If I were to go the social media and mental health route, like I mentioned in my last annotation, surveys would be very helpful. I could send out the same survey to several athletes from different sports, with different types of social media presences, etc, and see how their answers compare to one another. Maybe even involving athletes who have no social media presence can make the study interesting to see how their mental health is.

I chose to annotate this because if i were to go down the path of social media and student athletes' mental health, I would need to interview some student athletes. Being a former student athlete, I know how it can be hard sometimes to talk about mental health. I would probably do semistructed interviews so there is somewhat structure to my questions, but they are relaxed enough for the athletes to feel comfortable to share information about their mental health and social media presence while being and athlete.

I annotated this as a whole for quantitative observations. Lets say I go down the path of social media and game attendance, I could observe by keep a tally sheet or check list for social media posts. A check list could be helpful for likes, comments, shares, ect. Keep track to see if the post are getting the attention they need and driving people to the event.

I chose this section to annotate because as a social media manager, I also have a purpose with my research and the data I receive will also confirm my intuition on what I felt I was looking for. I ultimately decided that I will do my research on social media in the sports world since I am in SRM. I haven't exactly decided where I will go with my question but I have some ideas. I have a feeling about what I think my results may look like, so whatever data i gather from games can help confirm if I was correct or not.

I chose this to annotate because it is best to make sure you stay focused to what you are researching and looking for. I'm unsure if there's any way to go overboard, but staying on track to what you are looking for can potentially help find the best results.

This was a great example to read off of because it sounds like it would be close to what I would need to research. I have been struggling to find a good topic for myself, and I know i've been using the one I have thought of for my annotations, but i'm unsure if it makes sense for this class.

I chose this because I feel self awareness will be important for my topic. I have to keep my attention to the environment around me most of the time. Keep track of how many students I see at the events, what they are engaging with, and if they seem interested to come back. Pay attention if there are certain things going on at half time, what kind of food is being served, etc. The all around experience would need to be observed.

I chose this section to reflect on what type of methods and strategies I have been brainstorming throughout my reading. If I were to go forward with the question of why do students attend the events they do and what is bringing them in? If I were to study this right now, I could potentially go to a basketball game and a baseball game. I'm unsure if that would be entirely accurate considering the time of year, but it is an idea. The students at the games already would be the participants. To get data I could ask resources around me who potentially keep track of data.

You do need to be self aware when studying in a live area. You don't want to influence your studies and subjects in any way, shape, or form. We need to come up with questions we want to get to know the answer to and why. If we use questions be feel we may already know the answer to, then we may not learn as much as we potentially could.

In last week's chapters, I wrote about using personal experience while writing and doing my research. I have used my own personal experience in the past to help me write papers and to help back up my research. I don't feel that experience is not opinions, but sometimes opinions can be shed but we must refrain from that in a research paper.

As people who may be in school settings, we have to initially understand how and why teachers, students, etc act and how they take their educational experience the way they do. As things change or problems arise, we can take what we already know and research further to solve those arising issues. We can even research on what to do to change something so the problem or conflict does not arise again, and if it does, we can turn back to research.

I chose this sentence because the concept of research is more complex than we think. We think once our research has solved our original problem, then we are good to stop. That really isn't the case since things in the class room keep advancing and changing.