Blog 17

Transcript data:

1. S: …So I said to him one day I understand you’re not a fan of texting but if I had a dollar for every time you don’t respond, every minute, I’d be rich. And he’ll give me an excuse like oh I wasn’t paying attention to my phone or oh this – and it made me very angry.


2. A: Oh okay so you don’t, so okay let me see if I understand. You say you can read emotion through text, but at the same time youre saying that you can’t? (4:09)

S: There’s instances where where I where, I think that you can definitely relay emotions through texts if you tell someone I’m crying I’m so hurt, they will understand. But in situations where you shouldn’t be having the conversation over text that it should be by face its, I think, its it is better. It’s not where you can, I think you can, you can get emotion through text it’s the matter of doing the right thing and having certain conversations face to face. (4:43)

A: So you would say it’s more for the respect-

S: Yes it’s a respect factor.

3.. A:Okay good let’s see are there any other stories that you’d like to say about texting? How about this do you think that your boyfriend doesn’t get the emotion that you are trying to explain. You seem to be ‘cause you seem to be um you know really good at reading emotion  but do you think he can? (5:05)

S:  Um I don’t think I don’t think he can and it’s probably a guy thing.

A: Oh okay

S: Its probably a factor um you know a factor that I’m a girl and hes a guy, But I don’t think he’s as good at reading emotion as I can. Tehres times where hell say something very short and to the point and then in turn you know I’ll ask what wrong you know because I think it’s something serious hes not saying lol he’ll say nothing is wrong just, he’s just texting.

     I chose to use some of the same quotes from my short analysis project, just because I strongly believe that they fit perfectly into "answering"my questions. I didn't see a point in not using them because from the feedback I recieved, I am gethering ideas in my head to expand on the data and of course back it up to the article I have.

Blog 16

Statement of Purpose
I am hoping to show and discover that texting, in relation to emotion, does have different outcomes for different conversations. What I mean by this is that when looking at the language used in texting, emotion plays a huge role and given different circumstances between men and women, the feedback and outcome from the "other phone" may be different, if not always. I am exploring the perspective of a young woman. She is a wonderful candidate since she goes in depth about conversations with her boyfriend. She bounces back and forth with her perspective but is also not biased and looks at the perspective of a male. My interviewee will actually contribute valuable examples and life stories to show my focus. This is important to help backup my focus as well!

• Does texting within a certain conversation predict wrong responses?
• Under certain situations, can two people, such as a boyfriend and a girlfriend, display different emotions and views of texting through their actions without complications? (mostly this one)
• What are the different patterns men and women, that are close, seem to display through texting? (maybe this one too-link to emotion?)

Statement of Research Questions

1. Does my data show enough examples to justify under certain situations through texting, men and women, close couple, have a different way of displaying emotions or views?
2. What kind of language does "S" use to justify her answers?
3. When does "s" feel uncomfortable about something, can it relate to the focus?
4. Do the stories "S" give relate to the cultural stories about texting:emotion,relationships,gender difference ect.?
5. Does "s" show her real thoughts and ideas by going off and ignoring what I said?-Yes

List of Information

• My data is sufficent for this research project
• I really need writing samples/ other research to validate my points

Sources

Because my focus kept changing I might need help finding an article or another piece of writing to help me with this project. SO far, I have the article you sent me that contradicts my focus. The point in this article is to say that there isn't a problem communicationg emotions through computers (texting). Here is the link once again: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5VHUtxmolOHN1RMRnFNM1g0Yjd0NjNMcDh6VUxSYnlZVnZF/edit?usp=sharing

My only concern is if this article is sufficient enough for my focus?

Blog 15- Short Analysis: Rough Draft

I have attached the rough draft to my short analysis. Link is below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5VHUtxmolOHSWxqcF85Q0I1S28/edit?usp=sharing

Blog 14- Short analysis ideas

From doing the interview, it seems that once again my focus has changed! Originally I really wanted to focus on how people relay emotions over texting since I personally feel that texting is just an awful source to relay your true emotions. Through my interview, this was led to be slightly true. However some of the major focuses I received from the interview once I analyzed it are the following:

1. Some people take texting more serious than others.
2. People tend to project an answer from the person that they are texting before they receive a reply.
3. People spend time to put emotion through text, and soemtimes it is not received correctly.
4. It is possible, that women and men value/talk/ and relate differently through text or language.

I want to incorporate the three pieces I took apart from my transcript. My question is do I only need to focus on one, or can I focus on on two excerpts if not all of them if they relate to my focus? For the short analysis project, do we also need to back up our claims from other sources? If so, I will be a little stuck on that since my focus has recently changed.

Blog 13- Cultural Stories

Transcript 1:

A: did you ever have a text exchange that made you very angry? Laughing-

S:laughing- yes plenty of times

A: Can you describe one?

S: um (7:30) does it have to be does it have to be- an angry situation or can it be the context of a text that got me mad?

A: it can be any. If you weren’t getting the right feedback emotion-?

S: Well the L other day I had a text conversation with my lovely boyfriend on how long he takes to write back to my text messages and S- Im the kinda person where if im home and im not busy my phone is always on me- and with me all the time all the time. So hes the complet opposite and it takes him a long time to write back to me. So I L said to him one day I understand youre not a fan of texting but if I had a dollar for every time, every minute, I’d be rich. And hell give me an excuse like oh I wasn’t paying attention to my phone or oh this – and it made me very angry.

