Research for My Subculture

I have not done any research for my subculture at this time. I have recently have changed my subculture. The subculture that I will be exploring are twins. The reason for this change is because I am a twin and already know a lot about the subject. I plan on interviewing my twin sister and I also plan on interviewing someone who is not a twin. The reason for interviewing someone who is not a twin is because they might have a different perspective on the subject. I would also be interested in knowing what they think about twins. The question that I may ask my twin will be if she thinks that we are treated different because we are twins. 

I think that academic research is not different than non academic research. I believe that research on the Internet can be academic. I think that books are also apart of academic research. So I don't agree that there is such a thing as non academic research.