Questionnaire - İntercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump genre
As part of my research thesis for my Masters of Contemporary International Studies, I am conducting research on "Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump genre."
This questionnaire is part of this research!
Survey period: Thursday 1st June 2023 (9pm, NZST) - Thursday 29th June 2023 (9pm, NZST)
For the purpose of this research, participants must:
- be at least 18 years old
- be interested in, or have an appreciation for, whump in fictional stories
Note: Participants are not required to consider themselves a part of the "whump community" in order to participate in this study.
This questionnaire will take approximately 10-15 minutes.
Additional information:
This research defines whump as, "Whump is a genre of fiction that places emphasis on a character's physical and emotional experience of pain, and often recovery, in a story."
- this is an academic research project (Master's research thesis)
- Your responses are completely anonymous.
- You may edit your response up until the survey period closes.
- You may withdraw any information you provide up until the time the survey period closes.
For detailed information, please see here: İnformation sheet - Questionnaire (this is also at the beginning of the Google Form)
This research also has an interview with limited spaces. İf you are interested, see this post here. İnterview participants must be bilingual, and meet the participant criteria mentioned above.
This study has been approved by the Research and Development Committee of IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute. The approval was made on the 3rd of May, 2023.
If you have any questions at any time, feel free to ask!
📝 Just over one week remaining for the questionnaire! 📝
Anyone is welcome to participate! The only requirements to participate are that you are over 18 years old, and that you have at least some general interest or appreciation for whump.
Note (just in case of confusion): You do not need to be bilingual for the questionnaire - that is only an additional requirement for the interview!
FYI, I have decided to extend the questionnaire survey period for another two weeks!
This means that the questionnaire will be remain open for responses until Thursday 13th July, 9pm NZST!