COP - Academic Writing - Sources, Analysis and Triangulation - 31/10/19

• It is important to use a variety of sources as well as both primary and secondary research.
• Analysis is about taking a source apart objectively.
• "Triangulation involves seeking accounts from three or more perspectives"
• Your POV only matters either in context of other sources or with evidence backing it
• Analyse --> Close reading (handout on estudio) --> Triangulate (connect, compare and contrast) --> Form your analysis and conclusions

After the theory of this workshop, we then went into the library to find written sources. This was very useful as it prompted us to get away from using just the internet, as well as showing us how books can be used as a source for multiple sources due to the references they include. I found that there were a lot of books on VR, which are useful as they share the same concepts of immersive narrative and immersion in general. Researching in libraries is a new skill to me so I found sifting through the information quite challenging and very overwhelming, however it was very useful.

In the afternoon, we then started to look at our sources and analyse them whilst looking for patterns and links to start triangulating. This stage was very overwhelming as there are so many topics within 360 degree animations. I managed to narrow my topic interest down to either:

• Effective immersion in "Immersive Narratives" (non interactive 360 degree stories)
• Multiverse narratives/multiple storylines and the FOMO (fear of missing out)
• I can look at immersive theatre as this is a concept in that artform as well
• Film language of Immersive Narratives and how its different from 180 degree stories

My next steps are to sift through the books, focusing on just these topics to both decide on what I want to specify on as well as to analyse them. I will then expand my research by looking on the internet and finding more sources to triangulate.