Sociology Field Observation

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Sociology Field Observation Research purpose I would like to study about how physical environment unconsciousness influence among people and how theses physical environment influence social interaction. In library, I found that students in same floor are behave similar with each others but different from people in other floors. It is an interesting discover and I want to get the reasons of it. Research question What are the impacts of physical environment in Scott library and how they influence interpersonal behaviors? Observation Method I conducted an unobtrusive observation of Scott Library located at York University Keele campus. In order to have comparative data, I set the location in second and fourth floor which are friendly conversation zone and silent study zone. The observations were conducted on November 4th, 2014 at 2:30 pm which lasted for around 50 minutes and November 5th, 2014 at 10:30 am during 30-40 minutes on the 2nd floor; November 6th, 2014 from 2:30 -3:15 pm and November 7th, 2014 from 10:30- 11:30 on the 4th floor. I observed 4 times a week, recorded as handwriting notes and typed them to laptop as outline of assignment. The trustworthy of these was assured by observation results from two different zones for multiple times with highly concentration and careful notes. In fact, since the first year I came to York I start to study in Scott Library, each time I went there can be consider as a process of observation, so the observation of this report have taken "2 years long". Results There are two distinctive physical environment designed in second and fourth floor which have totally different impacts and social interactions. On the 2nd floor, there have colorful desks, chairs and sofas which can be moved easily. It is a open- space study zone which have a number of television screen and computes available in both sides and even

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