Research Survey

Org Profile · Post by **Phade** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:04 pm

Hey All,

Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, Research Scientist at the Annenberg Center for Communication, is conducting a survey as part of her research about new creative practices using digital technologies.

Here is her introduction:

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Can you help us with a study on new creative practices using digital technologies? We are doing a survey of members and visitors to animemusicvideos.org. You can get to the survey by following this link:

http://survey-dy.annenberg.edu/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=amv

Participation is voluntary, and you should feel free to leave any questions blank which are inapplicable or that you do not want to answer. We will not collect any personally identifying information in this survey, so your responses will remain anonymous. It should take about 15 minutes. We ask about things such as how often you watch AMVs, how you find AMVs, and what types of programs you use to watch them.

This survey is part of a research project conducted at the University of Southern Callifornia. Our goal is to understand the creative work and communication that goes into the making of AMVs. We are also involved in considering new technologies and media sharing formats to support communities like animemusicvideos.org, and are organizing an event on DIY media. Earlier this year we did a trial run: http://netpublics.annenberg.edu/about_n ... pril_28_29

We are also looking for amv creators and viewers to interview for this study. Please email us at dkids@annenberg.edu if you might be interested in talking to us about AMVs, and we can send you more information.

If you have any questions about this survey or this research, feel free to contact me (the principal investigator for the project): mito@annenberg.edu , http://www.itofisher.com/mito, http://mimiito.livejournal.com, 213-743-1919.

Our research project site is at: http://digitalyouth.sims.berkeley.edu/1 ... ction.html

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Participation is highly encouraged.

Thanks again and have a great day!!

Phade.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:01 pm

Interesting survey. I'd love to hear the aim of it when the whole thing is done.

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:42 pm

I love it when the Academic world takes a serious look at (pop) cultural phenomenon like the AMV community. I'm going to look into this.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:55 pm

It's just too bad the "Which of the following programs..." part only covers NLEs and there's no questions about the other parts of the workflow.

But I suppose the NLEs are pretty much the sexiest component (and most profitable), for lack of a better term...

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:56 pm

D'oh, double post.

ARGH

The survey wrote:What is the most common codec you find that is required to view other people's AMVs? Please select all that apply.

- DivX or XviD
- Audio Video Interleave (.avi)

Who do I write to to explain the problem with this one?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:03 pm

Scintilla wrote:Who do I write to to explain the problem with this one?

Phade wrote:If you have any questions about this survey or this research, feel free to contact me (the principal investigator for the project): mito@annenberg.edu , http://www.itofisher.com/mito, http://mimiito.livejournal.com, 213-743-1919.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:29 pm

Scintilla wrote:It's just too bad the "Which of the following programs..." part only covers NLEs and there's no questions about the other parts of the workflow.

Well, that sucks. Blender and Inkscape are my primary creative tools these days...

mitomimi · Post by **mitomimi** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:43 pm

Thanks for all the comments folks. I'll be checking this thread so feel free to post here or email me.

But I actually have a bigger problem. It seems that there is something glitching on the survey at the moment. Can you please hold off on the survey for a little while until we can get it fixed? I'm really sorry about this!

I'll try to respond to your other comments shortly tho I didn't actually design the more technical questions....

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:45 pm

That explains it! I've been refreshing for five minutes but the fourth page wouldn't load...

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:46 pm

mitomimi wrote: But I actually have a bigger problem. It seems that there is something glitching on the survey at the moment. Can you please hold off on the survey for a little while until we can get it fixed? I'm really sorry about this!

Sure, no problem. I was wondering why I kept getting timeouts :P