April 2011
18 posts
WatchHere is a live video of my powerpoint presentation, including an audio commentary than none other than herself, Emma Garvie! Enjoy!
My presentation
Although I didn’t have any notes as I knew everything I was going to say, I had some prompt questions to remember to explore within my presentation. Here they are:
Presentation Notes
Hypothesis
Before I undertook any research, I wrote the exact question I was trying to answer, divided into six sub-topics along with a Hypothesis. I decided to write a Hypothesis as I thought it would be...
Quotes from in-depth interview
“I am a notroiously late adopter of technology. I almost enjoy the fact that I don’t have the latest kit. I can’t really explain it. I had a go on the smartphone and I didn’t really enjoy it, although I could see that it was good.”
“I wasn’t good enough at using the keyboard, I just got really frustrated with it”
“I am also a pay as you go...
Quotes from Focus Group
“i don’t feel the need, a phone is a phone” - Justyn Hollet
“My house is a bit tinny innit, it takes up room. If you get a computer you need a desk to put it on, a computer chair. With a laptop you can just put it on your lap, with a cup of tea in hand, easy” - Jerome Golding
“If your in your room and you want pizza hut you can just go on your phone and get...
March 2011
4 posts
In depth interview - Primary Research
Interview Questions
1) Do you own a Smartphone?
2) If yes why, if no why not
3) Do you have a conventional home desktop computer? (reference picture)
4) If yes why, if no why not
4) Do you beleive the desktop computer is an important necessity in the household?
5) How do you feel about the iPad or similar products replacing the computer?
6) Would you ever consider replacing your computer with a Smartphone?
7)...
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February 2011
19 posts
Focus Group - Part 2 Audio
Focus Group Part 2
Focus Group - Part 1 Audio
Focus Group - Part 1
Focus Group Questions
How many people in the focus group?
How many male?
How many female?
How many of you have a Smartphone?
If not, why do you not have a Smartphone?
How many of you have a computer (not a laptop) at home?
If you don’t have a computer at home, why do you not have one?
How do you feel about always being connected to the internet with a Smartphone (3G Network)?
For those of you that have a home...
Primary Research
These are the methods I am going to use to gather my own information:
Focus Group within the class
Online questionaire getting everyone and anyone to fill it in
One on one interview with Mr Collins
13) Secondary Research - Un-reliable Source
I found this source by typing “computer decline” into Bing.
http://desktops.cbronline.com/news/consumers-purchase-of-computers-decline-tablets-to-increase-accenture-050111
Although it had a publish date of 05 January 2011, there was no author stamp. Reading through the article it was just statistic after statistic, with no source to where it is from, making it completely unreliable, and...
11) Secondary Research - Un-reliable Source
To get this link I typed “compare Smartphones” into Ask Jeeves.
http://cell-phones.toptenreviews.com/smartphones/
At first, I did not recognise this website what so ever, and it seemed a bit difficult to understand with adverts and a confusing table comparison. There is no author stamp or publish date, the only information we are given is that it is a “2011 compare best Smartphones”...
12) Secondary Research - Un-reliable Source
To get this link I typed “the future of computers” into Google.
http://www.cbtplanet.com/articles-tutorials/the-future-of-computers.htm
Straight away I did not recognise the website, and after searching the page there was no author or date stamp. Instantly, I know I cannot trust this source as I have no idea who has written it, or how old it is. Despite this, the article is very...
9) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “future of computer” into Ask Jeeves.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/334799/Future_shock_The_PC_of_2019
Although I did not recognise the website straight away, I instantly saw the date and author stamp. It was written by Mary K. Pratt, and published on March 16, 2009. The article is recent enough for the reliability to be trusted. The article explores this...
10) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To find this source I typed “Smartphone vs Computer” into Google.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/198305/laptop_vs_netbook_vs_smartphone.html
Straight away the fact it is an article from PC World, increases its reliability. Also there is an author stamp of Jason Cross and a publish date of June 2009, 2010 2:00am. Reading through the article, references are hyperlinked and it is a very...
8) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “death of the home computer” into Google.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Death-of-the-Home-Computer&id=5604857
This is from the same website as the previous article, as I trusted it before, I decided to look through it again. The article had an author stamp of Maxime Maximus, where you can click to see their profile and journalistic history, increasing the...
6) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link i typed “decline in computer sales” into Ask Jeeves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7918621.stm
Instantly, the article can be trusted as it is from the BBC News website, a very reliable and reputable source which provides news from all over the world, to the world. There is a precise publish date of “15:46 GMT, Monday, 2 March 2009”, which isn’t that recent, but recent...
5) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “introduction of the ipad” into Bing.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Introduction-to-the-iPad&id=4308801
At first, I was a bit apprehensible about the website, as I had never heard of it before. However, it had an author stamp of Jim Johannasen, with a hyperlink where you could see a biography and previously written articles, backing up the reliability of the...
7) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “the Smartphone always connected” into Google.
http://www.drivelry.com/always-on-smartphones-3g-and-texting-with-generation-y/419/
Straight away I did not recognise the website but the title of the article caught my attention, “The ‘always-on’ world of Generation Y and what we can learn from it”. The article has a publish date of “September 11, 2009”, therefore it...
4) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “Smartphone push notifications” into Google.
http://www.messagingnews.com/onmessage/ben-gross/apis-building-sms-and-push-notifications-applications
Although I did not recognise this website straight away, I instantly saw that it had an author stamp, Ben Gross. When clicking on Ben Gross we are taken to a personal profile listing previous, similar work, increasing...
3) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link I typed “compare Smartphones” into Bing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/table/2008/oct/03/google.g1.nokia.iphone
Straight away, we know this is a reliable source as it is from the Guardian website, which as a prestigious reputation. There is a publish date of “Friday 3 October 2008 14.02 BST”, making the article about 3 years old. Now we can question its...
2) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link, I typed “Features of a Smartphone” into Google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
This is an extremely detailed article, exploring the history of a Smartphone, and giving in depth definitions to each of it’s recognizable features. However, the reliability of Wikipedia has to be questioned, as anyone sitting from home can edit it, although it does have to be...
1) Secondary Research - Reliable Source
To get this link, I typed “What is a Smartphone?” into Google.
http://cellphones.about.com/od/smartphonebasics/a/what_is_smart.htm
This is a reliable source as it states an author, Liane Cassavoy. You can also click on the link to her name to view her portfolio, you can then see details on her education and career history, showing Cassavoy knows what she is writing about, therefore...
Minimum 10 good, 3 bad - Secondary Research on my...
1) How you got your link, what words did you type into google,bing, different search engines
2) Paste the link
3) Is it a reliable source, facts, numbers, statistics, date, published date
4) Quotes, include quotes, reliable
5) Opinon, what would you question? Who is it written by? The site may be biased
6) Aim for 150 words per source
FIRST PART OF THE UNIT FINALLY FINISHED WOO
January 2011
17 posts
Smartphones, is this the death of the home...
This is my chosen topic for my project. Here are my 6 sub topics that I have divided it into:
What is a Smartphone? Indepth section on how to define a Smartphone, where they originated from, what was the first Smartphone and how long they have been on the market for
Comparing current Smartphones on the market - This section will compare current Smartphones on the market, comparing their features...
28th January 2011 Task
Think of an idea for your research topic
Research websites where you would gather information
Collect 15 sources (including at least 3 bad sources) write down the number, name/URL, date written, brief summary of content, assesment of reliability.
'New' Media
Digital music - impact/copyright
Convergence - iphone, ipad etc impact of mobility…
Xbox - convergence, changing the social habits of gamers
Social networking - personal identity, impact
Blogging - impact, democratic voice or pointless rambling?
Online TV/online magazines/online newspapers
3D film… even 4D
Is your website reliable?
These aspects need to be considered before collecting secondary data from the internet:
Wikipedia - reliable? Anyone can edit it!
Who wrote it?
When it was written?
What did they write?
Why did they write it?
Both sides of the story?
Check out the biblography, are they backing themselves up anywhere? Section at bottom of website, who that person is who that journalist really is, no about us...
Forms of research
Experiments - This is a good way of finding out a predicted result from a hypotheses. Also to find out factors you do not know about something,
Participant observation - This is when you are participating in a observation activity along with the people you are observing.
Historical research - The systematic collection and evaluation of data related to past occurrences in order to describe...
Website competitor analysis / comparative study
I chose to analyse SoundCloud.com and Getsigned.com. I had to analyse the:
Home page
Navigation
Links and labels
Search and search results
Readability
Performance
Content
I found this technique of research worked extraordinarily well, although it was somewhat tedious and I lost my concentration half way through. If you are using this form of research in a focus group for a company I would...
Results - Survey Monkey
Here are some graphs of the results of my survey:
A link to my survey, do it!!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H837Q33
Miss Tomlinson's very average audience research...
Question 1: Needing to know the name of the participant is irrelevant. More importantly you need to know the age and gender of the questionee, this will help to divide your research. Also, where in the country they are from, you may see a trend or pattern appear in certain parts of the UK. This question does not ask any relevant demographics.This should be a closed question.
Question 2: There is...
