Qualitative Research (Searching Internet Forums)

Forums:

SingleTrackWorld

This is a forum in which I came across using the search engine google. The forum can be accessed through singletrack.com, once there you can filter it to forums then search Banstead once there I was able to discover that residents were able to register and then were able to chat with others through the chat forum. After looking at the vast amount of responses from one post it enabled me to then gather the information that the residents were already living within the Banstead area and weren't particularly happy with the lack of trails in which it offered.

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From the picture above you can actually see that residents are literally forced to leave Banstead and go elsewhere to enforce the biking activities. Generally I feel that this could apply to teenagers as they would be people who are interested in riding their bikes often but would then often enough have to find a good place to explore their bike riding abilities. 


Gingerbread

Another forum in which I came across using the Google search engine was gingerbread.com this forum in general has a few reponses in regards to a post if any single parents are in the Banstead area.

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With this image it suggests that there are a fair few single parents who are in the area, this generally could effect how some teenagers may not be able to afford particular social activities due to minimal household income. This isn't the only thing which could be happening but it certainly in my opinion would be a huge problem within any area especially if you're a single parent at a young age.

References:

Singletrackworld.com. (n.d.). Tell me about living in horsham « Singletrack Forum. [online] Available at: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tell-me-about-living-in-horsham#post-8233516 [Accessed 14 Jan. 2016].

Anon, (n.d.). [online] Available at: https://gingerbread.org.uk/forum/default.aspx [Accessed 14 Jan. 2016].

Anon, (n.d.). [online] Available at: https://gingerbread.org.uk/forum/topics.aspx?ForumID=195 [Accessed 14 Jan. 2016].