Today i have done my Thematic Analysis, well most of it anyway. I have found 13 reocurring themes and have categorized them under 2 main themes:
Signs of addiction:
- Loss of sleep
- Preoccupation with IDS
- Loss of time Messages control social life.
- Urge to check constantly check messages/checking mesages before doing anything else.
Reasons why people become addicted:
- Easier to talk and be open with people online,
- Exciting,
- convenient,
- quick and vast response from potential partners
- Buzz upon receiving messages
I also found out that people were saying that one of the signs they were addicted was because the actual sites were constantly sending them reminders to say who had been looking at them, showing them poential partners, saying how many people had been looking at there profile plus many more. This is very useful as one my aims was to see if there was anything about the actual site which was addictive.
I have narrowed the themes down to 9, i realise that this is still too many i think i have 6 themes which are very important, i want to discuss these with Paul before going any further, i am trying to email him, buthotmail i sdown!!!
