- I want to explore what is causing people to secure their homes and why companies and governments secure public space. There have been many articles written about this issue but none of them are relatively recent. Seeing that we are now in 2010, and spaces are increasingly becoming secure, I would also like to see if there are differences between the previous articles written and if securing spaces has anything to do with time periods.
- I plan to get the core information for my essay by interviewing various people in and around my neighborhood about reasons for securing homes and policemen to find out about public space cameras. I’ve spoken with two people thus far and have gotten interesting results. When I’m done with the primary research, I should have a diverse group of interviewees that will bring me closer to solving the issue of securing spaces.
- The people I’ll interview will be from my town or surrounding towns and selected according to their homes. I want to interview people that have all different types of security and also people that live in towns without a community but rather live individually.
- I’ve lived in my town my whole life and have established many contacts in the area. I also have family contacts that I will be using to speak with the police about public space cameras.
- I do not really have biases in the topic. I’m exploring it in pure interest and do not have a preference of where my research takes me. I am approaching this essay with an open mind and then plan to analyze my findings through my paper.
- To avoid biases reflected in my paper I will tell the facts and speak on the information I have gathered in my interviews and secondary research. I do plan to add my own ideas but have evidence to backup claims.
- I don’t know what I’ll discover while doing my research, I think that after conducting the interviews I’ll have a different sense of my town and be able to get different
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March 25, 2010 at 8:48 pm |
Your research topic sounds like an interesting topic, and I am glad you found an inquiry that interests you. You will need to decipher what kind of interview you want to conduct. (See types of interviews on Blackboard.) I imagine you may decide to informal conversational interview, which is laid back with no set questions. You still need to be careful, however, about not showing bias toward your topic and remaining open to answers and not trying to lead the interviewee. I’ll be curious to hear what kinds of questions you are asking in your interviews and even more curious to see what you find. Laurie