Rate your curiosity about each of these four neighborhoods.

Assessing Your News Exposure

1. Think about the four neighborhoods along the Global-Personal dimension. What percentage of your time each day is spent searching out news on each of these neighborhoods?

_____________ % searching for news on international events

_____________ % searching for news on national events

_____________ % searching for news on regional events

_____________ % searching for news on personal events

These percentages should sum to 100%.

2. Rate your curiosity about each of these four neighborhoods. That is, how interested are you typically every day to find out more detail about what is happening in each of these four neighborhoods? A rating of 10 means you are driven to find out everything; a rating of 0 means you have absolutely no interest in anything in that neighborhood.

Degree of curiosity about news on international events: ______________

Degree of curiosity about news on national events: ______________

Degree of curiosity about news on regional events: ______________

Degree of curiosity about news on personal events: ______________

3. Rate your existing knowledge base about each of these four neighborhoods. That is, how much information do you feel you have attained about the people and history of events in each of these four neighborhoods? A rating of 10 means you feel you are expert in your knowledge; a rating of 0 means you know absolutely nothing about the people and events in that neighborhood.

Existing knowledge about news on international events: ______________

Existing knowledge about news on national events: ______________

Existing knowledge about news on regional events: ______________

Existing knowledge about news on personal events: ______________