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

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 830