Internet: Usage

2.1 For how long have you been using the Internet (including e-mail, gopher, ftp, etc.)?



Comment:

There is still a strong growth of the Internet community.


2.2 How has your usage of the Internet changed over the last year?



Comment:

The Internet seems extremely attractive to the questionnaire participants. Only ten percent decreased their Internet usage last year.


2.3 How many hours per week do you spend on the following Internet services?


hours per week for WWW - surfing, browsing.



hours per week for e-mail (reading, writing).



hours per week for reading and posting to news and discussion groups.



hours per week for other services (ftp, gopher, archie ...).



hours per week for IRC ( international relay chat).



hours per week for playing Mud's.



2.4 How often do you check your e-mail?




2.5 How often does the Internet replace anyone of the following activities or pastimes for you?


Watching TV.

Comment:

More than fifty percent answered that Internet from time to time, often or always replaces watching TV.


Reading newspapers.




Comment:

Contrary to Watching TV, only a small amount (31 percent) answered that the Internet replaces reading the newspaper.


Research in libraries.



Comment:

The Internet seems to take preference over libraries as a place to do research. This high percentage (over 70% in categories from time to time, often, always) could also be attributed to the fact that traditional libraries are now also accessible via the Internet and because a lot of the participants of the questionnaire were students or professionals (scientific).


Buying (e.g. Buying products via the Internet).



2.6 Do you use the Internet to pursue subculture interests (e.g. looking for alternative music bands or tv-soaps on WWW)?



2.7 Do you use the Internet to prepare your holidays?

Comment:

47 percent have never prepared their vacations using the Internet. This is strange, because there is lot of information for holiday planning available ( information systems like virtual tourist II, WWW-servers for countries, cities and public transportation information).


2.8 Do you use the Internet to look for company or product information?



2.9 Do you participate in self-help groups in the Internet?



2.10 Do you ask on the Internet for psychological, medical or religious advice?



Comment:

Only a small percentage of participants (less than 15 percent) use the Internet to look for advice or participate in self-help groups.


2.11 Do you search a topic on the Internet which you are interested in?




2.12 If you search a topic on the Internet and cannot find it, will you search it afterwards with conventional methods?



Comment:

These two questions will be further examined in the Inference statistic.


2.13 How strong should the information be controlled on the Internet ( 0 equal no control, 100 complete control)?




2.14 If you have anserwed in 2.13 with more than 0, which of the topics listed below should be controlled for their content?



NoControl: 36.0%

ContrSexuality: sexuality 3.3%

ContrEuthanasia: euthanasia 7.9%

ContrWords: words like "shit, fuck, piss, tits, motherfucker" 8.4%

ContrPorno: pornography 15.9%

ContrDrugs: illegal drugs 17.6%

ContrExtrPolitics: extreme polititcs 33.5%

ContrInstrViolApp: instructions for violence application (e.g. building bombs) 41.4%

ContrPornoChild pornography with children 59.0%