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Not Dead Yet
Jul. 23rd, 2009 03:59 pmWhoa, it's been a long time since I posted here. It's hard to want to write about anime casually when your job is, in fact, writing about anime. I've noticed people friending this account every once in a while, but since I couldn't tell if they really meant to friend a poor comatose blog like mine, I never did log back in until today. If you're reading this and you want me to friend you back, leave a comment and let me know!
At any rate, the real reason I'm bringing this thing back to life is that I need a short, tidy URL (one that actually fits on a business card) to direct people to an animation questionnaire I'm doing as part of my thesis research.
I realize that there might be some methodological problems around using this blog to point people towards my academic survey. For instance, I've said I like the show Kino no Tabi here; maybe that will make you more likely to say you like it too, since you know it's an answer I would approve of. This is the problem of "social desirability." It plagues researchers who hope to get the most objective, accurate data possible from their studies.
Luckily, though, I'm a qualitative, feminist sort of researcher. I don't think it's possible or even preferable to be totally "objective" in the old scientific (patriarchal, Eurocentric) sense. My relationships with fellow fans who take the survey are just as important to the study as the "hard data" I gather. I want to share stories, not extract formulaic answers. I'm not going to go so far as to post my own answers to the survey, but I don't think it can hurt for you to know a little about me based on what I've written in the past. So read back, or don't. Just take the survey linked in the first post of this page!
At any rate, the real reason I'm bringing this thing back to life is that I need a short, tidy URL (one that actually fits on a business card) to direct people to an animation questionnaire I'm doing as part of my thesis research.
I realize that there might be some methodological problems around using this blog to point people towards my academic survey. For instance, I've said I like the show Kino no Tabi here; maybe that will make you more likely to say you like it too, since you know it's an answer I would approve of. This is the problem of "social desirability." It plagues researchers who hope to get the most objective, accurate data possible from their studies.
Luckily, though, I'm a qualitative, feminist sort of researcher. I don't think it's possible or even preferable to be totally "objective" in the old scientific (patriarchal, Eurocentric) sense. My relationships with fellow fans who take the survey are just as important to the study as the "hard data" I gather. I want to share stories, not extract formulaic answers. I'm not going to go so far as to post my own answers to the survey, but I don't think it can hurt for you to know a little about me based on what I've written in the past. So read back, or don't. Just take the survey linked in the first post of this page!
