Monday, 17 October 2016

Methodology

Methodology-

Hypothesis- Danni uses more deficit features than Lockie whilst in conversation

Data resource- TV programme – The Only Way is Essex. People: Danielle Armstrong and James Lock. Known names: Danni and Lockie

Reliability- I am going to look at the series where Danni and Lockie started off as a couple together. I am then going to look at 5 of their conversations. I may look at more of their conversations if they are short. I am going to watch the first episode and find the first 5 conversations they have, which will most likely mean I will be looking at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th episode as well, depending on how many conversations they have in each episode. I am choosing the first 5 conversations they have because I need it to be a reliable piece of data. I am not going to pick and choose at random, the different conversations otherwise it is not scientific. I am choosing 5 conversations because I will have more data to analyse, they may have an off conversation which does not represent their usual selves so I need to have a range.

Comparability- The one factor in which will be different is the Gender of the two people. There are many comparability factors which mean that gender is the main reason for the different language they are using. The two people that I am studying for my data are both from Essex and still currently live there. This means that they will have similar accents and also dialect as they have been brought up within the same city. They are both of similar ages, Lockie is 29, and Danni is 28. They have similar life styles as they both own their own businesses; Danni owns a clothes shop called ‘Danni Boutique’ and Lockie has his own restaurant called ‘Lockie’s Kitchen’. They both have similar interests such as going clubbing, getting spray tans and going to the gym.


Ethicality- I am using a TV programme for my data. This means I will not need any permission as it is a show that is for public viewing. 

1 comment:

  1. Good range of considerations. Will you only do conversations where they are speaking to each other or with more partcipants? Did you think about doing some quantified data for comparison of them speaking with others? That could come later and only if it is helpful. Say whose theory your hypothesis relates to. This looks ready to go.

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