Another update! Week 12

With only 2 weeks to go until the submission of my final project, a few more things have been completed since last week. So far I have conducted two interviews over Facebook messenger and mobile phone calls with both my mum and dad. The questions that I asked my mum were:

• How do you think inflight media use has changed over the past 20 years?
• What was your first flight like and how did you keep yourself entertained?
• How did you find not having inflight entertainment such as movies or cameras to see where you were going? Did this make you nervous?
• How has the food and drink catering changed over time?

The interview questions I asked my dad included:

• At what age was your first flight and on what airline?
• What do you believe has been the greatest transformation of inflight media use?
• Would you ever find it annoying when flying to the other side of the world and the lights wouldn’t dim or you’d have to get out of your seat to find an air hostess to ask a question instead of pushing a button for service these days?
• Do you believe ‘autopilot’ is a safe measure to flying any aircraft? Why/Why not?

I have now received the answers to the questions and will be analysing them at the end of the week. At the end of this week and next week I will putting all of my findings and research onto my platform that I’ll be presenting on and finalising my findings before submitting it on the due date.

Until next time …

Work in progress! Week 11 update

Alrighty, now that I have an understanding and broad idea of where my proposed research is going to take me, research has been well underway! My final project is consisting of me conducting an ethnographic study on how inflight media use has changed over time but since I have received some feedback, I am starting to think that I may also look into airline marketing materials over the different eras in relation to on-board entertainment.

This week I have been further researching online about the shift in inflight media. I currently follow a page on Facebook which ‘is your ultimate guide to navigating the ins and outs of the points, miles, aviation and travel world’. It portrays videos of inside the cabins, business class, first class and economy class on the world’s best airlines displaying how inflight media use has changed and the new technological advancements. I have attached a link below that conveys Emirate’s newest first class cabin and the change in inflight media use.

Last week I prepared my interview questions for my Mum, Dad, sister and friend to ask next week and then I’ll analyse the outcomes once completed. I will mainly be focusing on the airline Emirates as it has had a major shift in technology advancements with now allocating inflight entertainment such as ice TV live, inflight air show that follows your flight’s progress on amoving map, and see the world from 40,000ft with external cameras. You can receive weather updates, news and sport reports and information about your flight to your screen. You can listen to your music, radio or podcasts uninterrupted while you explore. Wi-Fi in the sky lets you enjoy 20MB of free data on all of Emirate’s A380s and select Boeing 777 aircrafts. You can even call other people on your flight with our in-seat satellite phone, or speak to people on the ground using data roaming.

These are just a few examples I have discovered while doing extensive research and how this has changed from 20 years ago where there wasn’t even an in-built television on the back of seats.

I’ll be back soon with another blog update on how my interviews went with my family and how my project is coming along!