Do British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection

Do British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society?

Contents

TOC o “1-3” h z u HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426575” INTRODUCTION PAGEREF _Toc385426575 h 1

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426576” LITERATURE REVIEW PAGEREF _Toc385426576 h 1

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426577” Primary Research PAGEREF _Toc385426577 h 2

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426578” Introduction PAGEREF _Toc385426578 h 2

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426579” Choice of research philosophy PAGEREF _Toc385426579 h 3

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426580” Questionnaires PAGEREF _Toc385426580 h 3

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426581” Research validity and reliability PAGEREF _Toc385426581 h 3

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426582” Limitations encountered PAGEREF _Toc385426582 h 4

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426583” Appropriateness of triangulation to research PAGEREF _Toc385426583 h 4

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426584” Ethical consideration PAGEREF _Toc385426584 h 4

HYPERLINK l “_Toc385426585” Data analysis and presentation PAGEREF _Toc385426585 h 5

INTRODUCTIONA great deal of attention has been accorded to some of the activities that are associated with celebrities. The news concerning the celebrities has gained popularity in the recent past. This has been an important trend leading to the high proliferation of celebrity magazines that are intended at quenching the appetite of the populace with regard to the celebrity gossip. Despite the fact that these magazines have impacted the global magazine scenario, the magazines have also impacted the society in both negative and positive ways.

LITERATURE REVIEWAccording to a research done by Cicely Richards, celebrity magazines have a great effect to teen body image. Magazines, such as Star and US Weekly are commonly read by the teens and young adults. The magazines report the latest gossip on celebrities weekly and also incorporate columns like, “Who Wore it Best,” and “The Best and Worst Dressed of the Week,” including assessments of the popular women’s bodies. Such section might seem fun and harmless but they will affect the thinking of the teens who read them because they will end doing what they read.

Advertisers contribute to attributes of a perfect body as well. Ads published in magazines show models are very skinny making it hard to determine whether the model is a female or a male. Some advertisers prefer using celebrities who have plastic surgery that make them look unreal like marionettes. This affects the teens in that they start wondering whether something is wrong with their body because they don’t have such extremes in appearance.

The more celebrity magazines the more pages needed to be filled with celebrity gossip because different magazines will require stories and pictures to satisfy their readership. This will lead to each magazine developing an angle to attract the reader. The danger is that sometimes these angles might not be accurate, or even be an obvious lie that will end up misleading the society because the information is faulty.

Also, the celebrity magazines have a tendency to report on everything and something the celebrities are very good at doing showing the society that celebrities are just regular people. Some celebrities always try harder to project a positive image because they are always under scrutiny from the magazines making them be good examples to the society hence providing more role models.

Primary ResearchPrimary research refers to collection of statistics that is non existent. This was considered to be achieved through numerous forms: including the use of questionnaires, making telephone conversations, surveys, etc. As pertained to this project, the primary sources were likely be the existing celebrity magazines which are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society The major merit with conducting primary research is that it was accurate. However, the disadvantage of primary research was that it was time consuming, as it involved dealing with people from various regions, the human sources may only become resourceful out of their own willingness, and this took them quit sometimes before making up their minds to tell what they knew or give their side stories about celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society

Aims and methods

The aims of this paper is determine whether the celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society.

Introduction

This section spells out the procedures and methods that the researcher employed in achieving the objectives of the project so highlighted in the abstract of this paper. It defines the location of the study, research procedures and analysis plan that were addressed in the course of the study consideration when carrying out this particular research. The research was supposed to start with the clear understanding of the research objectives as well as the hypothesis. Success of the project was a factor of the provision of satisfying information in line with the objectives and hypothesis in the determination of transition to reception programs for late birthday children

The objective of the research just as a recap is to identify whether celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society It is important to note here that this research was mainly based on the interviews even though other research methodologies were briefly discussed.

Choice of research philosophy

Another aspect that is of great significance in this research was the research strategy. It’s the research strategy that indicated which methods a researcher adapted to answer the research objectives or questions of whether the celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society.

