I am an anthropology student that wants to collect survey information regarding the My Little Pony community. Please take the time to complete this short, 10 question survey.

Hello, redditors of r/mylittlepony!

I am an undergraduate student at the College of Wooster and have decided to do an ethnographic project on the My Little Pony community and bronies. Given the fact that /r/ my little pony has so many subscribers I thought it would be fitting to post a short survey for a few days to collect general demographic data and information as to why bronies enjoy My Little Pony as much as they do and what their community values are. The survey data collected for this project is anonymous and will only be used for this single ethnographic project. It will never be used outside of the context of the classroom. Along with the data collected I will be turning in a paper based on my findings and will present a final presentation to the rest of my class. I decided on this topic because of the interest the show has produced. You hear about fans of TV shows like Lost and Dexter, but nowhere do you see such commitment to the show and creation of unofficial media than you do with My Little Pony. I am particularly interested in why there was such a boon in viewership of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic that was not originally part of the target audience. Also, I am interested in finding out about the cohesiveness and participation of the My Little Pony community, using /r/ my little pony as a sample. I will be interviewing bronies at my college in extended interviews but this survey is meant to collect more data on the My Little Pony community at large. Please, take your precious time to complete it for a fellow pony-fan! (it’s only ten questions)

NOTE: By participating in this survey you are giving consent for me to use the data in an ethnographic project. This project is for educational purposes only and the results of the study will not be shared outside of the classroom setting. All surveys will remain anonymous. If you have any questions, please send me a message on reddit to Anthroponypologist. Thank you for participating!

Now here’s the survey;

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Enjoy this coming Saturday’s My Little Pony Episode!

EDIT: Hey! Thank you all for the responses, I have more than enough for my project now. I will address the rest of your questions when I get out of class today. Thanks again! EDIT 2: I've taking down the survey link as I can't collect more data due to the limitations of the survey service I used. Thank you all for your participation and have a good day!

Posted Dec 2, 2011, 3:47 AM UTC · edited

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