Post-Primary Research Write-up - Week 14

Who did you interview/observe/survey? When and where did this activity take place?
The people whom i interviewed were ten random students at the Purdue University Calumet cafeteria area. This activity took place during the day time in between classes. I chose this approach because by doing random selection it eliminated some bias that the survey may have conducted.


Why did you choose this method of research? If you had the opportunity to re-do this field research, would you undertake the same research methods/interviewee/survey/observation?
I felt that this was the most efficient way to go about my method of research. I feel this way because it relates directly to the opinions of those surrounding us, which have shown me how a small average feels about the problem. If i had the opportunity to re-do anything within this survey it would be to appeal to a larger audience and with a larger amount of diversity.



How did you conduct this interview, survey, or observation?Within this interview I made i conducted a survey which I gave out to 10 random people to fill out the three questions in which I provided. The survey was a simple survey in which the people who conducted in the survey were asked to circle whichever one applied most to them based on their own opinions.

What did you learn from this research? How has this (re)shaped the way you think about your topic?
After receiving the information back about the survey conducted, it did give me more information about how people think about the the topic of direct and indirect discrimination. I was not surprised that race was one of the most dominant attributes to workplace discrimination, however I was surprised that when conducting my survey that it went half and half when I asked about if the governments laws and regulations are making a difference.

Reflection
After conducting a brief field research given out to ten people, I found interesting results to my survey that was conducted. The survey asked three basic questions: Do you find workplace discrimination to be a problem? What is the most problematic type of discrimination at the workplace? Do you think laws are regularly enforced by the government for workplace discrimination? Within the results, eight of the ten people found workplace discrimination to be a problem. For the most problematic type of discrimination, racial discrimination led with six votes, age discrimination with three votes and religious discrimination with one vote. Interestingly enough, the final question was answered half and half with five people saying laws were regulated, while the other five saying they were not. If i had the opportunity to re-do anything within this survey it would be to appeal to a larger audience and with a larger amount of diversity. I felt this approach was one of the easiest and best ways to approach the situation and receive more information for field research over direct and indirect discrimination because it was the easiest way to interact with others about the topic. Another problem however that may be presented is the bias that could have been present in the surveyors answers, with that being whether or not the responses were chosen truthfully or not. While there was only a small amount of questions asked, this information help put together the opinions of what society is most aware of with the major types of discrimination and how they are incorporated within a workplace.

Slideshows and Rhetorical Appeals - Week 13

Within my slideshow, I will try to incorporate all of the rhetorical appeals as well as I possibly can. Pathos will be used within my slideshow by relating it back to how it affects peoples life. For example, due to being discriminated for a reason like race or gender, which is a born trait, a job that may be necessary for living standards will not be achievable. Ethos will be incorporated by showing how it is illogical to discriminate against someone based off of basic attributes about themselves and that it should be based on how well of a worker they are and how well they can get the job done. Logos will be used by having educational and statistical information about the current situation over workplace discrimination and how it is affecting people currently, which I feel will give the viewer a more direct feel towards my slideshow video. While I do plan on using all three types, I feel that ethos and pathos will dominate the slideshow because of the information that is presented within my slideshow and how it relates right back to the illustrations of the slideshow.

Collaborative Webzine - Week 12

Within my class, I feel that now that many things have been clarified, we have a better approach of how we are going to finish this webzine in the most successful way possible. At the moment I have not had any worries about using the survivor clause, but know that I can e-mail Mrs. P about any problems or concerns about members of the group. The main concern about my part in the collaborative webzine is making sure to have a second source to market to other than Facebook. Hopefully our current plans will go through smoothly and this will no longer be an issue.

After reviewing the information that Mrs. P posted in my Google Docs, I continued to work on the slideshow. As she was evaluating my slideshow script, I was still in the process of adding the additional information. I was told to make sure to have topic sentences, an appropriate length between 3 and 4 minutes, and to add my APA citations for my references and images. After properly reviewing these directions, I added the information that was necessary to meet these requirements. I thoroughly went through websites to make sure I had appropriate and accurate information for both my references and images, both in which are also in there proper APA format.