Facebook Questionnaire

1.Age:

2.Gender:

3.Town/City:

4.How long have you been a Facebook user?

5.How often do you log onto Facebook?: Everyday/At least once a

week/Less than once a week

6.How many hours a week do you spend on Facebook?: less than 1 hour a week/1-5 hours a week/ 5-10
hours a week/more than 10 hours a week

7.What is your main purpose for using Facebook? Communicating and connecting with existing friends/
networking (meeting new people online)/ work (business, school, college etc)? Other

8.Do you use Facebook as a substitute for other modes of

communication technology? If so which forms?
9.Do you think you spend less or more time socialising offline since
you joined Facebook? Why do you think this is so?
10.How many online Facebook “friends” do you currently have?
11.What proportions of your online “friends” have you never met
offline? : None/ Less than 5%/5-10%/more than 10%

1.What was the first thing that crossed your mind when you saw the word “Poke” on Facebook?

2.What percentage of friends do you “really” communicate with on Facebook?

1. Age:

2. Gender:

3. What made you start using Facebook?

4. Was Facebook your first blogging experience or had you used a blog before? (eg MySpace or MSN Spaces)

5. How often do you use Facebook?

6. Which aspects of Facebook appeal to you the most?

7. a) Has Facebook altered your daily lifestyle?

b) If so, in what ways?

8. In what ways does Facebook affect your interaction with people from your uni?

9. Has Facebook allowed you to gain friends that you may not have met elsewhere?

10. How does it feel to be able to contact people you may not have seen for years?

11. What have been your best and worst experiences of Facebook so far?

1* What is your age group?

19
<1
- >24
9
24

2* What is your gender?

Mal
Female
e

3* Are you Singaporean (PR included)?

Y
No
es

4* Do you have a Facebook account?

Y
No
es
If your answer is 'Yes ', please jump to question 6.
If your answer is 'No', please jump to question 5.

5 Why do you not have a Facebook account?

Do not know about Facebook

 Do not require Facebook to interact
If your answer is 'Do not require Facebook to interact', you already finish all the questions. Please click 'Submit'
If your answer is 'Do not know about Facebook ', you already finish all the questions. Please click 'Submit'

6 How long have you been a Facebook user?

Less than a month

More than a month but less than 3 months

More than 3 months

What do you use Facebook for? Please rate the following 7 activities according to the frequency of usage with
1 being the most frequent and 7 being the least.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7 Find new friends

8 Play interactive games

9 Play non-interactive games

10 Chat (including comments and wall)

Check out how your friends are doing(photos, walls

11
etc)

12 Update your profile

13 To pass time

14 In the last 3 months, how many strangers have you initiated to add as friends?
1
11
Non 1- 6- 6-
- >20
e 5 10 2
15
0

15 Would you accept strangers who added you as friends on Facebook?

Y
No
es

16 Why would you accept strangers who added you as friends on Facebook?
e.g. Others

Lazy to verify

Want to expand social please

network specify:
When adding or accepting new friends, what criteria do you look at? . Please rank the activities according to
 1 2 3 4 5

17 Common hobbies and interests

18 Games you play

19 Looks (eg. an attractive display picture)

20 Number of common friends

21 Gender

With all factors constant, that is, hobbies/number of common friends etc, are you more likely to: (Rank from
1-3, with 1 being most likely), whether you would add or accept a friend with:

22 No display picture

1 2 3

23 An attractive display picture

1 2 3

24 Not so attractive display picture

1 2 3

25 How frequently do you log into Facebook?

Several times a
Daily
day

Weekly Monthly

Less than
monthly

26 On average, how long do you spend on Facebook per week?

Less than an hour

1 - (just under) 2 hours

2 - (just under) 3 hours

3 - (just under) 4 hours

 4 hours or more

27 Do you normally play interactive games on Facebook with your friends or with strangers?

Friends

Strangers

I seldom play interactive games on Facebook

28 How much more time does Facebook allow you to interact with your friends, including those that are
separated geographically?
Littl Aver
Significant
e age