5. free writing
2. thought leaders
1. trusted research 7. find analogies
8. thought experiments4. non-designers
9. conclusions3. ethnographic research
6. activate your subconscious
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Collect information from trusted research sources.
Professional periodicalsLibrary resourcesTrusted websites.
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Seek insights from industry “thought leaders”
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Conduct ethnographic research.
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Seek the advice and opinions
of Non-Designers.
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Process thoughts, reactions and questions through
free-writing exercises
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Structure your research schedule to optimize your
subconscious problem solving ability.
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Create analogies. Analyze scenarios from history or other
fields of study that are applicable to your subject.
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Conduct thought experiments.Asses sets of possible future consequences
from the data you have collected.
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Develop a conclusionCreate proposals for experiments
to test this conclusion.
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Thesis Topics
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user-created content and social activism
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user-created content and social activism
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I want to explore the correlation between user-created visual content and activism among millennials through digital social media
Because I want to see how social activism is different for digital natives when compared to past generations
To create a system to better utilize user-created content as a tool for social and political engagement
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dadaism and mobile UX design
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I want to explore the “nonsensical” tenants of Dadaism and their possible application to contemporary digital user-experience design
Because I want see how “illogicality” can be applied to the overly rationalized work of UX design
To better emulate the surprising (and irrational) elements of human behavior and create more engaging digital content.
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transparency and political branding
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I want to explore political slogans and branding in contrast with visuals created using live-time metadata
Because I want to learn more about complex political realities that are often broken down into a single word or phrase
To find ways to reimagine the political brand using new technologies in order to create a more authentic / transparent forms of political messaging.
John Olson · Directed Research 2013 · Tom Klinkowstein
user-created content and social activism
dadaism and mobile UX design
transparency and political branding
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