breaking down the steps of research

• know what you want to find out. Ask your self the appropriate questions which you want answered.
• Narrow down your research - decide what media texts you will use to find out about the your subject in more detail.
• First use a very general source of knowledge (e.g. wikipedia) to get an understanding and your first peices of information. This source should lead you to pages with more deapth on the topic.
• Use double click ad planner. This allows you to see audience profiles and who/how many people use each website. Check out the statisticks to come to a conclusion about the demographic of your audience.
• Look to see if they are american websites or UK websites.
• analyse how people got to those particular websites. this tells you their interests.
• hunt for directories
• write up the research process and information you have collected.