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Appendices

Appendix 1: Structured Questionnaire

1 . Please indicate your gender

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  Woman
  
• 
  Man
  

2. 
   Please select your age range.
   
   • 
     18-24
     
   • 
     25-30
     
   • 
     31-40
     
   • 
     41-50
     
   • 
     51-60
     
   • 
     61-70
     
   • 
     70+
     

2. 
   Please select the highest level of education you have attained from the list below.
   
   • 
     Some High School/Secondary School
     
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     Completed High school/Secondary school
     
   • 
     Diploma/ Associate diploma/ Trade Certificate/Apprenticeship
     
   • 
     Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate
     
   • 
     Bachelors degree
     
   • 
     Postgraduate qualification
     

2. 
   Please rank where you have met most your friends. 1 being the environment in which you have made/met most of your friends.
   
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     Through school, university or other educational setting
     
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     Via work or work related activities
     
   • 
     Interest based activities
     
   • 
     Other (please specify)
     
3. 
   For this question please think about where your friends currently live. Please order the following categories from largest proportion of your friends list to smallest (1 being the highest).
   
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     The same city/town as me
     
   • 
     The same state/province as me
     
   • 
     The same country as me
     
   • 
     My friends are from different places around the world
     
   • 
     There is an even mix between those overseas, and those from the same city, state or country as me.
     

2. 
   Please select which of the following social network sites you use and how often you use them
   

	No, have never used it	Tried it once, but have not used it since	Yes, have tried it in the past, but do not use it presently	Yes, currently use it sometimes	Yes, currently use it often
Twitter
Facebook
Myspace
Tribe.net
Foursquare
LinkedIn
Orkut
Tumblr

2. 
   Do you use your real name on Facebook?
   
   • 
     Yes
     
   • 
     No
     

2. 
   Approximately, how long have you had your Facebook account for?
   
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     Under a year
     
   • 
     1 year - 2 years
     
   • 
     2-4 years
     
   • 
     3-6 years
     
   • 
     6+ years
     

2. 
   How often do you log onto to Facebook?
   
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     Multiple times a day
     
   • 
     Once a day
     
   • 
     2-3 times a week
     
   • 
     Once a week
     
   • 
     Less than once a week
     
   • 
     Rarely
     

2. 
   Do you own a phone (Android, Blackberry, iPhone or similar) that allows you to access and receive updates from Facebook?
   
   • 
     Yes
     
   • 
     No
     
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     I can receive updates, but can’t access Facebook
     

2. 
   How frequently do you use your phone to interact on Facebook?
   
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     Several times a day
     
   • 
     Once a day
     
   • 
     A few times a week
     
   • 
     Once a week
     
   • 
     Seldom/rarely/never
     

2. 
   How many hours a day do you actively use Facebook (excluding times when Facebook is running in the background)?
   
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     Less than one hour
     
   • 
     1-3 hours
     
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     3-6 hours
     
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     6-8 hours
     
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     8+ hours
     

2. 
   Where do you primarily use Facebook?
   
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     At home
     
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     At work
     
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     Other
     

2. 
   What time of day do you primarily use Facebook?
   
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     In the morning, after I get up
     
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     During the day
     
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     In the evening after I get home from work
     
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     I use Facebook consistently throughout the day
     

2. 
   Do you often have Facebook running in the background as you work on other tasks?
   
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     All the time
     
   • 
     Some of the time
     
   • 
     Occasionally
     
   • 
     Never
     

2. 
   How many friends do you currently have on your Facebook account?
   
3. 
   How do you decide how to add as a friend on Facebook?
   
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     I add everyone I know
     
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     I add people most people I know, but am careful adding certain groups of people (people from work, parents and other family).
     
   • 
     I only add people I consider friends
     
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     I only add close friends, or people I would like to see or speak to regularly
     

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  Other (please specify)
  

2. 
   Have you met everyone on your Facebook friends list in person?
   
   • 
     Yes
     
   • 
     No
     

2. 
   For this question please think about what types of people make up your friends list. Please order the following categories from largest proportion of your friends list to smallest (1 being the highest).
   
