My apologies for the slow response, @shanibeer! That sounds like a really interesting subject to do a Masters in, and a very fascinating project! It's a shame that it was just before the blockchain. I'm not the most well versed in everything about it, but what I've studied about it has really interested me. Really enjoyed discussing the idea and ethos behind Steemit with @slobberchops when he introduced me to it not long ago. Not that I'm expecting much wealth creation of my own on here, but it is definitely a really interesting idea and take on social media. It's interesting as a study in neoliberalism as well.
I'm hoping to do a few extra modules and was hoping to do some extra psychology and sociology studies in among them, well, once I've got the Masters out of the way anyway! The Masters I'm doing will be a Philosophy one. And thank you for the info on external reader's memberships at uni libraries. I might pop into Bangor Uni and see if they offer something similar. Would be great if there was also access to the electronic library, but like you say, there's ways around that just using standard internet. Scihub has become a bit of an valuable resource for me during my degree, as I've come across recommended papers that the OU library simply didn't have a license for!
RE: Are the sociocultural and the cross-cultural approaches incompatible?