The document outlines Dr. Jenine Beekhuyzen's research questions regarding digital rights management and online music experiences. It discusses the evolution of her research focus from understanding music-sharing motivation to examining how information systems facilitate unauthorized file sharing in underground communities. The text emphasizes the importance and complexity of developing a strong research question, as it shapes the entire research process.

1. The Research Question…
Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen

2. My original research questions
• What are the relationships between digital rights
management and the attitudes, motivations and behaviour
of people engaging in online music?
– How do people use digital online music and what constitutes
their online music experience?
– What are the social elements of online music and how
important is sharing music?
– Is technology protection such as digital rights management
changing the user music experience?
– What are the benefits to individuals to personalise digital
music in an online environment?

3. My research questions before
submission
• What is the download culture of file
sharers, and how do information
systems support music distribution,
access and use?

4. My final research question
• How do information systems support
unauthorised file sharing activities
within an underground online
community?

5. Development of a good
research question
• Important task because RQ influences everything:
• Theory to be applied
• Method to be used
• Data to be gathered
• Unit of analysis to be assessed etc
• Difficult task because you need to know a lot:
• Previous literature about research topic
• Gap in the literature
• Results of your empirical research etc

6. Process of finding a good
research question
Source: www.socialresearchmethods.net

7. Based on Benbasat & Zmud (2003)