Web and Politics Survey
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Why do people go online looking for political information? Where do
they go?
I have some ideas on the subject, but my
colleague Barbara Kaye at UT Knoxville and her research partner at
Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale are trying to be scientific about it.
They conduct an annual online survey that examines
the motivations for
accessing the Web, weblogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards and other
Internet resources for political information. (The survey has been
approved by the University of Tennessee institutional review board and
is being conducted for academic purposes
only.)
Knowing that I do not say
much about politics here, Barb thought my blog might be a way to reach
a few readers (and bloggers) who have broader interests than
just politics, such as, say, the Berkman Center
bloggers.
So here’s Barb, explaining what she’d
like:
“We are specifically looking for individuals who connect
to online
political information to fill out our survey. We are wondering if it
would be possible for you to link to our survey. All we are
asking is for an icon that directs your readers to the survey
URL.
“Your help would be greatly appreciated and we would be more than
willing to share our findings with you.”
The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete.
Survey URL: http://apps.ws.utk.edu/politics
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