It’s
interesting how you argue about Hollywood movies as predictable with the same
patterns in most of the movies. This is something that really bothers me, and I
always scroll past these when they are suggested and recommended on different
movie-sites (which often are ranked by – americans.). So tired of the American
heroes, how they present the “bad guys”, Also the overkill action or
exaggerated love stories with the predictable endings. I wonder if people get
satisfied with these kind of manuscripts? Or if it is just a way to brainwash
people towards “this is how it should be, and can be!”, just to make people
feel sufficiently unsatisfied with their own lives. Although, Hollywood seems
to be the dream for most of movie directors such as Daniél Espinosa and Daniel
Fridell. But I wonder what underlies that fact? Could it be as Adorno and
Horkheimer states? That it is, as you’ve written, the maximization of profits
in the industry?
Hi Havva,
I do agree with you that it was interesting to discuss the definition of individualism and made us consider if there even is one? It doesn’t matter in what type of “trace” we place ourselves in; there will always be a group of people that consider themselves belong to it. Therefore it is in fact almost impossible to regard ourselves as individuals. Is true individualism an exact contrast towards something that is not already defined?
I do agree with you that it was interesting to discuss the definition of individualism and made us consider if there even is one? It doesn’t matter in what type of “trace” we place ourselves in; there will always be a group of people that consider themselves belong to it. Therefore it is in fact almost impossible to regard ourselves as individuals. Is true individualism an exact contrast towards something that is not already defined?
Hi Martin,
I
definitely wished that I had done as you’ve done – read this course before my
Bachelor thesis. The preparation towards relate these different methods, and
being aware, but also have a deeper understanding in the different areas as
these themes have covered is of great relevance. The ability to find relevant
papers through journals was something I now feel I did not have sufficient
expertise in while researching for my bachelor thesis. I wish you all the luck
with your bachelor thesis!
Hi Ingrid,
The paper you’ve read seems quite interesting, in the sense that they want to examine the difference in a cultural point of view. Although, I wonder why they chose two developed countries such as Germany and the US ? I feel that it would have been a considerably more rewarding research if they perhaps would have chosen one developed country and one undeveloped country. Do you agree? I haven’t read the paper but I believe the outcome of the research might have been that the result between the countries is similar to each other?
Also, you argue that 21 people are not an adequate amount of participants to base a result on. But in a qualitative study researcher aim for depth instead of generalization, which means that 21 people in the study should be enough to get a result in the study. As Olle Bälter said during his seminar, the amount of time to transcribe a one-hour interview is certainly time consuming for the researcher.
The paper you’ve read seems quite interesting, in the sense that they want to examine the difference in a cultural point of view. Although, I wonder why they chose two developed countries such as Germany and the US ? I feel that it would have been a considerably more rewarding research if they perhaps would have chosen one developed country and one undeveloped country. Do you agree? I haven’t read the paper but I believe the outcome of the research might have been that the result between the countries is similar to each other?
Also, you argue that 21 people are not an adequate amount of participants to base a result on. But in a qualitative study researcher aim for depth instead of generalization, which means that 21 people in the study should be enough to get a result in the study. As Olle Bälter said during his seminar, the amount of time to transcribe a one-hour interview is certainly time consuming for the researcher.
Hi Maria,
First of all, It is an interesting choice you have made in selecting the article. The option that you made is very up to date and something that is concerning a lot of people today. You mention that Humphrey does not agree with the participants, and also that he tried to define “privacy issue” but failed? In what way does he fail?
First of all, It is an interesting choice you have made in selecting the article. The option that you made is very up to date and something that is concerning a lot of people today. You mention that Humphrey does not agree with the participants, and also that he tried to define “privacy issue” but failed? In what way does he fail?
Something I
immediately think of while reading your post about Theme 6 and the choice of
article that you’ve made, is the program Debatt on SVT. Where they recently
discussed the tabloid Expressens outing of “anonymous” writers on the racist
forum Avpixlat, and in that way reveal identities and scratch the surface on
privacy issues. I believe that the choice of participants in the research
perhaps would have reacted differently IF they contacted people in, as for
example an anonymous forum, and did the interview with these. And by doing
this, underlining the fact that no one is anonymous and therefore highlighting
the privacy issue.
