I went in and said I wanted to look at the structure of the essay and what to include. I felt the session was very useful, because for some reason talking about it helped me think of more ideas/critiques I could include.
Notes
- Instead of satisfying a need, they create one - WaterLogged, Ref Me
- Sleep analyser - tracks sleep quality - unneccessary, even though it gives us satisfaction of doing something well. This is called self affirmation.
- We use these apps but don't know why
- Apps make us lazy - RefMe - they take away responsibility to learn, but do we need that?
- Are the fitness ones helpful?
- Apps are fashionable - Strava run, myfitnesspal. Creates competition - like the sleep one as well, they create satisfaction in productiveness and performance
- How dependant are we on apps
- Billsplitter - useful if you are sharing a house
- How intrusive are apps
- Plethora of apps - some exist because they are fun to design i.e. weather apps
- Focus group help http://assessment.aas.duke.edu/documents/How_to_Conduct_a_Focus_Group.pdf
To Do:
- Look at jstor and google scholar - terms like smartphone apps are useful
Plan
- Intro 650
- 750 - background and history, facts about apps
- How useful apps are with examples, theory, focus group/primary research - 3 sections, 750wrds each
- Critique of app - with examples of apps as mentioned above - makes us lazy, creates needs, unneccessary, dependant etc, focus group/primary research - 3 sections, 750 words each
- Conclusion 650 words
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