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Some argue that use of the Internet tends to pull people's interests away from their local area and weaken community ties (e.g., Kraut et al., 1998). Others argue that the Internet is frequently used to strengthen local ties, and is becoming a tool for helping communities organize to achieve local interests (Hampton and Wellman, 2003). Our results from a 2005 random sample mail survey of 1,315 households in a rural region of the Western United States suggest that increased Internet usage is positively related to nominal and active levels of community participation while at the same time supporting affective networks outside the local area. The location of these communities in a rural region of the West and their substantial distance from a larger population concentration provide the opportunity to draw implications for community development in the Information age and address theoretical concerns about the effects of information technologies on communities of place and local social capital.

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Bowling Green -- Chapter Two: Out West -- Chapter Three: Florence -- Chapter Four: Chicago -- Chapter Five: Leave Me Alone or I'll Publish a Book! -- Chapter Six: The Dinner Detectives -- Chapter Seven: Florence Hines's Last Year -- Chapter Eight: Those Who Make Us Wish for Hollow Legs -- Chapter Nine: Back Home Again in Bowling Green -- Chapter Ten: Life Changes -- Chapter Eleven: A Few Pet Peeves -- Chapter Twelve: The War Years -- Chapter Thirteen: Clara -- Chapter Fourteen: Let's Watch Him Eat -- Chapter Fifteen: Enter Roy Park -- Chapter Sixteen: The World of Duncan Hines -- Chapter Seventeen: The Office Life -- Chapter Eighteen: Passing the Torch -- Chapter Nineteen: Duncan Hines Goes to Europe -- Chapter Twenty: We Dedicate This Box . . . -- Chapter Twenty-One: Aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Question grids are common on Web surveys, and studies show that grids can affect how respondents complete surveys. However, there is little research that investigates the effects of grids on Web surveys completed on mobile devices. In this article, we evaluate the effects of question grids on response quality and measurement error for surveys taken on phones or tablets. Our study draws on a probabilistic Web survey. The survey included an experiment in which respondents were assigned to one of three question format conditions: one large grid, two small grids, or single item per page. We analyze how question grids affect response times and nondifferentiation as well as explore the interaction effects between grids and devices. Reductions in time associated with question grids were greater for surveys completed on mobile devices as opposed to those completed on computers. Likewise, the increases in nondifferentiation associated with question grids were greater for surveys completed on mobile devices. We find that effects of question grids on responses in Web surveys can differ across devices, and so researchers should be cautious of using grids on Web surveys as more people opt to do surveys on phones or tablets.