Field Research Proposal

Surveys

My field research proposal is definitely focusing on the survey aspect. This could include surveying large amounts of people, certainly gamers but also seeing if the general people have any opinions on microtransactions in video games. The methods used for the survey can take on many different forms. These could include taking online surveys like google or even making a Reddit comment asking people for their opinion. Now of course these might be bias so in order to counter act this I can go to the video games themselves. By entering different lobbies and servers I can directly ask the gamers themselves, maybe even focusing on people who have brought microtransactions. Many different people exist in these lobbies from all over the world so the data can be varied, instead of just being Americans I can also get European opinions or even other countries. With these I can compare American views to European views of microtransactions, maybe to see if we see it differently or generally the same. Other data can include just your average joe, I could see if they have an opinion at all or maybe they don't but maybe they are concerned for their future child. Who knows if these predatory practices might have some kind of an affect now the line? With all of the different kinds of responses I might get, I can formulate all of the data into different forms. By creating graphs or pie charts I can show a visual representation of the opinions of not only gamers but your average joe. Another way is just to show the survey results, x number of people put they don't like microtransactions or visa versa including maybe a couple of comments on why or why not. In general I feel that the most effective field research I can do with my topic is surveying, gaining a large number of opinions and finding what people generally think.