Role of Social Media in the Egyptian Revolution

This survey is part of a study conducted to obtain a Master of Arts degree in journalism and mass communication at the American University in Cairo. This research examines the role of social media in the Egyptian revolution.
Your input is quite valuable for the completion of the survey. Your responses will be totally anonymous.
It will not take more than 10 minutes of your time. Thank you for your time.

Do use social networking websites?

Yes

No

If your answer is no please go to section C

Section A

Please mark if you use any of the following social networking web sites.
Rank your choices from 1 to 5, where (1) is the most used and (5) is the least used.

o Facebook
o YouTube
o Twitter
o MySpace
o LinkedIn

The main reason for using these social networking websites.
Choose One answer only:

Does the use of the social networking websites give you more freedom to discuss different political issues?

Yes

No

I do not know

If you are using the social networking websites for political participation, please indicate with (√) your degree of agreement with the following statements: If no please proceed to the next question.

Which websites have you use before the Jan. 25th Egyptian revolution. Mark all that apply.

Which websites have you started to use during the 18 days of the Jan. 25th Egyptian revolution. Mark all that apply.

If your answer is none go to question 10

If you start using these websites after Jan 25th , rank each reason from SD to SA for using the social networking websites.

Please indicate your degree of agreement with the following statements about your personal usage of the social networking websites.