Final project working process

This work, I continued to search and read relative articles. Since there are so many of them covering various aspects of social networks and people’s involvement and motivation, I started to select the most relevant and help information from some of the article I found. 

During my searching and reading, I found one article that is really interesting. It's called Separating Fact From Fiction: An Examination of Deceptive Self-Presentation in Online Dating Profiles. Although it does not perfectly fit my topic, the study of profile is only based on the online dating environment, it did inspire me a lot on how to conduct my research and what factors should be taken into account. It collected the real information of participants and ask them to rate the accuracy of other's profile. I am thinking if I can also include this rating method into my research to define the accuracy and deception of online profile photos.

Also I have been working a little bit on the questions on my questionnaires and try to find the best way to present it to respondents as many as possible in limited time. How many factors should be taken in to, how many questions would be the most appropriate, what is the most efficient way to give out my questionnaires.

Thinking about how crazily busy the final week would be, I think it’s a good idea to make a schedule ahead to time, so that everything can be done with sufficient time and in order. 

Final Project Schedule
Date	Content	Check (finished/not finished)
Nov. 17 – Nov. 23	1.      Design questionnaires 2.      Discuss with classmates and teachers in class
Nov.24	Distribute the questionnaires online
Nov. 17 – Nov. 28	1.         Writing literature review 2.         Write the outline of the whole paper
Nov. 4	Collect questionnaires result and make analysis.

Working on My Final Project

This week I have been working on fixing some problems pointed out by Dr. Gorski last time, and searching for relative articles and books to help me to conduct mu research as many as possible. 
First of all, since last time I made my research question as a statement, I changed it as "What are university’s students’ preferences about profile photographs on social networking sites? " this time. Since the time limitation, I will make my reserach scale within Teachers College. 

For my literature review, I am going to include the relevant points as below: 
- Identity constructions, self-esteem and self-disclosure in anonymous online environment
- Personality and motivation associated with social networking media use
- Accuracy of self-presenting profile photos

I have found and read some research articles which can give my guidance and laid the foundation for me to conduct my final project. “College students' social networking experiences on Facebook” written by Tiffany A. Pempek, Yevdokiya A. Yermolayeva, Sandra L. and Calvert, “Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships” from Shanyang Zhao, Sherri Grasmuck, and Jason Martin, “All about me: Disclosure in online social networking profiles: The case of FACEBOOK” by Amanda Nosko, Eileen Wood, Seija Molemacovered covered studies and observation about identity construction, self-disclosure during media use of college students. Craig Ross, Emily S. Orr, Mia Sisic, Jaime M. Arseneault, Mary G. Simmering, R. Robert Orr in their research “Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use” explored the correlation between motivation and media use behaviors, which can be very helpful for my study. Also, I found “A picture is worth a thousand words: A content analysis of Facebook profile photographs” written by Noelle J. Hum, Perrin E. Chamberlin, Brittany L. Hambright, Anne C. Portwood, Amanda C. Schat, Jennifer L. Bevan specifically focused on the prfilep photo choosing and the possible influecntial factors.

From now on, I will read and search more information to conduct my final research and write a clear schedule of each step so that I can keep everything well-arraged.