Why is Nashville Predators ice hockey becoming so popular in the state of Tennessee?
If you were to conduct interviews to answer your research question, what information do you need or want and why?
interview- because I am not currently living in the state and not many people here at VMI are predators fans so using a survey would not be very effective. I would have to conduct interviews of people from back home in Tennessee
club lax teammate from Nashville(Smashville)???
who- I would want to conduct an interview of a new fan who became a fan during the sudden rise in popularity. I would also want to interview a person who has been a fan for a long time and what there perspective is on why predators ice hockey became so popular so quickly in Tennessee.
what- why are they a fan of predators hockey? why is it so popular? what draws fans from other sports to be fans of hockey? how did it spread? what events lead to the rise in popularity?
why- I need to ask these questions to get the best perspective from veteran and new fans.
OBSERVATION—– GO TO A PREDS GAME OVER FURLOUGH
what information do you need or want or why– the people who are fans, who goes to these games(age, race, gender, family, friends etc) scope of popularity. The environment or tone of the game–what about it draws fans in or keep people coming back.
observation field site: bridgestone arena- observe the fans and the environment
I do not feel as if a survey would be effective for my research question because to pool of people i could survey is very limited here in Virginia and at VMI
I will be conducting interviews because I feel as if I could get the best perspectives and answers to my research question than I could in a survey or observation. I might also use an observation to build on the environment of the actual event