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     Close friends or family
     
   • 
     People met through work or work-related activities
     
   • 
     People met via School or university
     
3. 
   For this question please think about where the people on your friends on Facebook are from. Please order the following categories from largest proportion of your friends list to smallest (1 being the highest).
   
   • 
     The same city/town as me
     
   • 
     The same state/province as me
     
   • 
     The same country as me
     
   • 
     My friends are from different places around the world
     
   • 
     There is an even mix between those overseas, and those from the same city, state or country as me.
     
4. 
   Please enter your present country and town/city of residence
   

2. 
   Is this the same as where you were born and/or spent most of your childhood?
   
   • 
     Yes
     
   • 
     No
     

2. 
   If no, please state your country of birth.
   

2. 
   Is this the same country where you spent most of your childhood?
   
   • 
     Yes
     
   • 
     No
     

2. 
   If no, please indicate the country/countries where you grew up.
   

2. 
   What do you primarily use Facebook for?
   
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     Communicating/keeping up to date with friends or family who live overseas
     
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     Communicating/keeping up to date with friends I have lost touch with
     
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     Communicating/keeping up to date with friends I see regularly
     
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     Organising events
     
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     Finding people who share similar interests to me
     
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     Other (please specify)
     

2. 
   Thinking about the different ways you can communicate with people via Facebook, please select which method you use most frequently.
   
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     Public, communicating by posting status updates, or writing on people’s walls, photos, or status updates
     
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     Private, through chat or Facebook messages
     
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     Other (please specify
     

2. 
   How often do you post your own content on Facebook (status updates, photos, video, links to other webpages)?
   
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     Several times a day
     
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     Once a day
     
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     2-3 times a week
     
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     Once a week
     
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     Once every 2-3 weeks
     
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     Once a month
     
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     Never
     
3. 
   Considering the activities listed below please select how often you do the following.
   

	No, never	Very occasionally	Sometimes	Often	Very frequently
Post photos
Comment on friend’s status updates
Post on friend’s walls
Post your own status updates
Post links to other content on the web (YouTube videos, news sites, music etc)
Comment on friend’s updates
Use the like button to

respond to friend’s status updates, photos or other content shared
Change your profile picture

2. 
   Please indicate which of the following steps you take to protect your privacy on Facebook. (Check all that apply.)
   
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     Disabled your wall
     
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     Use a https connection
     
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     Have different privacy settings for different groups of people on Facebook
     
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     Have all information on my profile set to ‘friends only’
     
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     Disabled the ‘places’ feature on Facebook
     
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     Restricted what information apps and website can access about me through my friends
     
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     Disabled the ‘instant personalization feature’.
     
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     Disabled the ‘public search’ function. Public search controls whether people who enter your name in a search engine will see a preview of your Facebook profile.
     
   • 
     Restricted who can search for you on Facebook
     
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     Restricted who can send you friend requests
     
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     Restricted who can send you messages (without being your friend)
     
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     Restricted who can see your friends list Other (please specify)
     

2. 
   Part of this research also involves informal interviewing and online observation of your Facebook activity.
   

The interviewing should take no more than an hour, and the observation will be unobtrusive. The observation will be used to help understand people's daily patterns of use on Facebook, and simply means that you would continue using Facebook as you normally would.
The interviews and the observations will help me gain more insight into your perspectives on friendship, and how your use Facebook to interact with your friends. If you would be interested in being further involved with this research please indicate below. Finally, if you are not interested in participating further, but know someone who would, please feel free to pass on the link to this survey.

2. 
   You have indicated that you would be interested in participating further in this research. Please provide your preferred method of contact.
   

You have now completed the survey. Thank you for your time. Please remember that you can withdraw at any time without penalty. If you have any questions you can contact Naomi on Ph:33652021 or [e-mail]