Example: I study social media from a communication perspective and argue that typography, graphics, buttons and "likes" shapes the type of conversation in social media. This does NOT mean that functions and aesthetics DOESN'T shape the conversations, or that it is irrelevant to study the use perspective of social media. It just means that my argument is that a communication perspective is useful when designing social interfaces. As a professor said: "The thesis is not the history of what you've done, but an argument".
Five things I didn't know about design research
Example: I study social media from a communication perspective and argue that typography, graphics, buttons and "likes" shapes the type of conversation in social media. This does NOT mean that functions and aesthetics DOESN'T shape the conversations, or that it is irrelevant to study the use perspective of social media. It just means that my argument is that a communication perspective is useful when designing social interfaces. As a professor said: "The thesis is not the history of what you've done, but an argument".