Category Archives: Dissertation

Notes from this afternoon’s session with Hugo: Reading technique Check Harvard referencing system Issues raised – quotes Summaries the content/argument in a few words or paragraph Structure title page abstract – less than a page to sum up the document … Continue reading →

Today was my first individual tutorial with Katina. I was a bit reluctant to go, as I feel my idea is still at the “germinating” stage, and I felt there wouldn’t be much we could discuss. But Katina was really … Continue reading →

So, we’ve been allocated our dissertation supervisors. Mine is Katina Hazelden, who I know has done some really cool things with interactive social elearning games, play spaces etc. So she should be a really valuable resource. My first tutorial will … Continue reading →

Title: “Is Digitisation changing the way we relate?” Subject Areas, Content and Key Terms: Social media, social networking, sociology, community, rapport, trust, online disinhibition, participation, collaborative authorship, computer-mediated relationships. (Socialisation for autistic, elderly etc?) Synopsis: New Media is pervading more … Continue reading →

This afternoon we had an interesting seminar where I talked with Nick, Sarah and Chris about our current ideas. I went in with a vague, and really wide idea of some sort of cultural or psychological writing about how technology … Continue reading →