My Research / My Approach

My Research
The research I have conducted primarily talks about how social networking sites (mainly Facebook and Twitter) are effecting our private lives, I found a lot of interesting articles about how peoples lack of concern for their privacy has landed them in trouble and I want to mention a few of these stories within my podcast to make people aware of the consequences of social networking.

I also want to spend some time in my podcast talking about 'The Privacy Bargain' mentioning Cory Doctorow and talking about how social networking sites are selling user data as I feel this fits in nicely with The Privacy Bargain. This is a topic which I found interesting and one which I had never thought about before, therefore I thought it would be good to mention within my podcast to make others aware too.

Target Audience
The primary target of my podcast is teenagers, I feel these are the people who use social networking sites the most, therefore they will be the ones most interested in learning about the subject. I also feel that more and more teenagers are getting concerned about privacy issues and so it will be good for them to understand the issues surrounding these sites and listen to a discussion around the topic.

My Approach / Plan
Within my podcast I have decided to include my research on:

• Statistics
• News articles which will make people think
• The Privacy Bargain / Cory Doctorow
• Facebook selling users Data
• My opinions, as I am an avid social network user

I want to take an informative approach to this podcast, I want to make my audience aware of the issues surrounding social networking and privacy and I want them to understand the consequences, this is why I am going to mention real news stories in my podcast so that it makes my audience realise the seriousness of social networking.