Facebookaholics Public Survey Documentation

We used photography to document our Public Surveys, we felt it important to make it appear that the public weren’t being photographed so it would not change their behaviour or the opinions the public were sharing anonymously.

The following photographs were taken outside Drake Circus, before we were asked to move by Drake Circus Security Guards, who claimed it to be a ‘no survey zone’.

After being asked to move we re-located to Plymouth town center it was here that we were able to gather more results:

Public Survey Review

What worked well

– Representing the brand Fa through uniform and logo
– Set out of survey – selected questions
– Time and location, after school hours not too late, center of town
– Confidence – performing in roles, helped having both of us
– Form of documentation, photography was subtle to public

What didn’t work as well
– Lighting for photography, dusk due to time and season make photographs unclear, especially as it was subtle – long distance shots
– After various rejections, subconsciously prejudging peoples willingness to participate, resulting in bias results.
– Could have done this performance survey in multiple locations to collect varied results.

Additional comments
– Security guard moved us after 10 minutes outside drake circus as it was a no survey area, didn’t ask to see ID.
– Interesting patterns watching people avoid walking near us.
– People lying about their use of Facebook to avoid answering questions on our survey when approached.
– Interesting to see publics engagements with our uniforms and badges as we walked through town to location.
– Public’s assumptions that we were from Facebook, no one asked us whatorganisationn we were with.