ITR: Survey2001: Information Technology's Impact on Community, Culture and Conservation

1998年，学术研究人员与国家地理学会(NGS)联合设计并实施了“Survey2000：绘制社区与变化图”，这是一项探索基于网络的调查研究的潜力和局限性的努力。将于2001年秋季由NGS网站主办的第二次调查工作是该项目的基石。2001年调查的实质重点是信息技术对改变当代社会对全球和地方领域的看法的影响。特别是，调查考察了受访者对社区、文化和保护这三个领域中“全球性”和“地方性”的认知和理解。这项调查探讨了新的信息技术在多大程度上重新定义了全球和本地之间的区别。第二个目标是审议与网络调查研究有关的方法学问题，特别是网络调查样本的非随机性。为此，该项目呼吁开展一项平行的电话调查工作，使用标准的随机数字拨号技术来复制网络调查。除了抽样和有效性问题外，2001年调查还将探讨有关网络调查工具的开发和实施，以及网络调查中的工具和设计效果的问题。与NGS的合作确保了结果将得到广泛的公众传播。

In 1998 academic researchers combined with the National Geographic Society (NGS) to design and implement "Survey2000: Charting Communities and Change," an effort that explores the potential and limits of web-based survey research. A second survey effort to be hosted by the NGS website in the fall of the year 2001 is the cornerstone of this project. The substantive focus of Survey2001 centers on the impact of information technology on changing perceptions of global and local spheres in contemporary society. In particular, the survey examines respondents' perceptions and understanding of "global" and "local" in three areas: community, culture and conservation. The survey explores the extent to which new information technology has redefined the distinction between global and local. A second aim is to consider methodological issues related to web survey research, in particular the non-random nature of a web survey sample. Toward this end, the project calls for a parallel telephone survey effort using standard random digit dialing techniques to replicate the web survey. Beyond questions of sampling and validity, Survey2001will pursue issues regarding web survey instrument development and implementation, as well as instrument and design effects in web surveys. Collaboration with the NGS assures that the results will receive broad public dissemination.