I am currently at the stage of coding and analysis the data. I have identified general themes, but I expect to go to finish the coding before moving on to the dissertation proper. I have gone over the transcripts only twice yet.

Dissertation Skeleton

Title page

Abstract (summary) 400 words

• Overview of the research
• Methods used
• Results, findings and takeaways

• State your conclusions and interpretation

  Table of contents

  Introduction

• Research topic + context
• Scope of the research
• Show the research relevance
• Clearly state your research questions and objectives

• Structure of the report clearly outlined

  Literature review

• see draft literature review document (lit review done 90 % done, second draft) (external link given to supervisor for review)

Methodology

• Submitted proposal and received approval from DCU Ethics Committee
• Planned the qualitative research, inductive analysis approach; thematic content analysis
• Anonymous survey first submitted across LinkedIn, Whatsapp groups and Facebook Music groups
• Using Qualtrics to set up survey; 2 surveys needed to record anonymous answers and email addresses for further participation
• Selection of sample for further interviews based on survey data
• Semi-structured interviews with 7 participants who agreed to be contacted and advised they were Millennials
• Limitations: time window to gather responses as interviews needed planning; self-disclosed age of participants; no incentive given to respondants; conversations conducted during the interviews might not have the exact same questions; focus only on Spotify to narrow down the sample of participants to interviews for comparison basis
• Obstacles

Presentation and analysis of data

• THEMES IDENTIFIED
• Presentation using mind maps, extracts from the interviews (under pseudonym)
• Logical structure and flow
• Conclusions drawn from the data
• Draw parallels from data of the survey and the interview if possible, identify trends

Discussion

• Key elements identified
• Implications: what do the results actually mean?
• What are/were the limitations
• Explanation of unexpected results
• Link to existing literature or knowledge

Conclusion

• Clear expression of what the research study has intended to do and has contributed
• Thoughts towards the future and further research possible

References

• Refer to bibliography document --> TO DO final clean up

Appendices

• Transcripts of interviews
• Survey & interviews questions
• Mind maps /thematic network

TO BE DETERMINED: Do I need anything further from the survey?