Ideally primary research would of been performed using questionnaires, surveys and maybe even interviews. However, due to the time constraints on this paper, I do not think that I have enough time to gather a sufficient volume of primary research to use in the paper. To compensate I have decided to use more secondary sources, using both qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data should help me gather opinions and deeper thoughts on the topic while the quantitative data should provide the statistics and facts. I will be inputting my own opinions, but this will be kept to a minimum and my opinions, same as all opinions are subjective and are harder to back up. However I still think that my opinion is worth something as I was and still kind of a teenager so I have first hand experience which can provide a unique perception on the topic.
The main pieces of information that I would like to gather are:
- Statistics on the volume of teenagers owning mobile phones.
- Statistics on the percentage of teenagers that bring their mobile phones into school.
- Statistics on the amount of mobile phones confiscated from students.
- Views on the symbolism of mobile phones.
- Views on the effect of mobile phones on teenage social life.
- Views on the use of mobile phones and use in education.
There may be more pieces of information that I may dig up to use in this paper, but at the moment this is what I am thinking of. These pieces of information should allow me to construct a good conclusion using both views and opinions and hopefully a non-biased view on the topic.
