EPQ Primary Experiment Two being displayed

1. Experiment Two-
11/11/2016
Grace Crawford, EPQ, Mr
Bishop

2. 11/11/2016
At Lunchtime today, I decked my
camera up with a sign, displaying
“you are being recorded” to
determine how people would feel
after reading the sign and
understanding what they will do. This
than gives them the option on
deciding what to do, and if they will
come up to me enquiring about the
camera. I have the tick box questions
ready for when people begin asking
me questions and interacting with the
camera. This shall be interesting to
view the results from this experiment
considering there will be sign
confirming the thoughts of students
that the camera really is recording
them.

3. Proposed Questions to ask
Percipients
Below are the questions I intend to ask my percipients for the purposes of experiment
two. I hope to receive around 50 responses in order to gain an effective understanding
regarding this experiment and how people feel about generally knowing that they are
being recorded. This time I made sure that the questions are short, to the point and
most importantly, offers ring answers to quickly allow students to work through the
sheet and provide me with the answers that I seek for this experiment.

4. Start of the experiment…

5. Halfway through the experiment…
Halfway through the experiment, students came up to my camera and started to
mess about with it, ultimately moving the camera from one position to the other.
Instead of facing the History block, it now on looks to the benches where students
are eating their lunch. Upon asking why they moved my camera, many responded
with how they wanted the camera to face them eating and socialising with friends.
They said they liked the idea of the camera watching them as they could engage
with it, some even began moving my camera around so that it is not within one
steady movement but in fact has been moved around to follow students for their
enjoyment, suggesting that they find pleasure and excitement out of the camera
being there. Yet in response towards this, there was some whom seen the camera
and instantly blocked their face out of view by concealing their face with their
hands. Creating the impression that the idea of the camera recording them is
rather opposed, where some dismiss it, and other do not.

6. Moving the Camera about…
Some students even held my camera up and started following their friends around with
it, this particular student knew he was being recorded and tried to avoid it, yet still found
amusement in knowing the camera was following him about until he eventually placed
his hand across the lenses, effectively ceasing the recording as his hand blocked the
view. Showing he was okay with being recorded for amusement as he was being
followed around, he started walking about in circles, and laughing at this till he
eventually blocked it out of sight.

7. What I noticed…
Despite the fact the camera was clearly decked up and displaying my intended
actions, most students still felt the need to ask if my camera was really recording
them. Upon my confirmation, they made no attempt what so ever to enquire about
the camera, and its intended purpose as to why it was there- yet simply engage
with it by performing in front of it. I managed to hand out my questionnaires, and
the responses from this came back quite effectively, as I managed to obtain many
responses from this. I shall soon read, and present the answers I managed to
receive from this experiment and present this within my blog soon.
Many enjoyed taking my sign away and playing with this, whilst moving my
camera about, this was something different that I got from experiment one,
suggesting perhaps a certain age group of people feel a little more differently
about the camera. Most certainly interesting and I cannot wait to divulge within the
results received to determine how they felt about this experiment overall.

8. Pictures of my Experiment: