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IDENTITY<br />

QUESTIONNAIRES<br />

Questionnaires are easy to replicate, meaning that data<br />

can be collected from a large sample; generalising to<br />

participants..<br />

generation are known for being devoted to technology<br />

and ‘living their lives through their smartphones’- Singal<br />

(2017).<br />

To gather a general overview of active styles and reasons<br />

behind them, a questionnaire was created through<br />

Survey Monkey and distributed through online platforms -<br />

email and social media - as well as through a face-to-face<br />

approach. A total of 100 people of the older millennial<br />

generation, participated.<br />

[SEE APPENDIX A FOR RESULTS FROM<br />

PARTICIPANTS].<br />

Using this method was strategic, reaching and engaging<br />

with the generation through a platform they are familiar<br />

with. Questions focused on how the participants identified<br />

their style and how the portrayal of fashion in media<br />

influenced their opinions. The use of open questions<br />

produced qualitative data which provided unexpected<br />

answers, gaining a new perspective.<br />

15<br />

This approach was appropriate as the millennial<br />

(Twitter, 2017)

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