Ego (respondent)
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Round yellow card in the centre of an A0 paper sheet
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Alter (type of knowledge source)
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Person: round yellow card
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Audiovisual: orange rectangular card
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Print media: brown rectangular card
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Institutions and organisations: red rectangular card
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Amount of knowledge
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Size of alters’ card in cm (Ø 4 = not much, Ø 5 = some, Ø 6 = much, Ø 7 = very much) to represent different amounts of knowledge
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Relationship ties
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Expressed through the distance from the ego card to all alters’ cards allocated by ego
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Contact frequency (ego to alters) |
Three lines (≡): often
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Two lines (=): occasionally
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One line (-): rarely
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One line (- red colour): no contact († dead) |