AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

Amanda: do you feel you are quite a political person do you like protesting
Moira: (no response)
Amanda: or are you like more of a jokey person
Moira: ‘yes’ (big smile and nods head)
Amanda: Do you use Facebook to tell people about your news
Olivia: yeah
Amanda: Do you use as part of your business. Do you have any customers
from your websites on there?
Harriet: ‘yes’ (nods head) I h-a-v-e o-n-l-y j-u-s-t s-t-a-r-t-e-d m-y b-us-i-n-e-s-s
Amanda: Right, so it’s quite a new area. So you wouldn’t necessarily use
Facebook as part of your business. Is Facebook more a personal
Harriet: I d-o a-d-v-e-r-t-i-s-i-n-g
Amanda: Ah, so you do advertising through Facebook as part of your business
Harriet: O-n m-y s-t-a-t-u-s
Amanda: On your status, on your profile status
Harriet: I h-a-v-e a-l-l t-h-e j-o-b-s I h-a-v-e d-o-n-e
Amanda: Okay and with your status, what kind of things do you tell people
about
Will: “What I think”
Amanda: Do you think Facebook is a place where you can show people your
personality
Nancy: yeah
Amanda: what kind of thoughts would you have on that
Nancy: “it good show pictures”
4.10.2. Conversational equality
There was also descriptions of how being online improved the ability to be
understood and reduce isolation
2 nd interview
Email question: What advice would you give to someone who uses AAC about
using the internet and Facebook?
Peter: “It’s a really good way for people to get to know you better and
understand you. With the right advice and help, most people can do it. It helps
independence and can stop people feeling isolated”
Nancy: “people understand me better in writing”
Amanda: okay, so can I just check that I’ve understood that so you’re saying
when you can write things down you can give people more information and
they can understand you better
Nancy: yeah
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