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Instant Message Usage Survey


 
Age
Sex
Current Year at Allegheny
Current living situation that most applies to you:
Have you ever used an instant messaging program before?
What instant message program do you currently use the most?
How long have you been using an instant messaging program?
Who are you most likely to talk to on IM? (Please rank from 1 to 6, 1 being the person you are most likely to talk to and 6 being the person you are least likely to talk to.)
Friends at school
Friends at home
Family
Significant other
Acquaintance
Other
For the person you ranked as number one in the previous question, please answer the following question with that person in mind: How often in a WEEK would you say that you check the above person’s away messages
What do you usually talk about on IM?

(Please rank from 1 to 5, 1 being what you are most likely to talk about and 5 being what you are least likely to talk about.)
Friends
Gossip
School/Classes
Relationship issues
Other
How many times in a given week do you feel misunderstandings or miscommunications occur over IM?
How many times in a given week would you say that you argue over IM?
13. If you notice misunderstandings over IM, with whom do they usually occur? (Please rank from 1 to 5, 1 being the person(s) you are most likely to have misunderstandings with and 5 being the person(s) you are least likely to have misunderstandings with)
Friends
Significant other
Family
Acquaintance
Other
If you notice arguments over IM, with whom do they usually occur? (Please rank from 1 to 5, 1 being the person(s) you are most likely to have an argument with and 5 being the person(s) you are least likely to have an argument with.)
Friends
Significant other
Family
Acquaintance
Other
Are you currently in any type of a romantic relationship or dating someone
If you answered YES to the previous question, approximately how long have you been involved with this person?
Is this currently a long distance relationship?
How intimate would you say your relationship with this person is? (Please rate how intimate your relationship is with this person from a scale of 1 to 5.)
How many times in a given week would you say that you talk to him/her on IM?

FOR THE FOLLOWING SIX QUESTIONS: Please read the scenarios below and then choose the manner in which you would MOST LIKELY use to address or confront the situation. Assume you have ALL of the options available to you and DO NOT assume any more information than is given in the scenario.
You were absent from class yesterday and need to find out what you missed. You do which of the following to contact one of your classmates whom you do not know that well?
You recently met a new friend who invited you to a party this weekend. To find out where and when the party is do you…
One of your friends borrowed something from you and has not given it back. To ask for it back do you…
You recently had a misunderstanding with one of your friends and now you feel as if he/she is acting strange around you. You think he/she is mad at you. To confront the situation do you…..
You want to ask someone you have been interested in for awhile out on a date. Will you…
You feel your boyfriend or girlfriend has been ignoring you lately and seems uninterested. To confront him/her do you…

FOR THE FOLLOWING 8 QUESTIONS: Please examine the following example instant messages and rate them as whether you view them as hostile, neutral, or friendly.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a boyfriend or girlfriend. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a close friend. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a boyfriend or girlfriend in the midst of an IM conversation. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a close friend in the midst of an IM conversation. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a boyfriend or girlfriend. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a close friend. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a boyfriend or girlfriend in the midst of an IM conversation. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.
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Imagine you received this instant message from a close friend in the midst of an IM conversation. Please choose one of the following numbers depending on whether you would find the message as friendly, hostile, or neutral.

For the following 15 questions: In the first column please indicate HOW CHARACTERISTIC EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE OF YOU according to the following scale:

1 = Not at all characteristic of me/
2 = Slightly characteristic of me/
3 = Moderately characteristic of me/
4 = Very characteristic of me/
5 = Extremely characteristic of me.

In the second column, please indicate HOW LIKELY YOU WOULD BE TO AVOID THE SITUATION MENTIONED in each of the following statements according to the following scale:

1 = Not at all likely/
2 = Slightly likely/
3 = Moderately likely/
4 = Very likely/
5 = Extremely likely.
Characteristic
Avoidance
I often feel nervous even in casual get-togethers.
I usually feel comfortable when I'm in a group of people I don't know.
I am usually at ease when speaking to a member of the other sex.
I get nervous when I must talk to a teacher or a boss.
Parties often make me feel anxious and uncomfortable.
I am probably less shy in social interactions than most people.
I sometimes feel tense when talking to people of my own sex if I don't know them very well.
I would be nervous if I was being interviewed for a job.
I wish I had more confidence in social situations.
I seldom feel anxious in social situations.
Characteristic
Avoidance
In general, I am a shy person.
I often feel nervous when talking to an attractive member of the opposite sex.
I often feel nervous when calling someone I don't know very well on the telephone.
I get nervous when I speak to someone in a position of authority.
I usually feel relaxed around other people, even people who are quite different from me.

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