Survey for school paper! a.k.a. UNCLE ERIN NEEDS YOU
HEY, GUYS.
Okay, serious bizness: I would really, really appreciate it if you guys helped out with a paper I'm doing for a class. What kind of paper? Well, it's for a Linguistic Anthropology course, and I'm looking at the internet (naturally) and what kinds of social cues, linguistic devices, and levels of interaction we have, etc., and what it reflects about its users. My angle is that people usually look at Facebook or MySpace when they talk about how the internet has changed the way people use language, but I'd like to look at the RP, LJ, and more-or-less well-spoken subculture on this side of the internet, possibly with an emphasis on fandom/RP depending on what kind of info I get. (You'll see what I mean in the questions.)
I'd say what my ideas are, but um, wanna wait until I get evidence and all that. 8D (Also, I know there's an intense statistical bias, considering where I'm posting this to, but since the paper is supposed to be in a half-research, half-observation ethnographic format, I think it's okay. Plus, I just need to get this done. D8)
ANYWAY! If you guys could please, please fill out this survey and reply here (comments are screened so you don't have to censor yourselves as much) I would LOVE YOU FOREVER! I'd offer something in return, but I dunno what to offer. THE FASTER I GET THIS PAPER DONE, THE FASTER I GET BACK TO RPING? 8D;;
Internet Handle: (I'll give you a pseudonym if I quote you in the paper. :3)
How much time do you spend on the internet every day, give or take?:
How much time do you spend RPing every day, give or take? How long have you RPed?:
Do you RP fictional characters? If so, where?:
What do you consider your characters in relation to yourself? A separate entity? An extension of yourself?:
How many emotes/capslock/intentional misspellings/intentionally lacking/bad punctuation/meme quotes/etc. would you say you use online? Which ones? Why? Does your online conversation style change depending on who you're talking to?:
If you RP: When you thread with another person's character, what factors do you take into account while forming your response? How much of it is based on the other character's actions or your character him/herself? How much of it is based on your own plans/interaction with the other player? On the text itself? On the RP itself?:
Internet Handle: (I'll give you a pseudonym if I quote you in the paper, ahaha. 8D)
How much time do you spend on the internet every day, give or take?:
How much time do you spend RPing every day, give or take? How long have you RPed?:
Do you RP fictional characters? If so, where?:
What do you consider your characters in relation to yourself? A separate entity? An extension of yourself?:
How many emotes/capslock/intentional misspellings/intentionally lacking/bad punctuation/meme quotes/etc. would you say you use online? Which ones? Why? Does your online conversation style change depending on who you're talking to?:
When you thread with another person's character, what factors do you take into account while forming your response? How much of it is based on the other character's actions or your character him/herself? How much of it is based on your own plans/interaction with the other player? On the text itself? On the RP itself?:
Again, thank you sososososo much if you reply. ♥
[ x-posted to damned_cafe ]
Okay, serious bizness: I would really, really appreciate it if you guys helped out with a paper I'm doing for a class. What kind of paper? Well, it's for a Linguistic Anthropology course, and I'm looking at the internet (naturally) and what kinds of social cues, linguistic devices, and levels of interaction we have, etc., and what it reflects about its users. My angle is that people usually look at Facebook or MySpace when they talk about how the internet has changed the way people use language, but I'd like to look at the RP, LJ, and more-or-less well-spoken subculture on this side of the internet, possibly with an emphasis on fandom/RP depending on what kind of info I get. (You'll see what I mean in the questions.)
I'd say what my ideas are, but um, wanna wait until I get evidence and all that. 8D (Also, I know there's an intense statistical bias, considering where I'm posting this to, but since the paper is supposed to be in a half-research, half-observation ethnographic format, I think it's okay. Plus, I just need to get this done. D8)
ANYWAY! If you guys could please, please fill out this survey and reply here (comments are screened so you don't have to censor yourselves as much) I would LOVE YOU FOREVER! I'd offer something in return, but I dunno what to offer. THE FASTER I GET THIS PAPER DONE, THE FASTER I GET BACK TO RPING? 8D;;
Internet Handle: (I'll give you a pseudonym if I quote you in the paper. :3)
How much time do you spend on the internet every day, give or take?:
How much time do you spend RPing every day, give or take? How long have you RPed?:
Do you RP fictional characters? If so, where?:
What do you consider your characters in relation to yourself? A separate entity? An extension of yourself?:
How many emotes/capslock/intentional misspellings/intentionally lacking/bad punctuation/meme quotes/etc. would you say you use online? Which ones? Why? Does your online conversation style change depending on who you're talking to?:
If you RP: When you thread with another person's character, what factors do you take into account while forming your response? How much of it is based on the other character's actions or your character him/herself? How much of it is based on your own plans/interaction with the other player? On the text itself? On the RP itself?:
Internet Handle: (I'll give you a pseudonym if I quote you in the paper, ahaha. 8D)
How much time do you spend on the internet every day, give or take?:
How much time do you spend RPing every day, give or take? How long have you RPed?:
Do you RP fictional characters? If so, where?:
What do you consider your characters in relation to yourself? A separate entity? An extension of yourself?:
How many emotes/capslock/intentional misspellings/intentionally lacking/bad punctuation/meme quotes/etc. would you say you use online? Which ones? Why? Does your online conversation style change depending on who you're talking to?:
When you thread with another person's character, what factors do you take into account while forming your response? How much of it is based on the other character's actions or your character him/herself? How much of it is based on your own plans/interaction with the other player? On the text itself? On the RP itself?:
Again, thank you sososososo much if you reply. ♥
[ x-posted to damned_cafe ]