1. key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant refers to a "time"

green (Causality)- sequence of story

blue- Switch on inside of voice

red- cause an effect of situation

2. Cultural story:

In general, some people take texting much more serious than others, and time plays a factor.

3. Focus:

 From this excerpt, I may use it to point out that time means everything when it comes to texting, or simply nothing. Some value it to the point in which they can get angry if the person they are texting doesn't view it as they do. Down to the point, time and texting can cause problems.

 

Transcript 2:

A: Is there anything we didn’t talk about that youd like to mention about that? What about it didn’t go the way you wanted it to?

S: all the time, L all the time. I feel like people I fee like um people  that text often they kinda before they get a reply from whoever they are talking to they kinda make up the conversation in your head of how they would want it to go (11:57)

A: okay

S: And 90 percent of the time the response isn’t what you though it would be. So a lot of the times  L you know youll get a feeling, you know not a good feeling, you know youll look at your phone and you’ll expect a certain response to a certain text from a certain person. Like maybe,  L (maybe you told your boyfriend oh I love you so much and you expect back oh I love you too with a smiley face and a heart but all you get is love you too (12:25)

1. Key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant makes a point in tone

green (Causality)- sequence of story

red- cause an effect of situation

purple- participant makes an inference, but itsn't fully sure

2. Cultural Story:

People generally have an idea on what the other person is going to say, before they say it.

3. Focus:

The focus of this transcript is people generally have an idea of what the other person behind the other cell phone is going to say. However, they also realize that most of the time they thought wrong. Texters can get worked up over expectations, but also realize the reality.

Transcript 3:

A: Okay so it has nothing to do with emotions over text?

S: I think L um it would be easier to experience the emotions with breaking up with someone and other serious conversations like that in person, just so they can see how you really feel. And it’s not just words there’s tone of voice there’s physical. L Like you can’t cry over a text message. You could put a sad face with a tear but the person doesn’t actually see your pain and stuff. (3:52)

A: Oh okay so you don’t, so okay let me see if I understand. You say you can read emotion through text, but at the same time youre saying that you can’t? (4:09)

S: There’s instances where L where  where I, L I think that you can definitely relay emotions through texts if you tell someone I’m crying I’m so hurt, they will understand. But in situations where you shouldn’t be having the conversation over text than it should be by face its, I think, its L it is better. It’s not where you can,L I think you can, you can get emotion through text it’s the matter of doing the right thing and having certain conversations face to face. (4:43)

1. key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant refers to a "time"

green (Causality)- sequence of story

blue- Switch on inside of voice

red- cause an effect of situation

purple- personal feeling

2. Cultural Story:

People can relay emotion through text to a certain extent.

People can’t relay emotion through text if it’s a serious conversation

3. Focus:

From this transcript, I can relay that to a certain extent, people can relay emotions through text but only to a certain point if they write word to word how they feel. However, it is much easier to see someone face to face. You can see physical gestures and hear the tone of that person’s voice. Overall, if a conversation is serious, people generally feel that it should be done face to face out of having respect.

Blog 12- Transcript

I placed the file below that contains my entire transcript!

Trasncript

Date: 3/11/14

Time: 7 p.m.

Duration: About 20 minutes (actual times in transcript)

**Participant signed all consent forms!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5VHUtxmolOHVGNxd0lGMEZBWEE/edit?usp=sharing

Blog 11

Final Protocol

        My topics reflects upon the question: with the age group of college students, are you able to grasp the correct emotion and point of view of the person behind the other cell phone?

 These will be my questions (subject to change through actual interview)

1. How old were you when you started texting?
2. Can you tell me what that was like?
3. Do you text often?
4. Do you enjoy to text?
5. Do you text differently to different people? How?
6. What was is like when you had a basic flip phone?
7. Can you talk about texting with different phones?
8. Are you the kind of person that prefers to talk in person or through media?
9. Do you think that there are problems with texting? 
10. Could you tell me about displaying emotions through text?
11. Are you able to grasp point of view from the other person?
12. Do you have any experiences in which texting was rough for you?
13. Describe some of the relationships you have where you use texting the most
14. Describe the different purposes you use texting for.  Who are the people you text most frequently and what is the purpose of those texts?
15. Did you ever have a text exchange that made you really angry? Describe.
16. How do you feel about getting straight to the point?
17. Have you ever sent a text where someone misunderstood you?  Tell me about it.
18. Was there ever a time when you blew off on a text?
19. Did you ever have a text exchange that made you really angry? Describe.
20. Can you tell me a story about when you really wanted to go on and on in a text but only said maybe a sentence or a word?
21. Have you ever broken up over text?
22. Can you tell me any related stories?
23. Do you prefer to text through a conversation that isn't easy, rather than over phone or in person?
24. Would you like to share any other personal stories?
25. What was that like for you?
26. Would you have rather seen physical emotions to get through that conversation better?
27. Talk about tone through text?
28. Can you talk about a situation where you used texting as an easy way out?

Overall and in general- Do you think you have had more frustrating or satisfying experiences through texting, given emotion and the stories you have told me? How do you really feel when someone doesn't reply back, or your text is misunderstood?

***Note- the subject I am interviewing is a very close friends, so it will be easy to dig into stories and elaborate, that's why I mentioned earlier that some of these questions may change when I actually do the interview.