Social Change, New Media and Everyday Makers: A Case Study of Toronto Transit Camp - Proposal

Social Change, New Media and Everyday Makers A Case Study of Toronto Transit Camp Karen Fung December 4th, 2007 SFU School of Communication Honours Research Proposal Supervisors: Richard Smith, Martin Laba

The Grid
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Methodology
Challenges & Next Steps
Discussion

Toronto Transit Camp
What, when, where?
For who, by who?
Why?
Why study it?
Research Goals

Conversation

Literature Review
Social Innovation in the Network Society
E-government and e-democracy
Technology and Open Source
Social/Political Capital
Theoretical tools:
Internet Connectedness
Everyday Makers

Research Questions
How did expectations and perceptions of the value, of personal and political outcomes of the event differ between Everyday Makers and other participants (such as elected representatives)?
What functions did the Internet serve in mobilizing Everyday Makers in developing trust in the Toronto Transit Camp event?
Hypotheses

Methodology
Web Survey
Locating interested interviewees
Quantitative data for Q1
Structured Interviews

Challenges & Next Steps
Defining Everyday Makers
Developing research instruments
Working Connectedness into Method
Contacting event participants (email only)
Analysis

Discussion

Social Change, New Media and Everyday Makers: A Case Study of Toronto Transit Camp - Proposal

by Karen Quinn Fung on Dec 04, 2007

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

1 Embed 6

Statistics

Social Change, New Media and Everyday Makers: A Case Study of Toronto Transit Camp - Proposal — Presentation Transcript