2/28/17 Research Questions

What are the long-term effects of living in a technological world?

Vasili:
"The long term effects of living in the tech world are that people become more reliant and dependable on technology in the sense that basic tasks and jobs people would do are now being substituted with faster and more efficient pieces of technology."

Yaari:
"The long term effects of living in a technological world is that the relativity of time will change. People will be expected to complete tasks a lot quicker because technology will provide much more efficient ways to complete tasks."

Khalil:
"The long term effects include in person interactions decreasing, and people thinking for themselves less."

Is being able to find information quickly online a good or bad thing?

Vasili:
"Being able to find info online is good because it allows for people to find what they are looking for faster and progress in a more efficient way, but bad because it teaches people to scan the internet rather than read thoroughly."

Yaari:
"I think being able to find info online is a great thing because I'm a student and easily accessing information is imperative to my academic success."

Khalil:
"Being able to find information online is a good thing."

How are technology and social media changing the way we communicate?

Vasili:
"Technology and media have caused people to lean more on network platforms and interfaces as their main sources of communication. Though it has allowed for messages to travel fast it has negatively impacted how humans interact with one another."

Yaari:
"Technology and social media are making us a lot less social than we used to be. Many times I'll find myself in a room with 10 other guys an instead of socializing, we're all on our phones."

Khalil:
"Technology and social media are speeding up the way we communicate, and also enhancing the amount of detail expressed through these communications."

For my three potential research questions, I decided to dig deeper into the realm of technology that I touched on in the first unit. I chose to try them out on some of the newest members at my fraternity. They're names are Vasili Katsarakes, Yaari Magenheim, and Khalil Jean-Baptiste. In regards to the relationships I found between the appearance of the question and the level of engagement I received, I would say that there was a pretty high level of engagement on all of my questions (for the most part) because I left two of them open-ended. The second question was more of a yes or no question, but they decided to be more formal about it I guess. Except for Khalil. An open-ended question like the first or third ones would probably be more fitting for a research paper type assignment, however if you can expand on your thoughts behind the second question then it can be just as effective. What is more important than the research question itself is how well you can answer it.