The Battalion Ethnography

Summary:
Brad Twitty, Cole Jones, and I spent time watching The Battalion newsstands to see who was taking the paper. Brad spent his time watching Blocker in the morning, Cole watched Bright in the afternoon, and I watched Bright in the morning. I used tally marks to keep track of how many people took the paper, how many people did not take the paper, and whether or not these people were leaving or entering the building when they passed by the newsstand. According to my results, about 30% of the people entering or leaving the building took the paper.

Discussion:
The detailed data recorded can be found in the written report, but the data recorded in the morning at the Bright building leads to the idea that most students take The Battalion if they have arrived to class early and have extra time to kill. Students that enter the building within the last ten minutes before class are less likely to grab a paper. This is probably because they have less time to kill and may even be late for class and are in too much of a hurry to bother themselves with the paper.