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How Information Rich Are You?1.How many global newspapers do you read every day? For example: New York Times— Washington Post—Los Angeles Times—Wall Street Journal—Le Monde—International Herald Tribune—etc. _____2 or more _____1 ______None 2.How many general interest news magazines do you read every week? For example: Time—Newsweek— U.S. News & World Report—The Nation—Atlantic—Harper's—etc. _____2 or more _____1 ______None 3.How many general interest science magazines a month? Scientific American—Science News —Popular Science—Discover— Omni—Science—Psychology Today—etc. _____3 or more _____1 or 2 ______None 4.How many specialized publications do you read every week? Journals of medicine—astronomy —computers—economics—etc. _____2 or more _____1 ______None 5.How many books do you read every year? _______Over 10 __________Under 10 6.How many hours in an average day do you watch television? _______Over 1 hr __________Under 1 hr 7.How many films do you see every week? _______2 or more _______Under 2 8.How often do you listen to radio news and interviews? _______Over 1 hr daily _______Under 1 hr daily 9.How many audio/video cassettes or discs or telemagazines do you listen to every week? _______Over 10 __________Under 10 10.How often do you use a computer to access information-retrieval services (data banks—teletext—electronic bulletin boards—etc.)? _______Several times a week _______Rarely or never 11.How many seminars do you attend every year? _______Over 5 __________Under 5 12.How many conferences (or conventions) do you attend every year? _______Over 5 __________Under 5 13.How often do you travel out of your city every year? _______Over 10 trips _______Under 10 A-How often out of the country every year? _______Over 3 trips _______Under 3 14.How much of your knowledge base is specialized (for example within a specific profession or area of interest)? A-When you read a magazine or newspaper do you only focus on your area of interest (politics or arts or sciences or sports or specific nation)? ________Always _______Sometimes ________Never 15.How well do you speak and understand and read English? ________Very well _______Quite well ________Not well 16.How well do you understand the dynamics of the new information age? For example: A.Who controls information in our electronic age? ___Gov’t ____Media barons ___Powerful interests ___No one in particular B.How costly is it to be well-informed? ______Costly ______Cheap C.Do you ever suffer from information overload? _______Often ________Sometimes ________Never
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