How would you like to be a part of SpyGirl's Research Study??

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Spygirl

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:24 pm Click here to edit this post
Hey guys!!! It's me again! I will attempt to make this post as short as possible.

I am writing my dissertation about women and their experiences in developing relationships via the Internet. I am currently seeking volunteers to participate in this project.

Here are the requirements:

1). You must be a woman (sorry guys!).

2). You must have (at some point -- past or present) developed a relationship with someone using the Internet as your means of meeting and initiating contact.

3). You must be willing to participate in a private and confidential interview online that will last anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours (depending on how much information you have to share



Clarifications about the study:

1). The initial relationship contact must have been via the Internet. However, if you eventually moved into talking on the phone or face-to-face meetings, that still counts. It doesn't matter if you have developed 50 relationships or 5 -- I'm still interested.

2). It does not matter if you met via e-mail, message board, chatroom, MUD, or newsgroup. Just so long as it involved a modem (LOL)

3). I am not only interested in romantic relationships. I am interested in friendships, too.

4). I will NEVER ask for your real name or any information that will give away your identity. My only contact with you will be via email in order to set up the interview and then through the chatroom-style text interview.

5). The interview will be conducted in mIRC, in a private room exactly like the tvclubchat chatroom used by TVClubhouse.

6). You can quit at any time and I will not bother you again.

7). I will never discuss your participation with anyone on this board or anyone in my real life. That is a moral and ethical violation that would cost me my ability to practice marriage and family therapy, so you can rest assured that I will not discuss your participation. You, however, are free to discuss it if you choose.



Purpose of This Study

What is the purpose of this research project? I am very interested in the Internet as a new way to meet and get to know people. Being a marriage and family therapist, I am naturally interested in what the effects of this new medium will have on marital and family interactions.

The kinds of questions I will be asking will have to do with your experiences. It is like a "user on the street" sort of study and I just want people to tell stories of their experiences so that I can get an understanding of what women are experiencing. Example questions will be "what was it like the first time you talked one-on-one with someone in cyberspace?" or "in what way has interacting with people online influenced or affected your face-to-face relationships".


For More Information or to Participate

If this sounds like something you would be interested in learning more about (or know someone who would), feel free to email your questions to me at the following address set up especially for this study.

netresearch2001@yahoo.com

Also, feel free to post any questions or suggestions here.

Thanks everyone!!!

SpyGirl

Moondance

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:33 pm Click here to edit this post
Relationship? Forgot what that was... Sorry Spy, couldn't resist!

I will say this, I have talked to Spy on the phone several times and she is a sweetheart and a GREAT listener... I encourage anyone that can...help her out...I wish I could!

Schoolmarm

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:34 pm Click here to edit this post
YIPPEE, Spygirl...looks like you got departmental and IRB approval for your dissertation research. Congrats! (And if not, I'll get the IRB police on ya!!! I'm "just" the vice-chair this year, so I'll only read about 10 proposals instead of 50!)

Count me in....I'll send you an email.

AND I'll race you to finish...still targeting March or April for a defense.

Lets hope everyone else will participate.

Marm

Schoolmarm

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:36 pm Click here to edit this post
Moon....go ahead and participate...she's looking for "friendships" too, not just romantic relationships.

Certainly you've made friends via internet...you've even met some TVCHers IRL.
(Lucky you!)

Karuuna

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh my! the stories I could tell -- both horrifying and wonderful! I've met about 20 or so folks IRL that I first met on the net. Everything from stalkers to great friends. Heck, I could probably make your whole disseration! :)

Moondance

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh... I thought she meant romantic (again, another word I am unfamiliar with)

Moondance

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:41 pm Click here to edit this post
I still owe Kar a meeting!

I am game if you need me Spy!

Spygirl

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Marm and Moon! LOL @ Moom! I had to include friendships in the study just so I wouldn't be excluding someone like myself who hasn't seen a date in....WELL ANYWAY...

Marm -- YES!! I got approval on Friday!!! I'm very excited (as you can tell) and I have to do a couple of interviews in the next week in order to prepare for the conference. The rest will be conducted over the next 6-8 months.

You are DEFINITELY going to beat me to the finish line, but I'll give you a run anyway.

Thanks!

Karuuna

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Moon, we were close again, I was suposed to come to SB/LA the end of September, but not doing that now till air travel settles down a bit. Maybe next month. :)

Moondance

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Kar, just let me know....so I can tell Spy stories about you

Karuuna

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:45 pm Click here to edit this post
ROFL - just remember that I get to tell her stories about you too!

Schoolmarm

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:48 pm Click here to edit this post
I think that Kar should tell stories about Moonie, and then Moonie could tell stories about Kar....that would make a GREAT section.

Moon and Spy....Hmmmm can't remember my last date, either. (I think a couple of my "guy friends" thought that we were dating though)

Karuuna

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:49 pm Click here to edit this post
I remember my last date, in fact, I wish I could forget it! I'm not sure which is worse!

