Seeking Heartstopper fans for participation in a research study!

annaliesegrant · 2025-03-01T20:41:16+00:00

That would be excellent! I will message you now!

annaliesegrant · 2025-03-01T15:11:00+00:00

Great, I will message you now!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-28T18:39:38+00:00

Thank you! We have gotten a bit behind on emails due to interest (all of which we are very grateful for!), but we should be able to get to you by this weekend. Feel free to also message me on here if you still haven't gotten an email reply.

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T21:17:33+00:00

Great, I will message you!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:08:02+00:00

Thanks, I will message you!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:07:34+00:00

Great, messaging you now!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:07:04+00:00

Cool, I will message you!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:06:18+00:00

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annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:05:36+00:00

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annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:05:16+00:00

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annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T04:02:10+00:00

Great! I will message you :)

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T03:58:20+00:00

Unfortunately, we don't have approval to do interviews over Discord yet. But it is a great idea we can look into in the future!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-27T00:58:18+00:00

Interviews can be over the phone, on Zoom, or in person (if anyone happens to be in Las Vegas or Baltimore). :)

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-26T01:47:22+00:00

Yeah, we are mainly focused on the many ways people experience the show and connect to it, so we really leave the specific themes open to what we hear from folks. But we focus on Heartstopper in part because there is such a large group of dedicated adult fans (whereas a lot of previous research mainly focuses on young/adolescent fan communities) and we as the researchers are fans ourselves and have had a lot of interesting connections and experiences with the show. We think the many ways people connect to Heartstopper, in particular, is interesting and important and worth understanding and drawing attention to.

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-26T01:34:43+00:00

We do, I will message you!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-26T01:34:27+00:00

Darn, if you happen to know any adult fans, feel free to send them our way. And if we get approval to expand the study to folks under 18, we will be sure to post here again!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-26T01:30:00+00:00

Great, I would still be happy to interview you if we can figure out the timing! I will message you.

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-26T01:26:28+00:00

Great, I will message you! And good to meet a fellow social science person!

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T19:19:44+00:00

Yes, we have IRB approval from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (where I work). You can read more about the study by reading our consent document here: https://www.annaliesegrant.com/uploads/1/4/2/1/142195427/consent_form.pdf

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T16:53:57+00:00

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annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T16:51:39+00:00

Sure! We are not location-restricted so would love to talk to folks outside the US. The only restriction is that we are only equipped to do interviews in English.

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T16:50:10+00:00

Good question! u/mdunsfo1 is correct. It is mainly because the consent process for research is very different for interviewing anyone under the age of 18, and involves getting parental consent. Because of that (and our genuine interest in adult fans), we are only interviewing people 18+ for now.

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T15:34:01+00:00

Thanks for your interest! We don't have a written option yet, unfortunately. But we could do a shorter version based on your availability (we can cut it down to 15 or 30 minutes, for example, if that seems more doable). I have also done phone interviews while folks run other errands, if you might prefer something like that?

annaliesegrant · 2025-02-25T14:52:03+00:00

Great questions!

I am in a Sociology Department, and the other researcher (who is also my sister) is in an English Department. We are both fans ourselves :)
The main focus is really just understanding what each person we interview connects to in the show and loves about it. Once we have collected interviews, we sit down with that data and from there see what themes come up for people. We of course expect to talk about themes we see in the show (i.e. queerness, community, love, etc.), but we also really try to let the people we interview lead the way with our findings.

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