[OPLINLIST] FW: Kent State University Focus Group Participant Request
Ruth Metcalf
RMETCALF at sloma.state.oh.us
Mon Mar 9 16:02:33 EDT 2009
HELLO EVERYONE!
I am sending you the following information (below) from Dr. Belinda Boon
and her colleague Sheley Napier, Kent State University Professors in
Children's Literature. They are looking for focus group participants for
a research study exploring perceptions in regard to controversial
fiction.
If you have an interest in participating in this, please contact Dr.
Boon or Sheley Napier (contact information below) as soon as possible.
THANKS!
Ruth A. Metcalf
Library Consultant
State Library of Ohio
274 E. First Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
PH: 614-644-6910
FAX: 614-466-3584
rmetcalf at sloma.state.oh.us
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
CALL FOR RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS
The Kent State University School of Library and Information Science is
seeking 15 people age 18 years or older to participate in a research
study exploring the public's motivations and perceptions in regard to
controversial works of fiction.
CRITERIA
Potential participants will meet the following criteria:
1. Have not read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K.
Rowling due to personal reasons (which may or may not be based on their
religious convictions).
2. Are willing to discuss these reasons with the researchers and
other research study participants in a focus group setting.
3. Must be willing to attend two meetings in Columbus, Ohio.
4. Must be willing to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by
J. K. Rowling, and to discuss their impressions of the book with the
researchers and other research study participants in a focus group
setting.
TIME COMMITMENT
We are asking for a six-week commitment between April 15 and June 15*,
which will include two meetings (one before and one after reading the
book).
PARTICIPATION AND PRIVACY
Participants' identities will be kept confidential in any published
research. Involvement in this study is voluntary, and participants may
choose to withdraw at any time.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Belinda Boon, M.L.I.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Kent State University, SLIS
bboon1 at kent.edu
614-291-1007
or
Sheley Napier, M.L.I.S.
sjnapier at columbus.rr.com
614-261-8877
*Actual dates to be determined
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