Moondance

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 03:58 pm Click here to edit this post
What's a Date?

Spygirl

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 04:00 pm Click here to edit this post
I'm laughing at you guys!! You are too funny.

Kar, if you are interested, pop me an email. ESPECIALLY after you meet Moon. That will make for MANY interesting stories...

Seriously, thanks very much guys.

And if you know someone who you think would be "perfect" for this study, pass this URL on to them. Thanks!

-SpyGirl

Spygirl

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 04:08 pm Click here to edit this post
I have also created an AOL email for this project as well. I have listed both e-mails here:



NetResearch2001@aol.com


AND/OR


NetResearch2001@yahoo.com

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 04:26 pm Click here to edit this post
Spy, would it skew the survey if about twenty of us related our stories about Merlin?

(just kidding, Merlin, and you know I would not be one to skew a survey anyway - by the way, does skew have an r in it?)

Spygirl

Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 04:30 pm Click here to edit this post
Well, it depends on WHICH Merlin stories you tell...

Good thing, though, this isn't really a survey, it is called an "ethnography", so it isn't possible to skew (no "r" - lol) the results....although I may have to limit the Merlin Admissions...

Spygirl

Monday, September 24, 2001 - 07:02 pm Click here to edit this post
have to shamelessly BUMP this

Babyruth

Monday, September 24, 2001 - 08:08 pm Click here to edit this post
Is doing the interview by "emails-only" an option?
I would not have an hour or more to devote in a chat session, but would be happy to email and respond as often as necessary to get the info you need.

Ryn

Monday, September 24, 2001 - 09:48 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh the stories I could tell or on-line relationships - lol (not me - OTHERS).

I know of at least 3 couples who met on the net and are now married.

all 3 were using a program called CU-Seeme - (Vid & Chat). And 2 of the 3 were international relationships - both women from the US - both men from Europe, both have been together now for more than 3 years, And all 4 were single when they met.

3rd couple is the other end of the spectrum, both were married when they met each other online and both got divorced and are now married to each other.

I also know of MANY couples that have come and gone via meeting on the net (as do most of you I bet).

Spygirl

Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 03:49 pm Click here to edit this post
Babyruth -- That may be an option. I haven't written it into my methodology, but I think I can easily do that. I know that any follow-up questions will be conducted via e-mail, so I'm pretty sure that I can do a couple of interviews via e-mail as well.

Ryn -- If you are soooo inclined , feel free to email or direct people to this thread if they might be interested in the study.

Thanks everyone!!

Babyruth

Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 03:52 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok, here's my email (also posted in my profile):
yobabyruth@yahoo.com

Spygirl

Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 04:46 pm Click here to edit this post
I have your e-mail saved Babyruth!!!

Thanks!!

Flint

Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 04:22 pm Click here to edit this post
Same here Ryn. The stories I could tell from the bad old days as an Arch on Ancient Anguish. Women meeting guys, guys pretending to be women in order to later meet women as a guy. There are some real wunderkind on the net. :)

Spygirl

Saturday, September 29, 2001 - 09:48 pm Click here to edit this post
Friendly Bump

Spygirl

Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 06:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Another Friendly Bump!!!

Goddess146

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 05:49 pm Click here to edit this post
Interesting topic. My mailbox is stuffed with TVCH members who would like to give such a relationship a try. I never respond.

For me, it is a man's scent that changes him from just another guy to something that makes the juices flow. I know, I am weird.

Merlin

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 07:00 pm Click here to edit this post
If Bohawkins ever gets that program that sends a man's scent across the internet, he will not have to use email anymore.

Weinermr

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 03:36 am Click here to edit this post
Goddess - <For me, it is a man's scent that changes him from just another guy to something that makes the juices flow. I know, I am weird.>

This is off the thread topic, but Goddess, I don't think this is weird at all. One of the things about my wife that is most comforting to me is her scent. A couple years ago we were having severe marital problems, and throughout those times I actually noticed her scent was not the same, and in fact was not attractive to me at all. Things have greatly improved between us, and the better things became, the more I thought her scent was attractive.

Sorry Spygirl - back to your dissertation now.

Goddess146

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 05:04 am Click here to edit this post
Weinermr. Thank you for that. I have also noticed changes in scent in both men and women around me. A few months ago I noticed a change in scent of one of my girl friends. I recently found out that she had started an affair around the same time as the scent change.

(Maybe someone will write a disseration about this topic. )

Wink

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 12:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Calling Jujusniffsniffsmartdog.

Juju2bigdog

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 11:09 pm Click here to edit this post
Uh.... yes?


Eeeeeewwwww, what is that smell? I smelled something like that once before, and it turned out to be some possum droppings the magpies put in a hollow stump.

Snee

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 10:40 pm Click here to edit this post
i'm in. will e.