Week 3- Posting 3

The subculture that I've chosen is a club here at Ball State call "Something Else". The most research I've conducted for this project thus far has been gathering information from the groups website. I have not yet conducted my interview. The first time I visit the site I plan on just asking pretty basic questions to the leaders of the club. Maybe get some background knowledge and their feelings on the club. I want to ask these basic questions because I just want to get a feel for the club a little bit before I jump right into everything. In my next couple of visits to the site I plan on talking to some of the cast and crew in the club. I haven't yet visited my site yet. When I visit the site I hope to make observations about the people, the setting, and what's taking place at the club's meetings. Once I get a feel for the club I think it'll be easier to develop more questions to ask the club members. The class discussions gave me some good ideas for how to observe my site and what to look for. Yes, I think there is a difference between academic and non-academic research. Academic research is the internet, books, magazines. Non-academic research is conducting your own interviews and observations about the topic.