METHODOLOGY M ichael Noel Phoya, a trained journalist and media manager from Malawi was commissioned to design a survey tool to help MISA properly framing the issue of Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace. According to the brief, key themes to consider were privacy, communications surveillance, mobile technology and digital security. In the end, a 23-question electronic survey was designed. MISA distributed the link to the online survey via the MISA global mailing list, Twitter, Facebook and direct emails to prospective respondents. Of the 90 respondents who started the study, 72 % finished. These findings are based on those who finished. Thirty-five per cent of the respondents classified themselves in the category of media activists, 26% as mainstream journalists, 27% as citizen journalists/bloggers, and 23% as ‘Other’. 6 Categories of respondents The study primarily focused on southern Africa residents. Twenty-two per cent of respondents were from Malawi, followed by Namibia at 17%, Zimbabwe and Botswana at 16% each, Zambia at 7%, South Africa at 6%, Swaziland at 3%, Lesotho and Tanzania at 1% each, the UK and Americas at 4%, while 7% of respondents chose not to indicate their country of origin.