Research

Research is gathering new information for the purpose of learning more, usually for a task.

Primary Research comes from you, aka, doing your own interviews, writing your own facts and creating your own surveys.

Secondary Research is made up of other sources, for example, Documents from google, photos taken by somebody else, or other peoples reviews.

Research is important to have an understanding on whats the truth and whats not. Posting false information online could result in issues with the law.

Qualitative Research is a personal perspective on something, leaving out a lot of factual data.

Quantitative Research is all about data. this means that it includes facts and factual research.

Market Research is the process of looking into the area ("market") that your potential product is going to sit within. It is important because developers will look at other products to check for comparisons and also to make improvements

Audience Research is important for several reasons. It tells you what the public likes. There is no point in producing a show/product if there isn't a viable outlet for it

Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Quantitative research is all about numbers. This can be remembered by the word 'Quantities'.

Qualitative research is about data that can be observed but not measured, like language.

Primary and Secondary Research

Primary research is research acquired by you individually. Primary research can be acquired by focus groups, interviews and surveys.

Secondary research is research that is found and acquired by somebody else. This could be in the form of online articles, newspapers or previous interviews done by another individual.

Things to consider

Legal

If you are publishing research, you need to think about if it is legal. Are there any illegal acts in the research or does it include copyrighted music.

Ethical

Another thing to consider before posting research is the ethical side of the research. This can include the decency, representation, race, gender, religion and sexuality included in the research. make sure there isn't blasphemy.

In Movies, There is usually a classification guideline. U stands for Universal, safe to be seen by all. Pg stands for Parental Guidance, meaning the parents may want to make sure they want their child to see the movie. There is 12A and 12. The difference is that a 12, is free to be seen by anybody 12 and over whereas 12A, means people under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. 15 and 18 mean you must be 15+ or 18+. R18 means It can only be viewed by people 18+ and it probably includes adult nudity and sex scenes.