This is narration that i did for the bit about industry. It is to be coupled with the footage that i shot on the 19th.

This is Belper. Although not a buzzing metropolis, Belper has now been credited as a world heritage site and the start of the industrial revolution. The growth in industry saw a huge increase in the number of houses being built to accommodate the massive influx of factory workers. And as a result this forced large amounts of people into small areas, and creating whole new societies . ]

AND THEN...

With the collapse of british factories, we wanted to look at how societies are being created in the modern world.

OR....

We went to talk to residents at Aaron House to talk to them about what they remember from British industrialism.

What will happen so far!

Opening Montage - 1 min
Interviews in Sheffield centre (youg people), Social Networking sites etc - 2 mins
Experiment intro - 30 secs
Stats, behavioral psychology - 30 secs
Experiment, introducing subjects - 1 min
Stats - social networking sites etc - 30 secs
Interviews in elderly home - 2 mins
NEW: Info on Technology - 1 min?
Experiment conclusion, subject interviews - 30 secs
Conclusion (with reference to Raymond Williams - Culture and Society) - 30 secs

Narrator:

You wake up in the morning. You take a shower, you have breakfast. You put on a pot of coffee. You leave the house, walking, or taking the bus or car. Along the way, you text. Talk on your phone. Listen to your iPod....
In today's society, these are all activities that take place during many people regular rountine. But what are we missing while we go about our day, oblivious to the people, and to what's around us..?

Titles roll

Narrator:
So, what has happened to our sense of awareness? Have we lost our ability to tune into society? Into what surrounds us?

Scene change, people in sheffield city centre, people walking by.

With the rise in popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, we found this to be not only an interesting topic, but also important for us to create a better understanding of social communication and behavior amongst people between the ages of 16-24.

We firstly went into Sheffield City Centre to begin our investigation into social interaction.

interview questions

Scene change, clips of people on facebook

throughout the ages, technology has been making communication easier. Social networking sites like facebook make it possible to stay connected to hundreds of people at a time. It is now even possible to keep in touch with friends and family without having to connect with them, through what is known as status updates. this is now known as the ambient model.

The social networking site Facebook has more than 300 million active users. In any given day 50% of the active users log in and each month more than 2 billion photos, 14 million videos and 3 million events are created. Not only can you access Facebook through your pc, you can also log in on your mobile phone. There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their phone or mobile devices.

Scene change. interior house, people coming in, meeting, shaking hands etc during narration.

To investigate further into whether or not social networks are affecting our social skills we conducted a social experiment.

Before the experiment, it was important to make sure that the subjects had never met. We put the subjects into a small room and simply asked them to wait, telling them that the experiment would begin when we took them out of the room in turn. However, the experiment in fact will study how our subjects will react to being forced into a social situation where they have to choose where they will socially stand, and whether or not they will choose to communicate with the others at all. We will return later to see how they communicate with each other and whether or not a social hierarchy emerges.

people walking around sheffield, on phones, ipods etc.

It was also important to note how behavioral psychology would affect the experiment. Social interaction is a fundamental part of everyday life, whether this be physically with other people or via communicative media.

In previous studies it has been found that when pairs of unacquainted peers were observed in free interaction, the rates of performance in verbal and non-verbal communication were significantly higher. This was also affected by seating arrangements, as it has been previously recorded that particular seating arrangements, for example sitting opposite each other, are more socially acceptable for people who are unacquainted. In a previous study, it was found that sitting side by side was considered the most intimate. People will sit across from one another until the distance between them exceeds the limit for comfortable conversation. We expect to see some evidence of this during the experiment.

back to experiment. subjects introducing themselves to camera

Elderly Home

Today got in contact with our elderly home! We're visiting Aaron house on tuesday, at 2. Successss!

Elderly Home

Rang the elderly home on Broomhall Rd - the nice lady on the end of the phone said she reckons that would be fine, but we've got to check with the manager tomorrow. Success!

Experiment script

Just added to Abi's bit of script and elaborated for the experiment itself :)

Experiment

After the experiment was over, we took aside each volunteer separately, not allowing them to talk to each other. We asked them what they believed the experiment was about, and what they thought we were trying to achieve, to see just how perceptive they were, and whether or not they picked up on the nature of the experiment.

*Subjects discussing their thoughts*

We then explained to them the nature of the experiment, and asked them how they felt at being put into a room with strangers. (Ask questions below)

*Subjects discuss*

1. After experiencing the experiment, what do you believe it was about? What do you think we were trying to achieve?

2. How did you feel about being put in a room with people you didn’t know?

3. Did you feel compelled to communicate, or rather keep to yourself? Why do you think that is?

4. Who do you think was the most communicative of the group?

5. Do you think a social hierarchy emerged? If so, where did you stand?

6. Do you feel that had we told you beforehand about the nature of the experiment, you would have felt more inclined to make an effort to communicate? Why do you think that is?

Logs.

Camera logs have been done. Mark can i have that other tape. Sound logs done aswell. where is the narration we have done.

Narration

this is the narration for

Interviews in Sheffield centre (young people), Social Networking sites etc - 2 mins
Experiment intro - 30 secs
Stats - social networking sites etc - 30 secs
Interviews in elderly home - 2 mins

Let me know if this is okay guys. Cheers

We went into Sheffield town centre to ask young people about their knowledge of social networking sites, using Facebook as an example. Do they use them? How often do they use them? What’s their opinion on them causing a decline in face-to-face social contact?

To investigate further if social networks are harming our social skills we decided to conduct an experiment, we asked 3 people to sit in a room together, after intervals of 20 minutes we will take one person out. The idea is to see how they communicate with each other and whether or not a sort of social hierarchy emerges.

The social networking site Facebook has more than 300 million active users, with the fastest growing demographic being those aged 35 and older. In any given day 50% of the active users log in and each month more than 2 billion photos, 14 million videos and 3 million events are created. Not only can you access Facebook through your pc, you can also log in on your mobile phone. There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their phone or mobile devices with more than 180 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products, it comes as no surprise that Facebook mobile users are 50% more active than non-mobile users.

To get a better idea of what the overall population thought of the concept that social networks are harming our social skills, we asked some of the older generation about their views and to see if things were different when they were younger.