INTERNET METAPHORS: What are they and why we use them???
What is your DAILY Internet usage (average?
| 10% (1) | Essentially none | |
|---|---|---|
| 20% (2) | About 30 min/day | |
| 10% (1) | About 60 min/day | |
| 10% (1) | About 90 min/day | |
| 50% (5) | More than 2 hrs/day |
10 voters have answered this question.
What is your Internet skill level?
| 10% (1) | Novice | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% (4) | Intermediate | |
| 40% (4) | Advanced | |
| 10% (1) | Expert |
10 voters have answered this question.
How can you describe the Internet in terms of...?
| 80% (8) | OPEN PLACE (i.e. Having no confining boundaries; e.g. Ocean, road, highway, path, net, web etc.) | |
|---|---|---|
| 20% (2) | CLOSED PLACE (i.e. Having distinct borders or shape; e.g. Library, building, town-hall, marketplace, | |
| 20% (2) | ANIMATE OBJECT (Living animal, plant or person; e.g. Spider, worm, animal, etc.) | |
| 30% (3) | INANIMATE OBJECT (e.g. Tool, machine, food, container, game, device, etc.) | |
| 0% (0) | None of the above |
10 voters have answered this question.
Now, select any 3 of the metaphors mentioned below
| 50% (5) | ocean | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | road | |
| 30% (3) | highway | |
| 0% (0) | path | |
| 30% (3) | net | |
| 60% (6) | web | |
| 20% (2) | library | |
| 10% (1) | building | |
| 0% (0) | town-hall | |
| 20% (2) | marketplace | |
| 10% (1) | storehouse | |
| 10% (1) | spider(net) | |
| 0% (0) | worm | |
| 0% (0) | animal | |
| 30% (3) | tool | |
| 20% (2) | machine/mechanism | |
| 0% (0) | food | |
| 10% (1) | container | |
| 10% (1) | game | |
| 10% (1) | device |
10 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of SPACE (e.g. cyberspace, robots etc)?
| 11% (1) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | 2 | |
| 11% (1) | 3 | |
| 11% (1) | 4 | |
| 11% (1) | 5 | |
| 22% (2) | 6 | |
| 33% (3) | 7 |
9 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of HIGHWAY (e.g. map, travel, road, ramps, etc)?
| 10% (1) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% (1) | 2 | |
| 20% (2) | 3 | |
| 30% (3) | 4 | |
| 10% (1) | 5 | |
| 10% (1) | 6 | |
| 10% (1) | 7 |
10 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of WATER (e.g. ocean, surf, reservoir etc.)?
| 10% (1) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | 2 | |
| 30% (3) | 3 | |
| 20% (2) | 4 | |
| 20% (2) | 5 | |
| 0% (0) | 6 | |
| 20% (2) | 7 |
10 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of POLITICAL PHENOMENON (e.g. town-hall, village, etc.)?
| 20% (2) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 20% (2) | 2 | |
| 10% (1) | 3 | |
| 10% (1) | 4 | |
| 10% (1) | 5 | |
| 10% (1) | 6 | |
| 20% (2) | 7 |
10 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of COMMERCIAL PHENOMENON (e.g. marketplace, shopping mall, etc.)?
| 11% (1) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | 2 | |
| 11% (1) | 3 | |
| 11% (1) | 4 | |
| 66% (6) | 5 | |
| 0% (0) | 6 | |
| 0% (0) | 7 |
9 voters have answered this question.
How likely would you be to think of the Internet in terms of ANIMALIA (e.g. spider, worm, virus etc.)?
| 20% (2) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% (1) | 2 | |
| 20% (2) | 3 | |
| 20% (2) | 4 | |
| 20% (2) | 5 | |
| 0% (0) | 6 | |
| 10% (1) | 7 |
10 voters have answered this question.
Indicate your Sex:
| 40% (4) | Male | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% (6) | Female |
10 voters have answered this question.
