Pick all that apply) word of mouth

print (newspaper, magazine, etc.)

radio

digital radio

television

internet

other (please specify)

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1. Getting News

1. What do you consider news?

2. What kinds of news are most important to you?

3. Do you consider yourself a news consumer?

4. Where do you get your news from? Please be as specific as possible for each relevant category (names of shows, stations, websites, etc.):

5. Please specify which of these news sources is...

6. If you get your news from internet sources, what technology do you use to access it? (Pick all that apply)

7. When do you usually get your news?

8. How often do you get your news?

9. Where do you get your news?

10. How do you get your news? (Pick all that apply)

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1. Getting News

1. What do you consider news?

2. What kinds of news are most important to you?

3. Do you consider yourself a news consumer?

4. Where do you get your news from? Please be as specific as possible for each relevant category (names of shows, stations, websites, etc.):

5. Please specify which of these news sources is...

6. If you get your news from internet sources, what technology do you use to access it? (Pick all that apply)

7. When do you usually get your news?

8. How often do you get your news?

9. Where do you get your news?

10. How do you get your news? (Pick all that apply)

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