Mary Jackson Pitts, Ph.D.

 

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Section I: Station Demographics

Station Call Letters____

What state and city is station located in? ____________________________

Station url address ________________

1. Station Affiliation _1_ ABC _2_NBC _3_ CBS _4_FOX

Section II: Visual/Audio Enhancements

2. Still Pictures __1___ yes __2___ no

3. Charts __1___ yes __2___ no

4. Video Clips __1___ yes __2___ no

5. Audio Clips __1___ yes __2___ no

Section III: Informational Enhancements

6. Could you watch entire newscasts on the site? __1__Yes _2_No

7. Was there live streaming of a newscast? __1__ Yes _2_ No

8. Could you watch individual news video clips of a story? _1_ Yes _2_No

9. Could you read individual news items(text only stories)? _1_ Yes _2_ No

10. Did the site give expanded information about stories beyond the

traditional stories found in their broadcast? _1_ Yes _2_ No

11. Did the site give you links to these expanded pieces of information? _ 1_ Yes _2_ No _3_ Not applicable

 

12. Was current business information found on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

Ie. A wall street ticker

13. Did the site give NEWS programming schedules? _1_ Yes _2_ No

14. Did the site promote upcoming news stories? _1_ Yes _2_ No

15. Did the site give information about news anchors? _1_ Yes _2_ No

16. Did the site give information about other news employees?_1_Yes _2_No

17.Did the site promote upcoming news promotional events? _1_ Yes _2_No

18. Were advertisement seen on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

19. Did the site give information about job openings in the news

department? _1_ Yes _2_ No

20. Did the site have an archiving system of previous news

stories? _1_ Yes _2_ No

Section IV: Interactivity

21. Could the station notify people by e-mail about

upcoming news stories? _1_ Yes _2_ No

22. Were e-mail addresses of news employees given

on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

23. Were there places to submit news tips? _1_ Yes _2_ No

 

24. Could a person contact a webmaster? _1_ Yes _2_ No

25. Were there chat rooms on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

 

26. Were there bulletin boards at the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

27. Was there a virtual tour of the station

facility? _1_ Yes _2_ No

28. Were there games at the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

29. Were there places to file complaints? _1_ Yes _2_ No

 

30. Was registration required on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

31. Were there contest on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

32. Did the site give phone numbers where the news

department could be reached? _1_ Yes _2_ No

33. Did the site give mailing addresses

where the news department could be reached? _1_ Yes _2_ No

Section V: Operational Enhancements

34. How many links did you go through to get to the news department?____

(Give exact number)

35. Does the site give you links to other news sites? _1_ Yes _2_ No

36. Were there any dead links on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

37. Were you required to load another type of

program to view video? _1_ Yes _2_ No

38. Was there a cost for retrieving news stories

presented that day? _1_ Yes _2_ No

39. Was there a cost for retrieving archived news

stories? _1_ Yes _2_ No

40. Were links within the site confusing? _1_ Yes _2_ No

 

41. Could a person select what language

the site would be delivered in? _1_ Yes _2_ No

42. Could the font sizes at the site be changed? _1_ Yes _2_ No

43. Was a privacy statement included on the site? _1_ Yes _2_ No

 

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