Done

I was delighted to hand in my completed dissertation today.  I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks if it has passed.  If it has, I’ll stick it up on the blog here so you can tell me how many mistakes there are in it.  This thing has taken over my life in a way that I really didn’t expect.

I wouldn’t have managed it without a lot of help.

The people at Linwood Parish Church have been amazing.

My better half, Avril, has been a star.  Who knew having a pedant handy would be so helpful?!?  Seriously, her help editing and spell checking and generally keeping me motivated (kicking me up the backside) have meant it was handed in almost on time!

Gone

In other news… this time tomorrow I’ll be in Jerusalem!

Right.  I’ve decided what my Masters research will focus on.

I’m going to explore youth workers in church settings’ attitudes to social media.  I had a couple of chats over the last few days with Chris and Tim and they have helped me to focus.

So, my initial plan is:

To investigate youth workers in Scottish church based settings’ use of and attitude to social media tools.

I hope to find out

1. Who uses social media tools – demographics of use
2. What do they use and how
3. Are there policies or guidelines around use
4. what benefits do workers perceive?

How does that sound?  Your thoughts comments and insights are very welcome, as always.