SO FAR.

So far, the goa has been to accumulate data: stereotypes of English people. The data needs to be collected from as many cultures as possible and using as many research methods as possible. I have used:
Qustionnaires – 19 responses
Interviews – 2 (another is scheduled)
Opinion poles – 76 responses
Books – 2 (2 more coming up)
Dvds – 3
TV shows - 1
A travel article
A chat forum – 6 responses
Cultural groups represented so far in my research include: Canadian, Chinese, German, Japanese, American, Belgian (Flemish), Belgian (French), Colombian, Finnish, Australian, French, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, United States, Ukrainian.
Most of my data has been collected through the questionnaires that I have used. They turned out to be efficient, easily transferable and non-intrusive. I think people feel more comfortable expressing their views about the English completely anonymously. Using questionnaires therefore eliminates social desirability bias. Looking at articles and chat forums + opinion poles has given me a huge stack of information and quotable material to back up my choice of stereotypes to be investigated.
I have found an online dissertation format, which I have looked through to help me picture how my essay will be set out. Ordering information is key to this piece of writing. I think I should open my essay with an introduction to stereotypes from a psychological perspective. This I have read up on and I hope it’s not too much of a problem if my introduction goes over 250 words. For example, I would like to discuss Tajfel’s Minimal group paradigm and how it might be applied to a pattern I have noticed in my findings: most stereotypes are negative. This could obviously be explained by Tajfel’s theory + study, but interestingly, the majority of stereotypes pinned on the English by Ukrainian people (according to my interviewee) are positive. Why is this I wonder?...Going off on a historical/political tangent might be inappropriate though.

Interview with dina.

did that. very good stuff. That makes 2, plus the one with simona tomorrow. it's the 23rd of nov.

people and their pasts

john siblon's bit. not really relevant as such. not even that interesting.

To future self

if you have trouble getting ideas on how to test stereotypes, just post the question on a chat forum.

wiki travel

wiki travel is AWSOME. packed with quotable stuff.

need to find out who wrote the article..

Interview with Darya

success! said some  interesting things. some common. others less so. lots about politics. said more nice things than i expected.

is this because i'm English? ...interviewer bias. damn.

interview

interview on monday 14th november