Thesis Report posts
I’m working on my Thesis Report outline right now, and as I finish particular sections, I’m going to post them online. As I catch up to the present, I’d like to perhaps in essence blog my thesis report. Hopefully the connections will become clearer as I describe my process in more detail, as this blog has been tracking areas of interest, but not specifically my process. I think it’s possible to get a sense of what I’ve been looking at over time, but it’s not clear at all what exactly I’m designing. The interesting thing, though, is that in some cases I’ve forgotten what exactly I’ve posted on this blog, only to later find that I’m slowly heading in that direction anyway.
One area in particular is branding, although I think I’m dealing with branding in a way that’s quite different from what I’ve been commenting on in previous posts. Another area is storytelling and its relationship with information, conspicuous consumption, and motivation.
An area which I haven’t really been exploring as much as I initially thought I would is that of feedback. I think it may be because I’m considering feedback an implicit part of gaining more information. That is, if information alters behavior, then people will buy different things and their feedback will be received and perceived through those purchasing channels. I’m still interested in this area, although it remains to be seen exactly how I integrate it into my thesis.