1. Please indicate your gender:  Male  Female
   
   

2. Are you a current student at UNCW?  Yes  No
   
   

3. Are you a resident of North Carolina?  Yes  No
   
   

4. Please indicate whether you are participating in Honors or Learning Communities at UNCW:
             Honors
             Learning Communities
             Neither
   
   

5. Do you read any daily newspaper or newspapers regularly?  Yes  No
   
   

6. Do you watch any TV news programs regularly?  Yes  No
   
   

7. Do you listen to news on the radio regularly?  Yes  No
   
   
8. Did you read a daily newspaper yesterday?  Yes  No
   
   
9. About how much time did you spend reading a daily newspaper yesterday?
             Less than 15 minutes
             15–29 minutes
             30–59 minutes
             1 hour or more   
             Don't know       
             Didn't read paper
   
   

10. Did you watch the news or a news program on television yesterday?  Yes  No
    
    

11. About how much time did you spend watching the news or any news programs on TV yesterday?
              Less than 15 minutes
              15–29 minutes
              30–59 minutes
              1 hour or more   
              Don't know
              Did not watch the news on TV yesterday
    
    
12. Apart from news, did you watch anything else on television yesterday?  Yes  No
    
    
13. About how much time did you spend watching TV yesterday, not including the news?
              Less than a half hour
              30 minutes to less than one hour
              About an hour or more
              More than one hour but less than two hours
              Two hours to less than three hours
              Three hours to less than four hours
              Four hours or more
              Don’t know
              Did not watch any TV yesterday
    
    

14. About how much time, if any, did you spend listening to any news on the radio yesterday, or didn't you happen to 
    listen to the news on the radio yesterday?
              Less than 15 minutes
              15–29 minutes
              30–59 minutes
              1 hour or more   
              Did not listen to radio news
              Don't know 
    
    

15. Did you spend any time reading magazines yesterday?  Yes  No
    
    

16. About how much time did you spend reading magazines yesterday?
              Less than 15 minutes
              15–29 minutes
              30–59 minutes
              1 hour or more   
              Don't know
              Didn't read a magazine
    
    
17. Not including school or work related books, did you spend any time reading a book yesterday?
              Yes – Fiction
              Yes – Non-fiction
              Yes – Both
              No
              Yes – Don’t know whether fiction/non-fiction
     
    
18. About how much time did you spend reading books yesterday?
              Less than five minutes
              Five to less than ten minutes
              Ten to less than 15 minutes
              15 to less than 20 minutes
              20 to less than 30 minutes
              30 minutes to less than one hour
              1 hour or more
              Don't know
              Did not read a book at all yesterday
    
    
19. How frequently do you go online to get NEWS?
              Every day
              3–5 days per week
              1–2 days per week
              Once every few weeks
              Less often
              Never
     
    
20. How much do you enjoy keeping up with the news?
              A lot
              Some
              Not much
              Not at all
    
    
21. Some people say they feel overloaded with information these days, considering all the TV news shows, magazines, newspapers, and computer information services.  Others say they like having so much information to choose from.
    How about you... do you feel overloaded, or do you like having so much information available?
              Overloaded
              Like it
              Don't know
              Other (Please Comment):
                  

For each of the following statements, please indicate if you agree or disagree:

22. News is not as important today as it once was.
               Completely agree
               Mostly agree
               Mostly disagree
               Completely disagree
               Don't watch the news
    

23. I find that I often watch the news with my remote control in hand, flipping to other channels when I'm not interested in
    the topic.
               Completely agree
               Mostly agree
               Mostly disagree
               Completely disagree
               Don't watch the news
    

24. I wish I had more time to follow the news.
               Completely agree
               Mostly agree
               Mostly disagree
               Completely disagree
               Don't watch the news
    

25. People who decide what to put on TV news or in the newspapers are out of touch with people like me.
               Completely agree
               Mostly agree
               Mostly disagree
               Completely disagree
               Don't watch the news
    

26. I find that I’m often not interested in a news story because I don’t have enough background information about it.
               Completely agree
               Mostly agree
               Mostly disagree
               Completely disagree
               Don't watch the news
    

27. When you’re checking on the news, what source do you typically use MOST?
               Network TV news
               Cable TV news
               Radio
               Internet
               Newspapers
               Magazines
               Other (Please Comment):
                   

28. Do you receive news alerts in your e-mail or directly to your computer screen?   Yes   No

Thank you for your participation in filling out this survey.