Secondary research

Secondary research is research that someone else has done for example a textbook, informative web page, diaries, biography, newspapers, government data banks, Media research organisations (BARB, PAMCo and RAJAR), transcripts, documentaries. 

This is a story board for the TV show vikings. This is secondary information because someone has illustrated the pictures for someone to digitally recreate them. The advantage of this is that you can clearly see the sequence of scenes therefore it is easier to recreate. However, a disadvantage is you cannot see the scene run as you have still images. https://www.behance.net/gallery/8487693/Vikings-TV-series-storyboards

This is a textbook that gives information about TV show production written by Lucy Brown and Lyndsay Duthie. This is a secondary research method as authors wrote the textbook for consumers. An advantage this is that it I easily accessible. A disadvantage is that the information might be old and it may not be up to date with modern technology if it is a old text book.

Another example of a source of secondary research is newspaper articles as a journalist has discovered the information for them to write down on the article. The advantage of this is that newspapers are a daily so the information is all up to date. A disadvantage to this is that the journalist may of been slightly bias in the article.

A biography is a source of secondary research as it is all about someone else's life. A advantage to a biography is that it can't be bias as it is about someone and it is not a debate. A disadvantage is that the information may be false if it wasn't wrote by the actual person.