Hi Some of you may remember that, a few months ago, I asked for volunteers from the Sinister list to help with a research project I was doing. Well, thank you to all who participated, because it went well (if you want to know more, do email me). So I am expanding on that research for my dissertation, and hoping to carry out a more detailed study of online fora used by pop fans. I really want to study Belle and Sebastian fans, so I thought I would write to tell you, in case anyone had any objections. My research will involve observation of what's going on in these fora, plus (at a later date) sending out questionnaires to willing volunteers. My aim is not to slag anyone off, (After all, I am a music fan who regularly uses mailing lists, chatrooms and such like), but to hopefully get an insight into fan interaction online - part of which will be about comparing the different types (chat, newsgroups, mailing lists etc) and comparing different groups. No e-mail addresses will be printed in the study, and it is only a dissertation, it's not going to be published or anything (though I could set up a black market if the demand is high!). If I wish to quote any of you at any point, I will e-mail you privately to ask for permission. Assuming people are OK with this, I'd like to look at the following Belle and Sebastian related internet activities: Sinister list Jeepster chat #sinister Jeepster forums alt.music.belle+sebastian Fan websites (can you suggest the best ones, anyone?!?) If anyone can think of any vital B&S internet fora I have missed or any B&S sites I really should look at, please let me know!! If you have any questions, doubts or if you want to be involved or find out more, then e-mail me, and I will do my best to get back to you (you don't have to volunteer to answer the questionnaire now, but if you do, that's great). Thank you everyone Rad xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+