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smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 07 2009, 11:43 Hi folks, I need at least 2 participants to interview about their admiration for Mike, as part of a Social Psychology project I am conducting for my Open University Psychology degree.  This would involve in-person, face-to-face interviews.  Ideally (but not necessarily), I need male and female interviewees, to factor in gender-bias etc.  Are you interested?  If so, email me at: smillsoid@googlemail.com Smillsoid. -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

anewman Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: July 2004 Posted: May 07 2009, 21:38 Where are you based? Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 07 2009, 22:14 If distance is not a real problem,count me in! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 08 2009, 00:54 I'm based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands - but I'm prepared to travel, because I'm only interviewing a few people.  If you're interested EMAIL ME: smillsoid@googlemail.com - stating your age, gender and location.  If you're short-listed, I'll contact you directly. Thanks guys!  MO fans rule! -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 08 2009, 01:00 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ May 08 2009, 03:14) If distance is not a real problem,count me in! If you're coming to the UK in June, then you're ideal! -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: May 08 2009, 03:07 What would be interesting is to include someone from an area like Texas. A MO fan who worshiped this music growing up, but enjoyed it mostly alone. I can count on one hand the number of people I've met who actually "owned" a MO album in this area. Someone who can appreciate the music having been "isolated" from any large fan base. I would be willing. scatterplot1@yahoo.com Jim -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: May 08 2009, 09:51 Hi Smillsoid.Check your email. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: May 08 2009, 18:03 Seems like you could use several folks, indeed. If I were going to be in the UK for sure, I'd volunteer, but now that's up in the air because of math tutoring. What about using skype and a webcam for some of us in distant locations? -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 08 2009, 21:46 I'm afraid that approach wouldn't get past the BPS Ethics Panel.  Must be face-to-face interviews - sorry.  I'm going to have to travel all over the country to meet those already recruited.  My fiancee intends to go into film-making, and plans to make a psychology documentary in the near future - so who knows... -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: May 09 2009, 10:15 Ah...ok....sounds like you're all set!  I have several psychologist friends (even get on pretty well with my ex, who teaches research in psych at the college level), and clearing the institutional/ethics review board is very important. One of the first profs teaching a course in ethnography in Second Life had a difficult time getting approval for his class to be in there, conducting field work in the various SL communities. Luckily, permission was granted ("lucky" cos the class was imminently scheduled to begin! ).  That was in January 2007, and since then, there are numerous psychologists and anthropologists conducting research there, both individually and collaboratively. It is research at a distance, and if you (or anyone else) needs strategies for approaching your institutional/ethics review boards/panels for anything involving distance research (not just SL) , help is available--just PM me.  I've participated in a couple of studies within SL and it seems to me that both times I had to sign (or click) a release--something no doubt connected with the IRB or ethics policy. But anyway.....your research, especially with the Mike angle, sounds fascinating!  Best of luck with it! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Guest Unregistered Posted: May 09 2009, 12:18 Quote (smillsoid @ May 07 2009, 17:43) Hi folks, I need at least 2 participants to interview about their admiration for Mike, as part of a Social Psychology project I am conducting for my Open University Psychology degree.  This would involve in-person, face-to-face interviews.  Ideally (but not necessarily), I need male and female interviewees, to factor in gender-bias etc.  Are you interested?  If so, email me at: smillsoid@googlemail.com Smillsoid. Smillsoid,   I can save you a lot of time and money spent for traveling and give you the result of your project beforehand. None of us fans who admires MO´s music is normal..NONE! WE - the fans - rise proudly above the common mob..     Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 09 2009, 13:19 Thanks guys! -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 11 2009, 21:01 Thanks to all of the people who have offered their services so far.  Anybody else want to be involved? Email me: smillsoid@googlemail.com -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 14 2009, 10:52 Last chance for volunteers! -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 15 2009, 13:55 Without wishing to stir up any music fan rivalry or anything...but I've had way more Kate Bush fans responding to my request than Mike Oldfield fans.  Come on guys - we need to get roughly equal numbers in the name of balanced research.     -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: May 15 2009, 22:48 I looked up Kate Bush simply because of the buzz on here, and the nice Peter G. song from So. Not much interested in her. Oh well. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 16 2009, 01:28 Each to their own.  Now, as Basil Fawlty would say, "Come ON!" -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 18 2009, 13:21 Thanks to yet more of you wonderful people coming forward to offer your services!  Interviews will take place late May/early June. -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: May 18 2009, 15:27 Funny, I was just thinking, do Oldfield fans share similar engrams? Jim -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: May 18 2009, 23:25 For selected memories, yes, I think we might. -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

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