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The Gown Website Survey

The Gown's website has been running for almost a year now. In order to keep it fresh, accessible and relevant, we'd like you to give us your views on our website.

Please complete this survey as honestly as you can.
* 1. What is your gender?
* 2. Under which school is your degree/course organised?
* 3. In what year are you at Queen's in the new 2010-11 semester?

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* 4. Where do you live during term time?

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* 5. Approximately, how often do you look at The Gown website during term time?

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6.

What other websites do you use for news?

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If Other, please state:
* 7. Overall, how would you rate each the following areas of The Gown website?
Very PoorPoorGoodVery Good
Content
Appearance
Ease of use

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* 8. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Strongly DisageeDisagreeAgreeStrongly Agree
The text is legible.
The articles are too long for web reading- edit please!
I can easily find what I'm looking for.

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* 9. Have a look at The Gown website (open a new tab or window if necessary). Please rate in terms of how easy it is to locate the following elements:

Very DifficultDifficultEasyVery Easy
View and download PDFs of old newspaper editions.
The search bar.
Links to old Blogger websites.
Receive updates by RSS feed.
Follow The Gown through Twitter.
View the latest website comment.
View the latest Arts and Entertainment stories.

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10. Looking again at The Gown website, please indicate which of these best represents how you feel you navigate through the website.

NeverRarelySometimesUsually
I just scroll down the page and see if there's anything interesting.
I scroll down the page and check comment numbers underneath the articles to see if there have been any new comments on articles I'm intersted in.
I check the 'latest comments' section to see if there have been any new comments.
I use the pinkish navigation bar at the top to choose a category of interest.
I'd come across an article due to the 'related posts' section at the bottom of each story.

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11. Do you find The Gown website easy to navigate through?

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If no, please give constructive reasons why this is the case:
* 12. How would you rate the following website content (ten stars being excellent, one star being terrible)?
News
Arts, Entertainment, Reviews
Features
Opinions
Sport
(Optional) Please give constructive reasons explaining how content could be improved:
* 13. Please rate in order of preference (1 being most preferable) which of the following NEW ELEMENTS you would like to see on The Gown website.
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Individual blogs for selected writers
Videos
Podcasts
iPhone/mobile version
iPad version
Clubs & Societies section

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(Optional) Please give details of any additional elements not mentioned here that you would like to see:
14.

If The Gown had a 'Letters to the Editor' section on either the website and print, would you:

NoYes
Read it?
Contribute to it?

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(Optional) Please give reasons for your answers:
15. Please give any other constructive comments you may have about The Gown website.