Selecting a Research Area

1) Topic: Women and Film

Area of investigation: Looking at how women are represented in 'Chick Flicks' and the target audience’s reaction to these films.

Limits and range of research: I could do surveys of the target audience to find out their reactions to these films. I could ask them about a particular set of Chick flicks but that would limit my research to only the people who have watched those ones. I could also look at several of the films myself/ read Internet research about them/ books.


2) Topic: Women and Film

Area of investigation: Looking at how Chick Flicks are specifically marketed for women, for example they market them in women's magazines.

Limits and range of research: Again I could do surveys for this one and I could also look at previous/existing adverts for chicks flicks. This seems like it would quite a large area to research.


The strengths of my first idea is that it would be very doable and there are plenty of films in that area I can look at. The same goes for my second idea really. Perhaps the weakness would be getting the research from the audience.

I think I prefer the first idea more, but I'm still not entirely sure.