Questionnaire

Questions for Coders

1. What is the date of the first blog post?
2. What is the name of the blogger/s, or is the host anonymous?
3. Is the host male or female?
4. Can you tell the blogger's occupation?
5. What is the host's stated political party affiliation? What is the host's "real" party affiliation?
6. Where on the following scale of political ideology would you place this blogger? ( very conservative << conservative << somewhat conservative << neutral >> somewhat liberal >> liberal >> very liberal)
7. How many of the posts on this blog are about the politics or the election? ( only a few >> less than half >> about half >> more that half >> nearly all )
8. On average, how many posts in the last week?
9. Which of the following does the blogger talk about? [economy, education, abortion/reproductive rights, terrorism, taxes, Iran, others (specify)]
10. Do their blog posts about local topics?
11. Does the blog allow comments? If so, how many comments have the last five posts received?