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> Hello Minneapolis,
>
> My name is Kim Kirn and I am a graduate student at the Annenberg School
> for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. For the past six
> months, I have been studying MN E-democracy and the Minneapolis Issue
> Forum as part of my master's thesis on online community discussions. I
> have had the good fortune to meet and interview some of you during my data
> gathering trips to the Twin Cities last fall.
>
At the end of this message is a survey about various aspects of your
participation in the Minneapolis Issue Forum. It is not very long, and I
think you might even find it interesting to reflect on some of the
questions. I would be most grateful if you could fill it out and email your
responses back to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Thursday, May 17, 2001.
Please know that all responses will be kept absolutely confidential. Your
name and any other personally identifiable information will not be used in
any publications or papers resulting from this survey unless you give me
your express permission otherwise.
> Thank you very much for your cooperation, and thanks for letting me
> listen!
> ~ Kim Kirn
>
>
> Mpls Issue Forum questionnaire
>
> 1) How long have you been a Mpls Issue Forum participant?
>
> 2) Where do you access the Mpls Issue Forum? (Check all that apply)
> ___ Home
> ___ Work
> ___ Library
> ___ Community technology center
> ___ Other (please describe)
>
> 3) Do you subscribe to any of the other MN E-democracy Issue Forums?
> If yes, which ones?
>
>
> 4) How would you describe your involvement? For example, are you a
> frequent poster? occasional poster? lurker? volunteer? inactive?)
> ___ Frequent Poster
> ___ Occasional Poster
> ___ Lurker
> ___ Volunteer
> ___ Inactive
>
> 5) What first drew you to the Mpls Issue Forum?
>
>
> 6) What keeps you coming back?
>
>
> 7) What is your biggest frustration with the Mpls Issue Forum?
>
>
> 8) In your opinion, what are the responsibilities of an on-line
> discussion participant?
>
>
> 9) How has your involvement with the Mpls Issue Forum impacted your
> real world activities?
>
>
> 10) Has your involvement with the Mpls Issue Forum affected your other
> on-line activities? If so, in what ways?
>
>
> 11) In your view, what makes an online community discussion successful?
>
>
> 12) In your view, is it important that list participants occasionally
> gather face to face? Why or why not?
>
>
> 13) Do you see the Mpls Issue Forum as a way to bridge between
> different sections of public life in Minneapolis, or do you see it more as
> a way to bond list participants into some form of community? Please
> explain.
>
>
> 14) Do you ever post a message to the Mpls Issue Forum that reaches out
> to other groups involved in public life (such as elected officials,
> government bureaucrats, other citizens, the press, or advocacy groups)?
> If yes, why? Examples are encouraged!
>
>
> 15) Do you ever post a message to the Mpls Issue Forum that
> intentionally addresses the group as a community? If yes, why? Examples
> are encouraged here as well.
>
>
>
> Thank you again for your help! I look forward to your responses!
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