9:52 PM – 04/11/2023
Topic Sentence. “
Surveys are ubiquitous in modern life” for researching media effects
(Mass Communication, Media, and Culture 2022, 2.3).
Main Point 1
. Survey research collects information
about a group of people by asking them
questions and analyzing the results.
Subpoint 1. Descriptive surveys are conducted to determine current state of things such as clients’ reviews or political preferences, while analytical surveys are used for gathering opinions of posed hypotheses about media
(Mass Communication, Media, and Culture 2022, 2.3).
Subpoint 2
. Open-ended survey asks participants to answer in their own words
with greater variety of answers, on contrary,
closed-ended survey analyzes the in-list answers
(Mass Communication, Media, and Culture 2022, 2.3).
Main Point 2.
I created google form to conduct survey
of how children navigate the internet and of social media effects. Subpoint 1. I found it easy to tabulate information from rating scale
and estimate
how much children love to use a specific social medium such as Facebook or Tiktok.
Subpoint 2. Survey research is a free and fast method to get the results
for my project because children answered the form after I sent the link to their parents just a day. Reference
Mass Communication, Media, and Culture. Davis CA: UC Davis Library, 2022