Hi Aron,
While
reading your blog-post I specifically got stuck on the last entry were you
reflect on “vessels of art”. My interpretation about what you are proposing as
opposite to mass deception, is that this is to provoke something that is not (culturally)
accepted all over the world? During the seminar we discussed the interpretation
of art, and all of those whom interpret a nude picture of a woman as something
pornographically does not understand the beauty behind the art. I don’t know if
this could be compared to your thought about Lars Vilks representation of a
sensitive topic in an Islamic point of view. But I feel that you’ve tried to underline that this is not
something that is brainwashed and accepted by the “mass” ?
Hi
Nicholas,
I like the
fact that you chose an article were the researcher has the intention to examine
an actual problem and how technology could be a beneficial part of peoples “own
choice” of rehabilitation. As you write – the choice of method in this research
is valuable in many different perspectives. Such as getting a greater
understanding for users of these kind of drugs, but also grasp what kind of
text-messaging could be useful to prevent them from using as much as they
earlier have done. This could be a base towards further studies in the subject.
It would also have been interesting to read about how they reacted when the SMS
was delivered to each participant, perhaps through a diary. What do you think?
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I think it
is fascinating how you compare the church with media, and explain this in a way
that churches take advantage and fool people that do obey these religions. In
some way I do agree with you, seeing it through the point of view that we do
pay taxes if we are a part of a church, and also pay for medias mind control in
certain ways. Perhaps through must haves and created desires. But, the
differences that I do react on is that churches often satisfies and try to
direct people (hopefully) in the right way, preaching about how you can and
should be a good person. These are main pillars in the biggest religions, but
off course there are always extremists. And the satisfaction through media is
often not spiritual (although it could be), but usually in a materialistic
point of view, which I believe is something that differs these apart.
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Hi Marit,
The qualitative
paper you have chosen fits into the earlier seminar about mass deception with
Adorno and Horkheimer. I certainly enjoy reading about researches on children,
because of the fact that they always speak their mind, and mostly do not
reflect their thoughts before they express how they feel and think. As you
highlight, it could be a problem and intimidating being interviewed in a larger
group. This is something we have been discussing during seminars, where many
student that have presented their articles consisting of focus groups mention
that participants does not take the same space as others.
While reading your sentence about “modern movie industry doesn’t produce art, only content to please the audience”, I immediately think of the saying Cool guys don’t look back at explosions: http://9gag.com/gag/6445763 , which are all Hollywood produced movies. There is no doubt that Hollywood movies DO have certain structures and lines that most of the times are followed while produced. And we should not forget that Adorno and Horkheimer was in this particular environment while reflecting about the culture industry. Swedish movie directors are well known as touching deeper subjects and playing with characters in different ways, so I guess that Adorno and Horkheimer would have reflected differently if they had an overview of the worldwide movie industry today.
Hi Leah!
Thank you
for presenting design research in a good a perceptive way. Through the text I
do agree with you on most points that you highlight, and the fact that you
underline that design research can be communicated best through focus groups.
Although I also feel that you have to be careful when selecting participants
that are contributing in the focus group. It is of great importance to reach
out to people that perhaps are not in the same industry or the same area. The
reason is that there is a possibility that people can have the similar
thoughts, and the main cause of using a focus group is to get as many different
inputs as possible to be able to considerate improvements.
Hi Havva,
While
listening to you at the seminar I felt that your choice of articles are of
great interest, especially the second one about Human resource management and
cultural diversity. It reminds me about my internship in India as a 18 year old
student, where I could reflect upon this issue of a Swedish CEO trying to adapt
to the Indian culture and also trying to approach the employees with a
different style that differed what they were used to. I’ve earlier read the
course Leadership in cross-cultural context were we focused on cultural
differences in countries.
I do agree with Jenny above about the choice of method in the paper, “Us teenagers’ perceptions and awareness of digital technology: a focus group approach”, and feel that the researchers approached the students in an ineffective way. The teenagers that were in the focus groups, had a sensitive age and off course it is hard to express yourself in such big focus groups. Link to comment
I do agree with Jenny above about the choice of method in the paper, “Us teenagers’ perceptions and awareness of digital technology: a focus group approach”, and feel that the researchers approached the students in an ineffective way. The teenagers that were in the focus groups, had a sensitive age and off course it is hard to express yourself in such big focus groups. Link to comment
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