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Torbjörn Axelsson

8 November 2013

Theme 1: Theory of science

http://dm2572-toax.blogspot.se/2013/11/theme-1-theory-of-science.html?showComment=1387495285737

Hi Torbjörn!

You have a fluent and informative text where you have taken good key points from Rusells text. I liked how you wrote about proposition and statement of fact. In my opinion the difference between them is the value of truth that is given, where statement of fact is more reliable in sense of truth.

Hannah Fahd

21 November 2013

Theme 2: Critical media studies

http://hannah-fahd.blogspot.se/2013/11/reflection-theme-2-critical-media.html

Interesting to read you blog post especially the part about individualism. I totally agree with you on this one, where the definition of individualism is very vague. Many people see individualism as being outside of the group but as you mentioned it, this is not necessarily true. You will always be a part of a group, which makes it impossible to be alone. You are part of a family, a country, a society or even a community.

Maria Strömbäck

21 November 2013

Theme 2: Critical media studies

http://mariastromback.blogspot.se/2013/11/critical-media-studies-post-reflections.html?showComment=1387491126521

Hi Maria!

I liked that you brought up the example about what art is. On the seminar, Leif told that things are often accepted as an art when it is shown in a gallery or something similar. This made me ask the same question you did. What is art? And how can it be defined? As you say why can’t a graffiti painting be a form of art? But if everyone defines art in his or her way, wouldn’t everything be considered art? I feel like the definition is really hard to set. It is an unclear concept, which can be interpreted in different ways.

Deborah Lindberg

27 November 2013

Theme 3: Research and Theory

http://deborahtom.blogspot.se/2013/11/theme-3-research-and-theory.html?showComment=1387497569235

Hi Deborah!

I liked how you described the benefits of using qualitative methods in form of interviews in the paper you selected. It would also be interesting to see what the limitations were. I know that interviews can take a lot of time (prepare, transcript etc.). And it is shown that people tend to be more careful on what they say on interviews especially if the questions are ethical questions. Do you think that they gave honest answers during the interview?

Ingrid Larsson

Theme 3: Research and theory

27 November 2013

http://ingriddm2572.blogspot.se/2013/11/theme-3-post-reflections.html?showComment=1387498383910

You summarize what theory is in a very concrete and easy way, and I feel that it is enough to make the point. But I would like to add that theory can theory doesn’t always answer the question why. It explains an idea or a phenomenon to get a greater understanding of it. But it does not necessarily mean that it gives a answer to the question why.

Filip Erlandsson

28 November 2013

Theme 4: Quantitative research

http://filip-erlandsson-dm2572.blogspot.se/2013/11/theme-4-quantitative-research-prior.html?showComment=1387493976129

Hi Filip!

You have chosen a very interesting quantitative paper, which made me curious to read. The survey was sent out to 194 people where only 56 of them where male. In my opinion this can be a disadvantage though the genders are not equally represented. If the aim of the study is to see how people act in relationships, shouldn’t they choose participants who are in a relationship? 91 of the participants where single people. Maybe there knowledge from previous relationships was interesting? Many questions here. But it was good written blog text where you summarize the study in a very short and informative way.

Cim Nordling

29 November 2013

Theme 4: Quantitative research

http://dm2572tmm-cim.blogspot.se/2013/11/theme-4-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1387495891071

I have chosen the same article as you in the earlier theme and I really wanted someone else to chose this one so I could see what their thoughts was. When I read you paper I got the feeling that we have noticed the same limitations. One of them was the risk of misunderstanding the question, which can affect the result. Another one is that the survey was only sent to Facebook users in Australia, which gives a narrow picture on the use of Facebook.

Julia Zabavina

12 December 2013

Theme 5: Design research

http://zabavinaj.blogspot.se/2013/12/theme-5-post-reflection.html?showComment=1387496892241

I liked that you got a different approach to the concept of design research. You believe that it is important to create products that will respond to human need because they will be useless otherwise. But is a product useless if it doesn’t serve a human. Or the opposite, Is a product always useful if it respond to a human need. And how can we define what human needs are.

Andreas Sylvan

19 December 2013

Theme 6: Qualitative and case study research

http://dm2572sylvan.blogspot.se/2013/12/post-theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html

Hi Andreas!

I agree with you about the things you wrote about focus groups. I have also been in a lot of different focus groups but never did one myself. It can be as you say a negative side of focus groups such as all participants cannot be equally active. I feel that the person who will moderate the discussion should be aware of these factors and control the discussion discreetly. I also liked you example with coca-cola company which shows how focus groups can be useful in marketing strategy’s and in academic perspective.

Ekaterina Karpukhina

13 December 2013

Theme 6: Qualitative and case study research

http://ekaterina-karpukhina.blogspot.se/2013/12/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html?showComment=1387492893223

Hi Ekaterina!

You have a well-written blog post with good explanations of the methods. It was interesting to read about the benefits and limitations. You have a short and informative case part about case study. I felt like it was difficult to disrobe a case study but I feel like you have done a good job on that. I feel that the best part with a case study is as you put it, “close to the real situation”. This in my opinion gives a better understanding of the phenomenon that is being studied. You get a better insight on the situation.