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The focus group interviews were located in a classroom in Rowland Hall, on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. There were four students and a moderator in an empty classroom. They were strategically placed in a circle, so the participants could all see each other. The students being seated in a circle made it the prime environment for open dialogue. This particular classroom was chosen because it was convenient to all the participants in the study due to its proximity to the classes on campus. The classroom was very quiet and there were no interruptions while the focus group interviews were in session. The time was not shown so the participants could not be distracted and they can focus on the questions being asked. The only …show more content…

Professor Yim, the instructor of Social Ecology 194w gave us permission to conduct the study of “Coping Mechanism for loneliness and Stress With the Use of Technology”. I did not participate as a moderator, but as an interviewee.
Participants
There were a total of five focus group interviews, each with four participants and one moderator. In total there were twenty participants and five moderators. The participants and moderators were all selected because they were enrolled in Social Ecology 194w discussion section as well. They are all students at the University of California, Irvine during summer session too. The ages ranged from 18 to 60 and both males and females were present. Some of the focus groups had all of the same gender and some of the focus groups had all five people of the mixed genders.
Apparatus
The only equipment that was used during the focus group interviews was a laptop that had a word document with the list of questions being asked to the participants. The laptop was also used for the clock to keep time since there was no clock visible to them. All interviews will be recorded with an iPhone 6 Apple device under the voice memos sections. I obtained permission from the interviewees that they allowed me to record them during the focus group …show more content…

Each of the focus groups split up and were sent to various parts of the University of California, Irvine campus to conduct these interviews. The interviews for the “Coping Mechanism for loneliness and stress with the use of Technology” were conducted at about one o’clock in the afternoon on August 12th, 2015. Each focus group interview did not have a minimum amount of time, but there was a maximum time of thirty minutes. The focus group interviews were measured in five minute intervals to make it easier to analyze and for the moderator to stay under thirty minutes. All of the five different focus groups were happening simultaneously around the University of California, Irvine campus. After each interview, the recordings were then transcribed verbatim. In the transcript, all of these things were noted: behavioral cues, laughter, and pauses were all written down to make it the most accurate. The moderator did not take any notes during the interview it was only recorded on the audio

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