Question

To determine if social media affects crime what questions would you ask?

Use questionnaire format consist of 25 question.

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) (1) Name. Age. Gender. Occupation. Salary group. Ethnicity. Religious Beliefs and Social Media platforms used.

(2) How frequently do you use social media platforms?

(3) How many friends/ followers do you have on each platform?

(4) How frequently do you post a picture/ status/ tweet on social media?

(5) While browsing, do you frequently like or favourite your friends’ posts?

(6) While browsing, how frequently do you like an ad or sponsored content?

(7) While browsing, what kinds of posts do you avoid liking from your friends?

(8) While browsing, what kinds of ads do you avoid opening/ liking?

(9) While browsing, what would be the kind of posts from friends that you would report if necessary?

(10) What are the kinds of ads that you would report if necessary?

(11) Have you ever come across content of a criminal nature or a potential threat to safety?

(12) If yes, what are the kinds of crimes that you may have detected? Eg. Abuse, arson etc.

(13) Do you follow political groups or individuals on social media?

(14) Have you even found hostile posts on their pages?

(15) Have you ever found posts that are prejudices?

(16) Have you ever found posts that incite hate, lobbying or demagogy?

(17) Have you ever reported these particular posts?

(18) Have you ever used social media to talk about a criminal offence, an issue with the society or simply to broadcast a problem that needs mindful discussion?

(19) If yes, please describe the nature of the issue in a sentence or two. (This is to help categorise the issue as political, criminal etc.)

(20) Do you support any pages of your local forces, non-governmental organisation or any peace keeping entities?

(21) Have you ever reposted content from these organisations?

(22) Have you ever reposted content from hostile pages in support of their work?

(23) Have you ever developed content that might incite hate or hostility amongst groups or individuals?

(24) If yes, please describe the nature of the post in a sentence or two. (This is to help categorise it as a political issue, social or personal issue.)

(25) If no, have any of your posts been misconstrued as hate posts? Describe the post.