Oral Presentation: Project Design and Ethical Reflection
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This oral presentation discusses the research design on the influence of social media on users' confidence and body image, with a focus on Instagram. The presentation outlines the research questions, data collection methods, and ethical considerations.
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Running head: Oral presentation1 Oral Presentation: Project Design and Ethical Reflection Name of student Name of institution Name of course Date of submission
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Oral presentation2 Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to use this short session to give a condensed picture of the components of my research design. My research is entire based on the influence of social media among the users. The procedures involved shall seek to establish the impacts that social media has on the users. The social media is a wide concept in itself and may involve various components like Facebook, Twitter and Instangram, however, my main focus will be on the use of Instagram and the possible effects that this may have on individual’s confidence and body image. My initial strategy was to explore the relationship between the use of Instangram and its impacts on the users’ mental health. However, based on the feedback obtained from the teacher, I shall narrow down the approach to establishing the relationship between the social media, self identity and confidence. While going through the paces of this research, there are specific questions which shall remain a guideline in a bid to adequately respond to the research problem. Is there a direct impact of Instagram on the users’ self confidence? Are these impacts positive or negative? Are there ways in which the use of social media could be made more objective and productive to those who embrace the new ideas? Each stage of my research through the use of effective methodologies shall seek to respond to the questions above. The use of Instagram may have direct impacts both on the online and offline users. Various arguments have been fronted and numerous research done on the impacts of social media especially on the current generation. In my research, I shall derive the concepts and arguments from a selected list of readings. This shall help widen my point of view on the core research process while giving me the opportunity to interact with other people’s opinions in line with the research problem. For instance, the research shall draw from Boyd’s position in his articleIt's complicated: the social lives of networked teens.He is obvious concerned with the
Oral presentation3 teens’ engagement on the social media and the possible impacts of these activities on the lives of this generation. I chose the reading due to its rich content and the discussion which will further help us understand the reason behind some teens’ behaviors in relation to social media use. Marshall inThe celebrity persona pandemicalso outlines the kind of obsession that people have with the social media and the way in which this could be affecting their image and personalities. The author’s arguments here will definitely be helpful as I seek to discuss the variations in behavior exhibited by Instagram users. My research problem shall be anchored on self and identity as the key concept. The social platform presents a good opportunity for the teens to express themselves and turn gain appreciation which may build self confidence. However, the possibility of uploading unfiltered images has changed the whole narrative when it comes to social media use. We post things online in order to establish our identity. When we miss the expected appreciation, our self confidence is likely to be dented. In my research, I shall explore the link between online and offline users and self confidence as well as identity. To further indicate the impacts of social media, my research shall equally address the correlation between social media use and mental complications. I intend to use Instagram as the primary aspect of media to be investigation. The collection of the required information shall target the age group of 17-25 since this is the group that frequently uses Instagram. My focus will mainly be on people who use Instagram on a daily basis and any respondent below this age shall need to seek the parents’ consent. In addition to these peoples’ opinions, I shall also base my findings on real life examples for instance Kim Kardashian and Amanda Lee to show how Instagram use impacts the lives of the users.
Oral presentation4 I will use research, surveys, questionnaires, direct interviews, literature review and contextual analysis as my main approaches in data collection. Despite the existence of numerous mental health problems, the process of data collection shall specifically seek to deduce the mental health complications that can be associated with social media use. The surveys and interviews have been designed for people who frequently use Instagram. It shall target a total of 50 people for the survey and 5 for the interviews. The process shall be guided by a set of questions to which the participants are expected to respond. My survey and interviews have been designed based on ethical considerations in order to ensure that the confidentiality of the information obtained from the participants shall be upheld at all times. This is because of the sensitivity of some of the responses likely to be obtained from the process which when leaked might lead to low self esteem and confidence. With the strategies outlined above, I believe the research process shall be all but a success. The information obtained and discussed shall not only be informative to this class but to the society around us as well.