Research [Lecture notes]

What types of research there are and how to go about them...

Primary
Finding out new information through direct contact with your subjects such as questionnaires, interviews, observation and hidden observation.

Secondary
Using information that other people have found out about your chosen subject such as from the internet or libraries which can be difficult to gather.

Experiential
Gathering information through direct personal research such as trying out an activity, experience or product or recreating an rexperience which you can't, for some reason, experience directly through the use of role-play.

Visual
Gathering information through visual experimentation, lateral and intuitive connections; basically playing around with out a set thing you are trying to accomplish to see what happens. You can do this by experimenting with materials, visual intervention and playing with images of your chosen subject.

and on the subject of speech making...
you have the 'speaker', the 'subject' and the 'person addressed' - the last one holds the key as to whether communication takes place...