Phone Hacking Scandal

Phone Hacking Scandal Evaluation

Lucy set me an assignment which I found very interesting to complete because I had to do a bit of research on the phone hacking scandal, I learnt a lot about this topic. I had to create a questionnaire and submit it to class members, once they completed the questionnaire I used the results to see if there were any pattens or trends.

The majority of people that responded to the questionnaire had some idea of what phone hacking was but was not sure of the law that is used to protect people personal information, the feedback from the survey showed that the public liked to hear about celebrity news but they didn't like the fact that it was gained through unlawful means. 

In the questionnaire I asked if they knew who was responsible for the phone hacking scandal the feedback from the class members suggested that Ruppert Murdoch was to blame but when asked if they knew who the detective was that actually performed the phone hacking most of the students didn't know the answer and took guesses when answering the questionnaire.

In the questionnaire I asked why the story exploded in 2011, most of the students knew or had read in the news papers that the murder school girl Millie Dowlers phone was hacked and information was retrieved using illegal methods.

Overall I can see that feedback was very useful and suggest that people are aware that phone hacking is illegal and should not be used to gain people personal information but still like to hear and see what celebrities are doing.