How could we do it better? Methodology review.

As everytime you do a social research, in the end you have to take a time to go back and review the methodology that you have used. The analysis of the strong and weak point and suggestions to improve the next time are part of the project as well. This metacognitive moment is essential in order to improve and do it better next time. Because of that, our analysis is going to focus on two parts: topic/narrators and interviews.

What can we conclude? An analysis of answers.

This essay analyzes the main answers of the interviews. Firstly, we will discuss the main reasons why they got their first mobile phone. Then, we will describe the different ways of adaptation to this device. Finally, we will compare the answers about the advantages and disadvantages that our narrators think about the App Whatsapp. 

Table of answers

In the following link, you can open a pdf with a table of the answers. In that way we can compare easily what they said.

To see the table, click here.

Interviews

It is time to do interviews!

List of topics/ questions

1st Part. The arrival of the mobile phone: the revolutionary communication device. Introduction:

• When did you have your first mobile phone? (year, your age...)
• How did it look like? (Appearance)
• Why did you get it?

Background research. 2nd part: another way of communication. Whatsapp

Some words about an specific way of communication nowadays through our mobile phones: WHATSAPP

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Whatsapp is an instant message application created by Whatsapp Inc. (company founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton). Whatsapp is a play with words that means "What's up?" Since it appeared, it has supposed a revolutionary way of communication. It has left out-of-date other services as SMS because it is not free and the number of characters is limited.

Background research. 1st part. The arrival of the mobile phone: the revolutionary communication device

In this entry we are going to learn a little bit about when the first mobile phone appeared and how it has changed till our day.

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Before the first phone was created we used to communicate by radio. That small machine was like a magic box that had the power to inform you about everything. Although it seemed to be the top of technology, in the 20s, there were the first attempts to communicate by mobile phone. In 1923, police in Australia found the first way to communicate in a wireless way.

Outcomes of this project: what do we want to find out?

To do this project, I am going to establish some outcomes. This step is really important in order not to lose objectivity. Let's go over them:

• To analyze an historical event through oral history in order to contribute to History.
• To research the impact of the arrival of mobile phones in people's lives. 
• To compare how this event impacted in different ways in two different generations. 
• To understand how poeple have chaned the way they communicate since since the introduction of mobile phones. 

Narrators: Who are my father and my brother?

This is the time to present the stars of the project: my father and my brother. But who are them? In this entry we are going to meet our eye-witnesses and discover why they are qualified and appropriate for that.

Scope

Introduction

Hi everyone!
My name is Tamara and I am a student of Pre-Primary. I have created this blog to share with you the findings of my Project.

But, what is that Project about and why could it be interesting for you?