Victor's Research Methods Blog

 The analytical tool that I am going to use is Microsoft Excel, as I already have access to this application. I am still waiting to get all of my responses for my survey. Will update if it is not done by the end of this week.  

  Who will be your survey-takers? I was thinking of asking my friends, and students in my other classes to participate in my survey. How many do you need? I would say at least 10 people, but I do not really know how many people I would need for this survey (first time doing a survey). How will you approach them? I would either email them, call them, or ask them on zoom if they could participate in my survey. Will they write on a piece of paper? No. I do not want to put anyone that would be participating in this survey at risk of getting Covid-19. I will more than likely, create an online survey or email them. Will you ask them questions and put tick marks on a tally sheet? No. I would like them to take their time in answering this survey, as earnestly as possible. Will you email the survey to them? Most likely, as this is the most convenient way to get my survey out to the people that I am planning on contacting. I was planning on sending them an online survey, or a Micro...

  What is the role of writing a literature review in the context of a major research project? Why do scholars expend considerable time and effort required to do this step? The role of a literate review is to provided knowledge to a specific topic, that the literature review is based on. Re-examining the work other people have done in that topic to give them credit on their work or looking at gaps in their research. In the hope of improving something in that area of study. Addressing conflicts that emerge from previous studies, as new things could pop up that could answer previous open questions from that research. It also helps the people have an intimate understanding on the subject they are working on, to improve anything someone else might have missed in that subject. It is the most important step in a major research project, as it is the foundation for major research projects. Scholars spend a considerable time and effort on literature reviews; because it lets them examine al...

  1 st set of questions: How far do you read past the headline on your newsfeed (if at all)? Why are using social media, as your preferred news source? Why do they think it is important to follow politicians on social media (twitter)? Whenever you look news up online using a search engine (google), do you do additional research on the subject? If you do not; why, don’t you do some research on the subject? How does the news that appears in your feed make you feel? Do you stick to one online community group that supports your ideas, and your way of thinking? What kind of social media do you use as your primary news source? Do you go to social media looking for news, or does it pop up on your feed? Does where the news come from affect how you view it? Have you ever commented on a post, before reading the article? 2 nd set of questions: Do you use social media, as a news source? Yes or No Is social media your preferred news source? Yes or No Do you follo...

  1. You have been developing your familiarity with the existing literature around a topic area in your literature review. What questions have occurred to you that are not yet adequately answered by the existing literature? Why are user using social media, as their preferred news source? Why do they think its important to follow politicians on social media (twitter)? Whenever they look news up online using a search engine (google), do they do additional research on the subject? If they do not; why, don’t they do some research on the subject? Do users stick to one online community group that supports their ideas, and their way of thinking?   What kind of social media to they use for their news source if they use any?   2. What questions or concerns drew you to the topic area in the first place? In the social media that I use, I’m starting to see my friends post or talk about 1 to 2 minute long videos (editing) on politics, and I start to get curious about what the...

  Final draft Lit Review   Users today consume vast amounts of news in a short amount of time, using social media as their preferred news outlet. As various authors who did research on the subject point out “In case of polarizing topics like politics, where multiple competing perspectives exist, the political bias in the top search results can play a significant role in shaping public opinion towards (or away from) certain perspectives” (Kulshresta, Eslami, Messias, Zafar, Gosh, Gummadi & Karahalios, 2019). When users look up news to see what is going on with the world around them, there is a bias in the algorithm itself, shaping their opinion before they read the whole story; segregating people on their political views, and making them unable to have a conversation with people that have a different political opinions from them. The purpose of this review is to provide a cohesive understanding of the bias in social media and search engines, with the focus being on poli...