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Hello,
You are invited to participate in our SOCIETIES project survey. Your information will be digitally recorded and will remain confidential. If you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. Thank you very much for your time and effort. This survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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| Please enter your University email address: | | |
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Technical Tools Questions |
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How often do you use the following devices if at all?
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| If you selected other above, please list here: | | |
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How do you use the following devices? Please tick all boxes that apply.
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What types of functions are integrated in the devices you use on a daily basis?
Please tick all that apply. |
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Location (e.g. GPS for showing your location on a map)
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Presence, Proximity, or Vicinity (e.g. can Facebook on your smartphone tell you when friends are nearby?)
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Movement, Acceleration, or Orientation (e.g. speedometer when jogging, digital compass)
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Temperature, Humidity, Air Presure, or Wind Speed (e.g. digital barometer etc)
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Weight, Force, or Touch (e.g. touch screen on iPhone or other smart phone)
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Bio-sensors (e.g. heart rate monitor when jogging)
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ID sensors (e.g. barcode reader in supermarket scanner, RFID reader)
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Other (please list below)
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Which of the following features would you like to enjoy when interacting with services, devices and resources in general?
Please tick all that apply. |
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If you could synchronise all of your devices and webspaces so that you could access all your data and applications from anywhere would you see any benefits to this? |
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| If you answered a lot of benefits or some benefits above please explain here. | | |
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Would you allow others to access some of your applications and resources in return for access to some of their applications and resources? |
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| Please explain your answer to the above question. | | |
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With regards to the last question, how important would you consider the privacy aspects of this? |
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| If you answered not important to the above question please explain. | | |
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What social media do you use? |
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How often do you use: Social Networking Sites (SNSs: Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin), Blogging sites (Twitter, Blogger, Blogspot, WordPress) Instant Messaging applications (IMs:Skype, Live Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk)?
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For which activities do you use social media? Please tick all that apply. |
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Have you ever used or are you aware of location-aware social networking sites (L-A SNS) such as Foursquare and/or Facebook Places? |
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| Please explain your answer to the above question. | | |
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Who would you share the following personal information within a Social Networking Site?
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How satisfied are you with the available privacy settings in social media?
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How do you prefer communicating with the different groups in your life? For each group, please tick all that apply.
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| If you answered other in the above question, please specify here. | | |
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Please rank your preferred mode of discussion for groups (1-7 where 1 is the most important, 7 is the least important): |
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Face to Face |
| | Email |
| | Texting |
| | Social Networks |
| | Voice Calls |
| | IM |
| | Discussion Forum |
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Do you accept any suggestions made by the Social Networking Site about connecting with new friends? |
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| Please explain your answer to the above question. | | |
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In cases when you are proposed to join a new SNS group, which are the most significant criteria in order to join the new group? Please rank from 1-4 with one being most important to you and four the least important. |
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Other members should already be my “friends” |
| | Other members should be “friends” of contacts that are already my “friends” |
| | Other members should have the same interests with me |
| | Other members should spend some time in areas close to me |
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Student Specific Questions |
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Who makes up your main circle of friends since you began University? Please tick all that apply. |
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How do you communicate with your fellow students or other members of the university community? Please tick all that apply. |
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How often do you interact with your fellow students or other members of the university community online? |
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For which of the following reasons do you interact with other members of the university community online? Please tick all that apply. |
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Do you think it’s important to attend lectures on campus if all the lecture material is available online and the lecturers are contactable via email? |
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How often do you use online services for University processes and activities?
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For one of your modules you are required to solve some computer problem. How would you most likely go about gaining the appropriate knowledge to solve the problem? Please rank the following options from 1 to 4 with 1 being the most likely option and 4 being the least likely. |
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Borrow library books |
| | Buy books |
| | Search the web |
| | Ask a friend |
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When you first came to the University, would you have found it useful if your mobile phone automatically put you in contact with other like-minded people? |
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| Please explain your answer to the above question. | | |
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| How do you envisage that future communication/computing technologies will assist every day academic tasks, making your life easier around campus? | | |
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