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- In the introduction you should state your research question that was recorded for you by the academics in your consultation meetings.
- Discuss the importance of the research question and its associated problems and what benefits might possibly be gained if the research proved to be successful
- Provide a summary of theliterature reviewand the boundary of knowledge you found in reviewing the literature
- Discuss youmethodology, and data collection techniques, and how it relates to the research question, experimental design etc...
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- present any conclusions or initial summary of what you have learned
- Future directions of any possible research
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MITS Advanced Research Techniques Research Report Candidate: Student Name Higher Education Department Victorian Institute of Technology Report Title: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IN DIFFERENT CULTURE AND IMPLICATION ON INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR Abstract The research topic throws light on the influences of the social networking sites. This is a research proposal that aims to bring out the effects of social media on various cultures. The research also shows how the social networking sites have an effect on the individual’s behaviour. The research proposal will throw light on the drawbacks of the ancient research and would also say why the researchers have taken up this proposal. The research proposal will show the reason, the purpose, and the rationale, which is evident for taking up this research. The purposes of the research would show how the reasons are linked with the effectiveness of the social sites within the culture and individual behaviours. In this research, the primary research methodology will be used. The researchers will use positivism philosophy, deductive approach and descriptive design, survey questionnaire and quantitative data collection methods. In this research, the researchers would interviewer 80 social sites users with the help of the probability sampling methods. Introduction Background Information The main purpose of the research topic is to show the influence of the social sites and the way, they affect the lives of the people in terms of culture and the individuals’ behaviour [1]. The main aim of this research is to find the drawbacks that were found in the previous research. This research proposal has been expected to solve the issues of the drawbacks of the previous research. With the help of this research proposal, the topic will be understood more elaborately and with clarity. The research proposal would try to understand the various clauses that are hidden with the effects of the social networking sites with the behaviour and the culture of the individuals. Through this research proposal, the researchers would also be able to understand what the traits of the behavioural approach are and how this approach is influenced by social networking sites. The complete research would stress on the fact that how the influences of the social networking sites determine the various behavioural approaches and the cultural dominations of the people. The research proposal would show the way, the social networking sites are not limited to the behaviours of the individuals but also, largely, affects the cultural aspects of the human beings. Purpose and Significance of the Research The purpose of the research proposal is, largely to find the drawbacks of the last or previous research. The previous research could not effectively show how the social networking sites are responsible for bringing a change in the behavioural patterns of the individuals and on the cultural aspects as well [2]. The main purpose of the research proposal is to make sure that the researchers could identify how the behavioural approaches change as per the influence of social media. The research proposal would also have an elaborate scrutiny on how the social media sites help the individuals affect their cultures as well. Research Problem The research proposal would be rationale as it throws light on a very current topic. Social media is a very widely used topic in recent days. There are a huge number of young people and the old people as well who use social networking sites [3]. The influence of social networking sites is definitely a rationale topic to be discussed. The trends of social networking sites have a huge impact on the lives of the people [4]. The impacts are in terms of the behaviour and the cultural differences as well [5]. However, the impacts of the social network vary as well [6]. There are positives and negatives as well. The advent of social media has changed our lives [7]. There is everything that can be done with the help of social networking sites [8]. However, the social networking sites are not helpful, as it seems [9]. There are various contents in the social media that might affect the behaviours of the individuals. Many contents may upset other cultures as well [10]. Just in the way, social media has brought us closer and it gave us unity, in the same way; it has created cultural differences as well [11]. Scope and Context of the Research Social media has expanded its effects all over the world [12]. Almost every person in this country uses social networking sites [13]. The use of social networking sites has made sure that the world becomes closer [14]. This is because social networking sites help the people to connect with each other. The social networking sites have helped in understanding the world a little better [15]. Electronic life is an inventive idea with a wonderful open entryway with additional degree for movements. With the movement of electronic long range informal communication various affiliations are using this medium to better their practices. With the usage of long range casual correspondence we can broadcast or examine in a dynamically capable way. In like way people don't have to rely upon the media or TV to get their consistently bit of news it would all have the option to be gotten from a long range casual correspondence site. People can follow or get information from wherever all through the world. It has become