SUBJECTS OF CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH
ALREADY UNDERTAKEN
Level 4: ‘Advertising does not sell things; all
advertising does is change the way people think or feel’ (Jeremy Bullmore).
Evaluate this statement with reference to selected critical theories (past and
present).
Level 5: With the high impact of new media and internet, what is publication today?
AIM AND/OR OBJECTIVE OF YOUR PROPOSED C.O.P.3 PROJECT
To keep the focus within media and publication as I have enjoyed
exploring these areas in level 5
To expand on my knowledge of what I have learnt in level 5
The media, new media, internet and publication
I would like to look further into slow movement
What research needs to be undertaken into the
general and specific contexts of your practice?
To read more books about media to outline a more specific path way
Reading other dissertations
Reading and research articles online about the media
Further research into slow movement
What
approach(es) will you take and what processes, methods, materials and
tools are to be involved in research into your practice?
Tools include: internet, books, interviews
Methods include: reading, visiting places of interest in relation to
research
Materials: photographs
What preparation or investigations do you need to
undertake for your creative practice to take place?
Visiting
Thailand in the summer so I would like to use this as primary research into
slow movement, looking at their quality of life. Other investigations include
making more surveys and asking different age ranges questions about the media.
What
research do you need to undertake regarding who your creativity is for?
Research further into the media and the various
different areas including: newspapers, magazines, new media, social media.
Maybe through reading I will be able to choose a more specific area of interest
in media or a way of linking them all together.
Primary Sources of Information
Description: Looking into slow movement
Location: Thailand
Description: Surveys for different age ranges
Location: Leeds/ Wolverhampton/ Online
Description: Photographs
Locations: Thailand/ Leeds/ Other places of interest in summer
Secondary sources of information
1. Media and introduction, Jonathan Bignell
2.
In praise of slow, Carl Honore
3. The media an introduction, Adam Briggs and Paul
Cobley
4.
Marshall McLuhan, Understanding the media
5. Marshall McLuhan, The medium is the message
