Talk:The participatory culture of UTM Buy/Sell/Trade/@comment-27012100-20151027234718

This is a very focused topic, which is great. I think it is also beneficial that you're basing your analysis on a specific theorist (Carpentier).

I think you should explain exactly why you are using 1 male and 1 female participant. Does this mean you will be exploring the ways gender affects the student's actions or experience with the forum? If not, maybe you could broaden your range of participants. Perhaps you can look at how students from different years use the group (i.e. 1st years vs. 4th years).

Another facet of the topic you can explore is other universities. I figure most universities have forums similar to this one, maybe you can compare and contrast their system versus the one UTM has employed.

Look at the topic from the viewpoint of economics. Perhaps you can see how the sales process is executed on the forum and contrast it with the official bookstore. Consider the morals of the exchange. You can use a source such as:

Parry, J., & Bloch, M. (1989). Money and the Morality of Exchange. Cambridge University Press.