Social Change, New Media and Everyday Makers: A Case Study of Toronto Transit Camp - Proposal
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Social Change, New MediaSocial Change, New Mediaand Everyday Makersand Everyday Makers
A Case Study ofToronto Transit Camp
Karen FungDecember 4th, 2007SFU School of CommunicationHonours Research ProposalSupervisors: Richard Smith, Martin Laba
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The GridThe Grid Introduction Literature Review Research
Questions Methodology Challenges &
Next Steps Discussion
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Toronto Transit CampToronto Transit Camp What, when, where? For who, by who? Why? Why study it? Research Goals
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Conversation
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Literature ReviewLiterature Review Social Innovation in the Network Society E-government and e-democracy Technology and Open Source Social/Political Capital Theoretical tools:
Internet Connectedness Everyday Makers
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Research QuestionsResearch Questions1. How did expectations and perceptions of
the value, of personal and political outcomes of the event differ between Everyday Makers and other participants (such as elected representatives)?
2. What functions did the Internet serve in mobilizing Everyday Makers in developing trust in the Toronto Transit Camp event?
• Hypotheses
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MethodologyMethodology Web Survey
Locating interested interviewees Quantitative data for Q1
Structured Interviews
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Challenges & Next StepsChallenges & Next Steps Defining Everyday Makers Developing research instruments Working Connectedness into Method Contacting event participants (email only) Analysis
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DiscussionDiscussion