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0 Appendices
Survey on Seri Iskandar peoples reaction towards news.
Introduction
We from ZXC News group are doing a research on peoples reaction towards
news on current events, issues of social, political, economic, culture and
technology. We would like to investigate on which type of news medium that
people prefer the most and to investigate peoples attitude towards news
and how news affect peoples lifestyle. Lastly, we would like to get feedback
to improve news content. We appreciate your willingness and commitment to
answer our survey.

Section A- Personal Background

Please read and circle for your answer below.

1.

2.

Gender

3.

Level of education

a) Male

a) SPM

b) Female

b) STPM

Age

c) Diploma

a) 15-18 years old

d) Degree

b) 19-29 years old

e) Masters

c) 30-45 years old

f) PhD

d) 45-60 years old

e) Others________

e) 60 and abo.ve

Section B-Medium of News

Please read and circle your answer.
1. Which type of news medium do you subscribe to the most?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Television
Newspaper
Radio
Electronic gadget

2. Which newspaper that you like the most?

a)
b)
c)
d)

The Edge
The Sun
Straits Times
Others _________

3. Which section of the newspaper do you read first?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Sports
Local news
Foreign news
Entertainment

4. Preferred news languages?

a) English
b) Bahasa Malaysia
c) Hindi
d) Mandarin
5. If you get your news from internet sources, what technology do you
use frequently to access it?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Laptop computer
Desktop computer
Smart phone (iPhone, Blackberry, etc)
eReader (Kindle, Sony eReader, etc)
others____________________

Section C-Attitude to news

Please read and tick YES or NO for answer the question and give your
reasons.

1. Do you think it is important to subscribe to a news?

YE
S
NO
__________________________________________________________________
2. Do you trust all the news you receive?
YE
S
NO
__________________________________________________________________
3. Are you willing to pay RM 6 daily for news that provide high quality
multimedia?
YE
S
NO
__________________________________________________________________

Please read and circle to answer the question.

4. What do you first do when you receive news?

a) Check the source
b) Check the date
c) Check the location
5. Motives for reading newspapers?
a)
b)
c)
d)

To get information
To improve general knowledge
Hobby
Others___________________

Section D-Peoples lifestyle towards news

Please read and circle to answer the question.

1. Which of these affect your lifestyle?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Politics
Social
Sport
Entertainment

2. How does your answer in question 1 affect your lifestyle?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Change
Change
Change
Change

your behavior
your views
the way you think
your relationship with people

3. How do you find your life after the change in your answer in question
2?
a) Improved
b) Deteriorate
c) No difference
4. How much time do you spend accessing news each day?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

10-20 minutes
21-30 minutes
31-45 minutes
More than an hour
Dont know

5. Does news affect your crime awareness on the latest modus operandi
a) Yes
b) No
Section E-Feedback on ways to improve news content
Please read and tick the answer given.
SA (Strongly Agree)

A (Agree)

N (Neutral)

DA (Disagree)

SDA (Strongly

Disagree)
Question

SA

DA

SD
A

Do you think there should be more news that

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2

is suitable for teenagers?

Do you think newspaper should give the public

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3

to voice out?
Do you think most of the news channel deliver

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4

quality content that is valuable to the people?

Do you think the existing news channel should

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5

keep content short and straight to the point?

Do you think the existing news channel should

improve their multimedia content in terms of

quality?

We appreciate your help in answering our survey. Thank you.