Sally Childs-Helton Survey -- Filk Community Modes of Interaction

[Jeff Urs]

Forwarding a request for Sally...

> INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH ON THE FILK COMMUNITY
>
> Dear Filk Folk,
> I am putting on my ethnomusicologist’s hat and conducting research
> on how the filk community interacts and communicates both face-to-
> face (at cons, house filks, etc.) and online (listservs, FaceBook,
> blogs, websites, YouTube, online concerts, etc.), and the values
> community members hold about each of these modes of interaction. Is
> one mode more valuable to you than the other? Why? Further, I am
> researching how these two modes interact and influence each other.
> I’ll be looking for differences primarily among generations, but
> also by region, gender identity, etc. The results will be
> published in an upcoming Journal of Fandom Studies and is
> significant because there has been very little work done in this
> area, and because there are many fan communities that began as
> traditional face-to-face groups but are moving to both face-to-face
> and online interaction. Our community has been an early adopter of
> online interaction and digital technology, and can make a large
> contribution to understanding how face-to-face and online
> interactions shape voluntary avocational groups and the values they
> hold about each form of interaction.
>
> You will have three different ways to participate (only people 18 or
> older may participate).
>
> •First, you may elect to fill out the attached questionnaire and>
> consent form (contact Sally for the form), and return it to me by
> email.
>
> •Second, you may elect to participate in an interview with me in
> person, by phone, Skype, or email. Depending on your responses,
> interviews can last from 15 minutes to an hour or longer—your call.
>
> •Third, you may fill out a Survey Monkey survey (I’ll send and post
> the link soon). The Survey Monkey survey will be totally anonymous
> unless you want to identify yourself.
>
> The survey should take about 15-25 minutes to complete, but you may
> take longer since most of the questions are open-ended. I will ask
> you to complete a consent form (except for the Survey Monkey because
> it’s already totally anonymous) and you may elect your level of
> anonymity. I may also ask permission to record phone or Skype
> interviews to better capture direct quotes, but recording is not
> necessary. All interviews and recordings will be stored in ways that
> ensure confidentiality. All aspects of anonymity and confidentiality
> will follow professional ethics and best practices and this research
> has been vetted by my university’s institutional review board. If
> you would like to schedule an interview, please contact me at
> schi...@butler.edu, or at 317-940-9265. I will get back in touch
> with you to make arrangements. All questionnaires and interviews and
> surveys should be completed by August 15.
>
> Thank you for considering participating in this research. Our
> community has much to offer the still young field of fandom studies,
> and I’d be most appreciative of your participation. Please let me
> know if you have any questions or concerns, and I look forward to
> hearing from you.
>
> Sally Childs-Helton, Ph.D.

--
Jeff

[Lee Gold XP]

On 7/15/2015 11:30 PM, Jeff Urs wrote:
> Forwarding a request for Sally...
>
> > INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH ON THE FILK COMMUNITY

I noted in my reply that filk (just as the SCA did before) is diverging
from SF fandom to some extent, at least in my experience.

People may also want to reference "found filk" as a phenomenon.
And rec.music.filk and other sources of printed filk rather than just
CDs, and face to face at housefilks and conventions.

--Lee

[Arthur T.]

In Message-ID:<mo7j2v$qe7$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,

Jeff Urs <jeff...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Forwarding a request for Sally...
>
> > INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH ON THE FILK COMMUNITY

From my quotes file:

Every survey is skewed toward people who are willing to participate
in surveys.

--
Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

[Gary McGath]

On 7/20/15 2:29 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
> In Message-ID:<mo7j2v$qe7$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> Jeff Urs <jeff...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Forwarding a request for Sally...
>>
>>> INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH ON THE FILK COMMUNITY
>
> From my quotes file:
>
> Every survey is skewed toward people who are willing to participate
> in surveys.
>

And toward people the survey reaches. Originally Sally posted it just to
Facebook. Since it's largely about online participation, I'm sure the
results would have been much less representative if a bunch of people
hadn't helped her to spread the word to other places. It's still skewed
toward people who are online a lot, and that would be hard to change.

--
Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com
Tomorrow's Songs Today: The History of Filk http://www.mcgath.com/tst