Monday, 15 September 2014
Coursework Idea
One idea I had for coursework was to look at the theories present within a conversation between two individuals of opposite sexes. I thought that I could find pairs of different ages and varying relationships, perhaps from children to mature adults, from siblings to friends, even a romantic heterosexual couple. To control variables, I would give each pair the same topic to discuss, and the same length of time to do it. I'm not sure what subject I would have to use in order to stir up a debate/dialogue that wasn't awkward or mechanical, as I would have to observe/record them overtly, but I'm sure I could do some prior research into hot topics. I could probably do this using some sort of survey, and a longer amount of time might get the pairs to relax into their conversations. Also, I'd probably have to hone in on specific gender theories to make the research more specific. Maybe I could incorporate some power theories too.
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I really like your language investigation idea Josie and think it would be really interesting to look at. The topic of conversation could be something controversial but relevant for all the different types of people in order for the stimulus to stay the same and get a good amount of data from all participants and a controversial topic might make the participants relax quickly and forget they are being recorded. I like your idea of researching what topics would be good to use as a stimulus especially since you are using different types of people so maybe sending out the survey to a sample from every group you are deciding to study in order to see who would be good to study. I'm not sure what theories you could look at but maybe research a particular language and gender theorist and look at some of their hypotheses that might work with your investigation idea.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! Are there enough comparability factors? What are you hoping to test/discover?
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