Questionnaire and Sample Demographics
1． Are you a member of Renren? (www.xiaonei.com or www.renren.com）
A yes B no
Time Spent on SNS
2． Average time spend on renren.com per day?
A less than 10 min B 10-30 min C 30min—60min
D 1–2 hours E 2—4 hours F over 4 hours
Frequency of SNS Use
3． How many times do you visit renren.com per day on average?
A fewer than once B once C twice or three times
D 4-7 times E over 7 times
Purpose of SNS Use
4． How do you assess the frequency of doing these activities on Renren?
| 1 never | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 very often | ||
| 4.1 | Read friends’ updates | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.2 | Post an article | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.3 | Sharing | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.4 | Upload a picture | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.5 | Leave a message | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.6 | Online chat | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.7 | Playing games | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.8 | Refreshing updates | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 4.9 | Changing status | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
Political Participation
5． How do you assess the frequency of doing these activities on the internet?
| 1
never |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5
very oftern |
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| 5.1 | Comment on public affair | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.2 | Protest | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.3 | Donation | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.4 | Clothes having political meaning | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.5 | Contact media to express concern | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.6 | Reading political news | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.7 | Boycotting | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.8 | Assembling | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.9 | suggestions for development of your unit | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.10 | Share political news | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.11 | Talking in topic of politics | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.12 | Voluntary work | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.13 | Organize activity for charity | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.14 | Online petition | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.15 | Forward emails of public affairs | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.16 | Complaint for own interest | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.17 | Attend lecture on topics of politics | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 5.18 | Speech on topics of public affair | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
6． In recent year, did you donate your blood? A yes B no C not sure
7． In recent year, did you go for a campaign for election? A yes B no C not sure
8． In recent year, have you been a member of NGO? A yes B no C not sure
9． In recent year, did you vote for any forms of election? A yes B no C not sure
10． Will you become fond of a company because of its values？ A yes B no C not sure
Political Participation Skills
11． In recent year, did you search for political information？ A yes B no C not sure
12． In recent year, have you been a leader in any forms of organizations? A yes B no C not sure
13． In recent year, did you give a public speech (class presentation is not included)？
A yes B no C not sure
Political Attitude
14． How do you assess your interest to politics?
A very much B just interested C so so D relatively hate E hate
15． How do you agree this sentence, “politics is so complicated that you don’t really understand what’s going on”?
A completely B partially C neither agree nor disagree D disagree E strong objection
16． How do you assess your knowledge on politics?
A very knowledgeable B relatively knowledgeable C so so D relatively poor E very poor
Internet Skills
17． Your age of using the internet?
A no more than 1 year B 1—4 years C 4—7years D 7—10years E over 10 years
18． Have you ever used FTP？ A yes B no C not sure
19． Have you ever uploaded a video？ A yes B no C not sure
20． Are you capable of designing a webpage？ A yes B no C not sure
21． Are you capable of coding？ A yes B no C not sure
22． Have you ever heard of China Great Fire Wall？ A yes B no C not sure
23． Have you ever climbed over the China Great Fire Wall？ A yes B no C not sure
Purpose of Internet Use
24． How do you assess your frequencies doing these activities on the internet?
| 1 never | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 very often | ||
| 24.1 | Writing emails | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.2 | Reading news from portals | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.3 | Reading news using RSS | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.4 | Visiting forums and BBS | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.5 | Online music | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.6 | Online games | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.7 | Visiting social networking sites | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.8 | Working on a blog | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.9 | Online purchasing | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.10 | Forwarding emails | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
| 24.11 | Micro-blogging | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
Demographics
25． Gender: A female 33.5% B male 66.5%
26． Year of birth： (M = 22.72, SD = 3.16)
27． Are you a member of ：
A communist party 34.4% B youth league 59.5%
C other parties 5.6% D no membership 0.4%
28． Your grade：
A year 1-2 undergraduate 29.6 % B year 3-4 undergraduate 32.6%
C master 23.0% D PhD 14.8%
29． Monthly family income：1 rmb yuan = 0.15 us dollar
A less than 800 yuan 9.7% B 800—2000 yuan 34.7% C 2000—4000 yuan 28.6%
D 4000—7000 yuan 13.6% E 7000—15000 yuan 10.3% F 15000 yuan 3%
30． In recent year, your rank of your GPA? (1=top 20% to 4=bottom 20%, M=2.17, SD=0.89)
A top 20% B top 20%– top50% C top50%– top 80% D none of the above
31． What areas are you majoring in?
A natural science 11.1% B technology 67.0%
C humanities 6.3% D social science 1.6%
E economics and management 5.3 % F law 1.4 % G art 7.4%