Question |
Answer options |
E-mail |
Open answer |
Sex |
Female Male |
Age |
Open answer |
Educational Attainment |
Middle school graduate High school graduate Professional degree Bachelor’s degree Specialization Master’s degree Doctoral degree |
How long have you been working as a reporter? |
Open answer |
Did you work as a reporter during the COVID-19 pandemic? |
Yes No |
Did you get COVID-19? |
Yes No |
If so, do you have any persistent symptoms? (Consider the main one) |
Fatigue Shortness of breath Headaches Sore muscles Hair loss Temporary or lasting loss of taste and smell Chest pain Dizziness Thromboses Palpitations Depression and anxiety Difficulties with language, reasoning, and memory Other (open answer) |
At the moment of this research, do you have any influenza symptoms? |
Yes No |
Reporter’s self-perception of voice
|
How would you define your voice? |
Excellent Good Average Poor Awful |
How would you classify your speech articulation (diction)? |
Excellent Good Average Poor Awful |
Do you normally use gestures and facial expressions to accompany your speech during reportage? |
Yes No |
Reporter communicative performance when wearing a mask during reportage
|
I adapted better to wearing this mask during reportage: |
FFP2/N955 Surgical masks Fabric masks |
I feel a difference in the quality of my voice when I wear a protective face mask during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel difficulties in speech articulation (diction) when wearing a protective face mask during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel difficulties expressing myself with gestures and facial expressions when wearing a protective face mask during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel short of breath or breathing discomfort when I wear face masks during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I need to make an effort to speak during reportage when I am wearing a protective face mask |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
My throat has been sore or uncomfortable since I started wearing protective face masks during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I notice I started coughing or clearing my throat when I started wearing protective face masks during reportage |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel I have to speak louder than usual to be heard when I wear a protective face mask |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel my voice tired by the end of the reportage because of the face mask |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I feel my voice is lower, muffled, or with a low volume because of wearing a face mask |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
I have difficulties hearing and/or being heard by interviewees in noisy places |
Yes, but I do not feel it anymore Yes, and I still feel it No, I did not feel it |
How was it to you, at the beginning of the pandemic, to make reportage wearing a protective face mask? |
Open answer |
And now? What changed? (What do you perceive now, 1 year after you were recommended to wear a protective face mask during reportage?) |
Open answer |