Jove, Can we get any more information about your research team's goals or aims for this survey outside of "We are interested in learning how and why you play games"? Is this part of a larger project? What is the main purpose going to be for the data collected? I'm inquiring because, although I believe the order of survey pages is randomly generated, the first question I received upon opening the survey asked if "I enjoy looking at sexy characters in games." This was off-putting, especially given the constraints of only being able to agree or disagree with such a statement. I'd like to know more about the purpose of the data before contributing to the project. Also, later questions ask for self-identification of gender, ethnicity and annual salary. It may be wise to disclose early on that you are collecting information on "who" is playing games (or more accurately, who is answering the survey questions) along with the "how" and "why". As someone who researches digital games and the culture that surrounds them, I wish you all the best in your work, but would like to know a little more about it before completing the survey, as I'm sure some others here would as well. all the best, brady -- Albert Brady Curlew, Ph.D Candidate Joint Graduate Programme in Communication & Culture York University & Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Playtilldoomsday.com | A Digital Games, Play & Culture Project Quoting "Jinghui (Jove) Hou" <joavinhou@gmail.com>:
Hi Scholars and Friends,
I'm working with a research team on a survey about video games - which include games on a cell phone, computer, console (such as Wii or XBox), portable gaming device (such as gameboy or PSP), or online.
If you ever play such games, would you please consider taking this survey? It will take about 20 minutes.
Here's the link:
https://uscannenberg.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_24u3iX6c4U4ebnS
Thanks so much!
*At the end of the survey: "*Please write the name of the person who referred you to this survey":* Jove*
Thank you so much!
-- Jinghui (Jove) Hou Ph.D. Student & Annenberg Fellow Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281, USA E-mail: jinghuih@usc.edu joavinhou@gmail.com Mobile: 608-358-2852 (New Cell #!) _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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