Syracuse, NY – This afternoon I was discussing research paper topics with my partner for Communications 605 – Research Methods (with Professor Pamela Shoemaker) and the H1N1 disease came up.
With all the media hoopla out there, I know there is an experiment/survey that can be done on this heated topic. Here is a rough hypothesis for my idea: The more media coverage the H1N1 virus gets the more likely people are to get the vaccine and live healthier lives.
Sounds pretty simple, right?
Expanding on this idea, here are some questions and points of reference we came up with:
- Rating students (and faculty) reactions and responses to different forms of H1N1 statistics, advertisements and warnings (we could start with the page long blurbs all the professors have been including in their syllabi).
- How convincing this information is and are people going to stay home from work/school if they are sick?
- Find out how people feel when they are told to stay home from school/work even if they only have symptoms.
- Rate how sick people needed to be for them to stay home.
- What are the precautions people are taking to stay healthy.
What do you all think? This idea is very raw but I do think it is timely and important.
Never the less, here’s a great graphic I found on NYTimes.com about the swine flu. It is from an article called, “Swine Flu Upsets Rituals of Greeting” by Swell Chan:
- east coast paper boy
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