Every single interaction I had while working on this project influenced the subsequent interaction. This was due to the elusiveness of a universal definition of social media. Everyone has their own opinion of it and my participants were no different. This is why, after every interview, I slightly tweaked the questionnaire. The first time this happened was when I showed my interview draft to some classmates. They were not hesitant in quickly pointing out that my questions weren’t going to offer a representative view of social media that fit their description. What ensued was a healthy debate on which websites and messaging services counted as social media outlets. I influenced them and they influenced me and the survey became richer through this process. I’m pretty sure that I would need to interview at least 200 people before finalizing my survey draft.

Class discussions were also pivotal in setting the tone…