Research Methodology

For this part of the essay the researcher has decided to use differing techniques which are both qualitative and quantitative methods. Wolcot (1994) wrote over fifety ways to dealing with data. One of which is surveys for quantatitive methods, the researcher has decided to do this as part of his research. He will create a survey/questionnaire using closed questions, then making a pie chart to show the results. The researcher wants to do a minimum of ten results. For the qualitative part of the research he will do a focus group using an audio piece of equipment to record the speaking using open based questions. This will be an important part of the research as it will expand on peoples experience with violent games finding out their personal opinions and beliefs on the subject. Some of the most important questions to ask are :

·         What makes violent games such as ‘Call of Duty’ so appealing?

·         Do you think that gaming is destroying the youth of today, and if so how?

·         In games such as ‘Grand Theft Auto’ you play the role of a criminal. Do you think that this encourages people to become these roles and if so how?

The researcher will use a group of students as need experiences from younger people as it is based on the young generation. This will be really interesting to hear stories about gaming that have affected them and to generally see if they think that violent games should be banned. Then the researcher will listen back to the tape and type word for word the responses, afterwards noting down the most valid points recorded for the results.