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When visiting a website, how important are the following things to you?
 1=not at all, 5= very important
 12345 don't know
Fast download  
Easy navigation  
Site Map  
Searchengine  
Images  
Usefulness of Content  
Feedback-possibility  
An "About-Us" section  
Links  
Correct Spelling/Grammar  

5. Importance for the job

How would you rate the internet as a resource for professional research?
1=not useful at all, 5= very useful
12345 don't know
 

How important will the Internet become for your work in the future?
1=not important at all, 5=very important
12345 don't know
 

What dangers, if any, to journalism do you see coming from the internet?

Has the Internet influenced your job?
1=not at all, 5= very much
12345 don't know
 

How has the internet influenced the way you work?

Since you began using the Internet, do you feel:
more connected with colleagues
less connected with colleagues
neither

Do you think a journalist will need to have Internet-access to do his job properly in the future? yes no don't know

Have you ever written a story you couldn't have written without using the Internet (except for stories about the Internet)? yes no don't know
Optional: What was it about?

Has any story you've written been improved by using the net? yes no don't know
Optional: What was it about?

Have you ever found an idea for a story online? yes no don't know
Optional: What was it about?

If you had the choice. Would you rather
receive press-releases by regular mail
receive press-releases by fax
receive press-releases by email
find press-releases collected at a website
none of the above
Don't know

6. Problems when using the web

Have you ever been a victim of an internet hoax? I.e.: you believed a story you read on the net or received by email that turned out to be a joke?
yes no don't know
   If yes: Did you publish it? Yes  No

How relevant are the following problems for you?
 1=not at all, 5=very
 12345 don't know
Hard to find a certain, existing website  
Can't find any information about a topic  
Too much information about a topic to be useful  
The information found is hard to categorize/archive  
Easy to lose yourself when surfing the web  
Websites that were found once are hard to find again  
Slow download times  
Links don't work  
Lack of privacy  
Hard to see what is true and what's false  
Hard to distinguish between propaganda
and independent information
 
Hard to see, who is behind a website  

What do you do with websites you like?
(please check all, that apply)
Bookmark address
Come back regularly
Recommend to friends and/or colleagues
Recommend to readers/viewers
Print the page on screen
Save page (text only)
Save page (including graphics)
Write address down
None of the above

What do you do with websites you don't like
(please check all, that apply)
Never come back
Come back later, to see whether the site has improved
Warn friends and/or colleagues
Warn readers/viewers
None of the above