Applied Media Research - More Research!

To do more research for the presentation, we need to use more platforms than just giving out questionnaires. So I decided to go on to Facebook and do a poll with an online audience. I made a few status updates asking everyone to comment their favourite show out of the three we have researched; and they responded very well!

In groups you can actually make a poll where people just tick the choice they want rather than typing it. So in the Media Professional Studies group that we have on Facebook I added a poll for all my classmates to vote.

I also decided to ask if people would fill in the questionnaire for me through Facebook; this way I was getting the results faster and didn't have to keep pestering people in public. The people who filled in the questionnaire on Facebook volunteered and I was very grateful!

My Reflection
Using social networking to gather research is a good way of engaging with those who use online content and social networking for their TV interaction. Making the poll was quick and easy and the results were gathered over a couple of days. The results were easy to collect and I was able to get a lot of people involved. As for the questionnaire; we did get a lot of people to fill it in by hand when in university, but this way I got a wider audience of people to fill in the questionnaire. Different ages and genders filled it in for me and this allows the research to be broader.

You Learn Something New Everyday
Facebook isn't just a place for socialising and looking at silly videos and pictures; it can actually be useful! Thanks Zuckerberg!

Speak Soon!