such an integral part of the individual that it has started affecting the behavioural approach of the individual [16]. However, as stated earlier, the effects of social media have been positive and negative as well [17]. The people have been suffering from negative impacts as well [18]. There are cultural deviations because of the use of the social networking sites [19]. Certain comments and the attitudes in the social networking sites would create a deviation in the cultural aspects of these people [20]. Methodological Approach The researchers have used the primary data collected method in collecting authentic data from the people. The data collection method would be a quantitative data collection method. The research philosophy found in the thesis research proposal is positivism philosophy. This philosophy is used so that the researchers can get a clear conclusion about the topic with logical understanding and criteria [21]. Adoption of these methodologies would help the religion in getting clear ideas about the research topic. The approach that will be maintained in the research proposal is deductive in nature. The deductive approach helps the researchers to draw the correct information [22]. The entire research will be conducted by adopting the descriptive research designs. These designs will help the researchers get a clear idea of the topic. The data collection method will be qualitative. For that, the researchers would adopt a survey questionnaire to get relevant data. The sampling size would be 80 users of social media. The sampling will be done by probability. Potential Outcomes This research topic might contribute to the influences of the social networking sites and might make the readers understand the ways, in which the social network can influence the behaviours as well as the cultural practises of the individuals. Literature Review Social Media’s positive effects Social media increasing is becoming crucial element to human society through changing out the social values, culture and norms. Sharing of information as well as content’s distribution are becoming essential social preferences [23]. Social media changed how individuals, which includes students mainly communicate, socialize and interact over course of learning processes [24]. Media’s new form is playing essential role within content sharing in the society [25]. Individuals having opportunity in participating in the social discussion through sharing pictures and images, posting comments and disseminating the ideas. Social media impact daily lives of the youths, especially the students [26]. Social networking and digital media are revolutionizing the methods of per day communication, consumption of information, sharing of information and collaboration [27]. Social media is the set of the online tools and applications which give ways of social communication and interaction among users of digital media by facilitating as well as creating sharing of knowledge and transforming monologue into dialog, by organization to the customers [28]. Social media consists of diversified applications and tools based on internet depending on technological functionality and foundations as well as philosophical ideology [29]. Social media changed way the users communicate as well as utilize sites of internet as means to disperse content between internet users and digital media [30]. This has created several opportunities for much more affordable as well as highly viable promotions for services and goods in internet, this offers many new ways in dealing as well as coordinating interactions among potential users of social media [31]. This has spurred creation of system correspondence as well as business opportunities [32]. Huge number of users of the social media spread their videos, photographs, recordings and articles with help of platforms of social media like Facebook, WordPress and YouTube and these share the information with all others [33]. Phenomena of the user generated content or data reached several new heights by Web 2.0’s introduction [34]. Web 2.0 is more focused over information’s valuable sharing among users. Social atmosphere’s best observation refers to emerging relevant social media [35]. Platform of social media is gathering of the internet applications and tools based typically on Web 2.0 as well as mechanical establishments which authorize creation, trade as well as sharing of site generated data or customer produced content of users of social media [36]. Platforms are provided by social media which enables students as well as rest of population for trading their ideas, information, conclusions and thoughts [37]. Hence through social media, the individuals might plan content, possess sound idea which involves information sharing, coordination, pictures, correspondence and videos based upon joint efforts as well as create the social connections along with others [38]. Participating social networking and sharing of digital media is beneficial as well as facilitates separate social interactions along with communication, through allowing the users in building brands as well as create several professional opportunities [39]. Evolving and emerging concepts of tools, applications, gratification and usage encourage in examining relationship among users of social media and these technologies [40]. Uses and gratifications theory (UGT) is referred to approach which helps in understanding logic behind how and why individuals seek out actively certain social words, UCT is method of audience centered to understand mass communication’s subject [41]. Focus of theory of uses and gratification is on the people’s action as well their responses to platform of social media [42]. By using the approach, positivism is referred by this theory that is based upon socio-psychology’s communication tradition as well as this focuses on communication pf individuals at scale of media technologies [43]. Hence, UGT’s theory describes ways where users of social media prefer deliberately the media platforms which satisfy the given desires as well as permit the in enhancing their desired interest [44]. UGT is the approach of human centered which focuses on the new media as well as this assumes that the users have many alternatives for choosing, allowing them