RSA Brief: Update on tasks

The following post is an update on the status of key issues/research required for the RSA brief, 'Conflict Resolution', as set out in my previous post. This is largely a post that simply documents the secondary research undertaken, along with the plan for the primary research. It is not intended as a critical analysis of the material.

Primary research status

1. Survey of parents: Survey to be written and parents contacted


2. Survey of teens: Survey to be written and parents contacted


3. Interview with a teacher: Survey to be written and parents contacted

Desktop/secondary research status

1. High profile case studies:
   - The Phoebe Prince case in South Hadley, Boston
   - The Lori Drew 'Myspace Murder'
   
   


2. Bodies that deal with cyber bullying in the UK:
   - National Bullying Helpline
   - Anti Bullying Week
   - Teacher Net
   - Bullying.co.uk
   - Safe (Met police service on bullying)
   
   


3. BBC documentaries on cyber-bullying':
   - Cyber Bullying: A Mother's Story
   - Watching the Watchdog
   
   


4. Policies of Google, Facebook and other social networking websites:
   - Official Google policy
   - Official Facebook policy (parents)
   - Official Facebook policy (teens)
   - Criticism of their policies
   
   


5. Existing cyber bullying prevention software:
   - Cyber mentors
   - Cyber Mentors web-browser for Mozilla
   - Cyber Bullying Alert

Framing the context of my project and user scenario
In addition to the researching, the context of the brief needed to be out into context.

1. Who is the target audience/end user?
   To help in tackling cyber-bullying, should the campaign target the victim, the bully, or both? As bullying in general is a complex issue for all parties involved, I feel that it should target both the bully and the victim (including both parties parents and teachers).


2. Rewrite a brief as if it was a brief from a client, outlining the requirements and aims of the project. In progress


3. Once context of the project is established and brief rewritten, then design a user scenario to help begin visualising possible solutions. In progress