Current Totals:
With which of the following technologies do you most closely identify?
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Cell phone:
18%
Computer:
69%
Typewriter:
2%
Ballpoint pen:
8%
Pencil:
1%
Quill:
1%
Rock:
2%
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When you contact your friends or a distant family member, which of the following things are you most likely to do?
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Send a text message:
5%
Send an email:
47%
Send a letter or note:
1%
Call from a cell phone:
31%
Call from a landline:
16%
Yell:
1%
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For which of the following reasons do you most use a social networking site?
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To keep in touch with friends:
32%
To keep in touch with family:
7%
To stay updated (anonymously) on ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends:
2%
To network and make business connections:
7%
To find new romantic interests:
1%
To make new friends:
1%
I have only the vaguest idea what you are asking:
6%
I don't use a social networking site:
45%
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Are you a member of the social networking sites Facebook and MySpace?
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Yes:
16%
Yes, just MySpace:
4%
Yes, just Facebook:
24%
No:
54%
I have only the vaguest idea what you are asking:
2%
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Are you a member of a social networking site other than Facebook or MySpace?
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Yes:
24%
No:
73%
I have only the vaguest idea what you are asking:
3%
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Which of the following age groups is the most important boundary for social networking in sites like Facebook or MySpace?
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Over 12:
11%
Over 16:
16%
Over 18:
16%
Under 25:
16%
Under 40:
8%
No boundaries:
34%
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In general, do you think that institutions, companies, and public officials should belong to social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace?
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Yes:
32%
Yes for people, no for businesses:
35%
No:
33%
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Have you ever de-friended somebody on Facebook or MySpace?
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Yes:
17%
No:
35%
I'm not a member of social networking sites:
48%
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Burger King's recent promotion, The Whopper Sacrifice, encouraged Facebookers to de-friend 10 friends in order to get a free Whopper. Would you de-friend your friends for a hamburger?
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Yes:
9%
Yes, if they added fries to that:
13%
Yes, but not a Whopper:
10%
No, I take my Facebook relationships seriously:
36%
I have only the vaguest idea what you are asking:
32%
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Burger King and Facebook recently decided to end the Whopper Sacrifice because critics said it glorified severing friendships. Do you agree?
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No, half of my "friends" on Facebook are total strangers:
7%
No, it was just a joke:
77%
Yes, Facebook friendships should be taken seriously:
16%
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In general, do you think it's appropriate for news sources to reveal information from social networking sites from people who are recently deceased, accused of crimes, or victims of crime?
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Do you think that potential employers or school admission officers should check their applicants' social networking pages?
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Yes, it would give them a sense of how the applicant presents themselves:
46%
Yes, but only if the applicant agreed for it to be checked:
16%
No, they wouldn't search the applicants' homes, so why search their online domain?:
38%
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Do you think employers should check their employees' social networking pages?
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Yes, if people are making private information public, anyone has the right to check it:
53%
No, employers should respect their employee's privacy:
47%
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Do you think social networking sites will become more or less popular in the next five years?
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More popular:
61%
Less popular:
17%
Stay the same:
23%
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Twitter, a micro-blogging service, allows users to send and read others' text-based posts of up to 140 characters. Do you tweet? |
Yes:
6%
No, but I read others' tweets:
10%
No:
84%
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Would you read a tweet from the Slay for Mayor campaign? |
Yes:
23%
No:
56%
I have only the vaguest idea what you are asking:
22%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
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