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My Approval Journey
My Approval Journey
As Lao Tzu once said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
Throughout my research approval journey, I faced many obstacles in my path. Originally, my project was not going to be about the media coverage of different genders, ages, and races in tennis. It was, in fact, going to be a science-based project where I was going to aim to test the effects of a certain supplemental antidepressant drug (SAMe) on the development and reproduction rate of drosophila melanogaster. However, this project was not on the right path towards approval, and I had to switch gears.
I ended up completely changing my project to a film study on sports. I searched for research on sports specifically because of my passion for tennis and ended up finding research on the differences in media coverage between different genders. I started conducting research within this topic because of my curiosity of how different the media coverage between both genders actually was.
I found a study conducted by the International Tennis Federation specifically on how the commentary between men's and women's tennis matches vary.
According to this specific study, tennis coverage varied in that women were not given much on-court coverage in comparison to men. They were, however, given coverage related to their wardrobes, health conditions, and family. Within this study, the researchers also mentioned that women tennis athletes were more likely to have their age and health conditions mentioned during their matches in comparison to men. This led me to a new set of thoughts that would lead me to my current research question. Below are a list of the sub-questions and parameters that occurred throughout my initial research process.
Methods
My methods consist of...
using a random number generator to choose three matches from each gender's singles' matches from the Wimbledon tournament
writing down the name, age, race, and gender for each individual in each match
watching all of the matches, making sure to alternate between men's singles' and women's singles' matches
listening to the commentators' commentary as I watch the matches and writing down important comments made by the commentators under some pre-made categories
I'll be adding categories as I continue to watch matches and find commonalities in the coverage of different genders, races, and ages
Below is a table of commentary categories that I will be prepared to listen for. It does not include categories that I may possibly add while watching the matches.
Even though my project has been approved for further research of my own, there is still a long way for me to go. I have been getting all the help I need from my peers and, especially, from my teacher. So, even though this may be an individual project, I have those around me to guide me through obstacles that I encounter along my path.
I am so excited to start my research project this year!
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