Survey is one of the most important research strategies that have popularity in conducting this research. The use of surveys facilitated for the collection of a large amount of data from a large population. This implies that the researcher conducted surveys and question specific groups of people to obtain large amount of information relevant to the subject of the survey. The data was collected from the people either via questionnaire or orally. The purpose of the survey was to establish and analyze views of respondents in order to find what they think about particular situation, case or statement. However, despite the fact that the views from a large number of respondents was gathered through the survey strategy, the data obtained did not all reflect to the objective of the research at depth

QuestionnairesThis research was mainly carried out by the use of a questionnaire. The questionnaire enabled the information to be gathered from many respondents who were directly involved in celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society. Use of a questionnaire as a quantitative method for collecting data from the sources was found to be the most appropriate method of collecting mass responses and as such, providing a good method of comparative analysis. The questionnaires that were used covered a number of data sources to find out opinions and views regarding the celebrity magazines are widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society. Designing good questionnaires required significant skills and experience. The researcher embarked on the study by setting up survey questionnaires that addressed issues relevant to the interviews conducted. It was important to pilot or test the questionnaire as fully as possible before distributing them to the interviewees to fill them.

Research validity and reliability

A debate about the findings of the preceding literatures on celebrity magazines is widely read in UK and whether the British people feel this is a positive or negative reflection of British society includes discussion of the ‘research’, more often than not referring to the manner in which the statistics were collected”. This research being a phenomenological, all questions are related to theoretical characteristics discussed in literature preview. The process would therefore be accurate in collecting, analyzing and sampling data; hence the validity of result would be quite high. Considering the possibility of existence of a diversity of aspects of validity, which influence the validity of research in general?

Limitations encounteredDuring the carrying out of the research the following challenges were encountered:

It was difficult to access some areas due to poor infrastructure.

I experienced a language barrier because some interviewees spoke different languages.

There also existed the tedious and long procedures to be followed in order to obtain the entrance to the premises which were coupled by writing of letters for granting of permission.

Appropriateness of triangulation to researchThe essence of applying triangulation is for the sake of indications of applicability of several methods (excess of two) in the course of the study in consideration of checking double or even triples results checking otherwise known as cross examination. The idea behind the concept is for the researcher to express a high degree of confidence in consideration of the results of diverse methods that give similar results. In case a single method was applied by the researcher, there is a higher tendency of believing that the results are valid. Application of more that one method may result in a clash of the results. The application of about three methods attempting to derive an answer may lead to a similarity of answers from two out of the three methods used. In case of an occurrence of a crash there is then a need of reframing the question (HSE, 2006).

Ethical considerationThe participants were supplied with different questionnaires based on specific areas of interests. The approval or disapproval of implementation of the program was based on its merits and demerits as determined after conducting the research. All the participants were given their respectively informed consent for the purpose of participation in the research. They were informed prior to research, the purposes, the potential benefits as well as the risks that might be associated with their participation. Ethical standards shall be considered in the process of the procedures of the research.

If the participants chose not to answer any part of the question/s, their right to not answer were acknowledged and it was ensured that the privacy of any person was not compromised upon. Two attempts were made and no further again to respect the privacy of any individual. Besides, the proposals for a general announcement of the ruling for agreeing to contribute to no other involvement incentive were offered. Whilst conducting interviews with the sources, researcher stayed cognitive of the selected interview time and made no efforts to intentionally lengthen the interview. Moreover, as an important part of the ethical considerations, all the sources of secondary data were given complete recognition for their input to this study. The composed data was characterized truthfully and the investigation was to the finest of the researcher’s knowledge and capability

Results

With the rise in attention provided by celebrity magazines the celebrities have been pushed to promote charities and other organizations that strive to benefit the humankind. This has been positive to the society because the celebrities have recognizable names giving them powerful voices make what they say and the organizations they support receive much attention that help the organizations to develop.

Data analysis and presentation

The collected data will be analyzed using the Statistical Programme for Social Scientists (SPSS)

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