Concepts of the Interview Project
January 30, 1997
Present: Jeff White (Jeff), Pat Ballard (Pat14), Angie Satterfield (Angie), Xiao Wang (aaurora), Sue Inman (ednurse), Webster Newbold (No1)
- RED messages relate to conveying specific procedures
- GREEN messages relate to concept articulation
Elisions indicated by * * *
*jcwhite* Angie and pat, I am wondering what you EXPECT when you read interviews--what are the basics that you get?
*Pat14* Interviews in a magazine, or what?
*Pat14* Newspaper?
*Pat14* TV?
*Jeff* Well, what do all those have in common?
*ednurse* (jcwhite)What do you mean the Basics?
*No1* Any kind of interviews, Pat. What makes a good interview?
*Pat14* They're a type of media.
*Jeff* I mean what, when someone says, "hey read this interview," do you think you will be reading--in general?
*ednurse* Interviews try to give information about something we may not know anything about.
*Angie* I like interviews that give a fair amount of details.
*Pat14* I think I will be reading an opinion.
*Pat14* Sometimes?
*Jeff* Pat, whose opinion?
*ednurse* Or an opinion about details.
*Angie* I think it's more like reading the interviewers impression of the person.
*Pat14* The opinion of the person being interviewed.
*aaurora* Type here and hit 'Enter' key to send.
*Pat14* here
*No1* Angie and Pat are giving two sides of the coin...
*Jeff* Angie do you agree with pat that it will be the opinion of the interviewee? or the interviewer?
*ednurse* Isn't an interview just the interviewers opinion?
*Angie* I feel it is how the interviewee wants to be perceived by the interviewer.
*Jeff* In other words, how does the interviewer effect the readers' perceptions of the interviewee?
*Pat14* The interviewer just repeats what the interviewee says and then gives his opinion on those things. Isn't it?
*Jeff* Ednurse, with no regard to the interviewee??
*ednurse* but isn't what is repeated only what the was heard, maybe not what was really meant?
*Angie* If he or she wants to play the person off as a jacka** or as a saint it is his slant he can put on it.
*Jeff* Ah, good point, ednurse.
*Jeff* Right, Angie.
*Jeff* At least, possibly right, right?
*Angie* sure
*Jeff* Pat, do you want an interview of Micheal Jordan to take his words and twist them around so that he is made to look like a jerk (assuming you like him).
*Jeff* As a reader.
*ednurse* How can we portray an unbiased interview
*Angie* can we? it is all in our perceptions of the personwe are writing about.
*Pat14* No, Mr. Jordan is a king in what he does. I don't think anybody would believe it anyway.
*No1* This thread is an important one for getting a
grasp of this interview assignment. Interviews can be biased, or
totally objective. There can be just the Q&A approach,
or the integrated essay style reporting on the interview with
ideas developed by the interviewed using the subject's words.
This second type is what we are trying for. The first two
interviews at the end of Workshop 6 are good examples.
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*ednurse* Oprah, sometimes does excellent
interviews.
*Angie* I knew I shouldn't of mentioned Oprah.
*Pat14* Oprah is the queen of interviewers.
*No1* Great, Angie. You seem well prepared to
carry out the interview.
*No1* What about David Frost?
*Jeff* Charlie Rose is the king of
interviewers.
*ednurse* Oprah can be, but lately she doesn't
let the interviewee get a word in edgewise.
*No1* How about Robin MacNeill?
*Jeff* But he's on Nerd Tv--PBS
*Jeff* i'm a nerd
*Angie* I'm a nerd, you beat me to it.
*ednurse* Most successful people are nerds!!!
*Pat14* we are all nerds in our own way.
*No1* Or, does success make them nerds?
*Jeff* But all those people are in control of
the interviews--they are prepared with primary questions and with
back-ups.
*aaurora* yes, most successfuul intellectuals
are nerds, I agree.
*No1* Hold on...What is a nerd?
*Pat14* That is because "nerds" is
the name Americans gave those people.
*ednurse* They have done their homework, does
that make them nerds too?
*No1* Stand up for nerds!
*Angie* rent a movie once in a while (sarcasm)
*aaurora* No, being anerd makes them
successful. I mean nerd in a admirable manner.
*Pat14* yes aaurora
*ednurse* true.
*No1* 2.Get his or her
permission to be interviewed twice, a time commitment of about
two to three
*No1* hours at the most--and
set up the interviews
*No1* 3.Using the
suggestions on pp. 155-56, generate a list of potential questions
*No1* 4.(If possible)
Practice the interview to develop your techniques
*No1* Those are the
steps..is everyone ready to nerd-like tick them off?
*Jeff* Who is on NSCHAT? Everyone but Pat?
*Jeff* Sorry, No1--didn't mean to interrupt.
*ednurse* ready or not... we do have an
assignment
*No1* Angie, are you on NSC?
*Angie* HUH?
*Jeff showed* http://www.ctyme.com/nlm.htm
*Jeff* Nerd Liberation Site.
*No1* How did you join this chat session--with
the program NSChat?
*Angie* Yes, I am on net scape chat.
*Pat14* i need to go soon. no1
*Pat14* i Have to dwnload software
* *ednurse* ok and then?
*Pat14* ok No1. See ya.
*No1* See you, Pat. Good luck.
*No1* Jeff, send your URL
again.
*Jeff* Wow, he's gone.
*Angie* why did we click on
those?
*Jeff showed*
http://www.ctyme.com/nlm.htm
*Jeff* didn't you get that in
your little URL boxes?
*aaurora* See you all later and
I look forward to reading your nerd-like attatcking of the
interview paper.
*Jeff* Bye Xiao. Take care out
there.
*No1* SO, Angie and Sue, click
on VIW at the bottom of the screenand go to the Netscape browser.
You should find Jeff's page that he sent us.
*No1* VIEW, not VIW
*aaurora* Thanks, Jeff. Keep
warm out there.
*No1* Angie and Sue, any luck?
*ednurse* I clicked and nothing
happened???
*No1* Sue, try toggling with
ALT-TAB
*Angie* I've click on anything
that resembles view and nothing happened.!?!
*ednurse* I am on netscape
chat, but not netscape.
*Jeff* Up at the top of the
screen is a "BROWSER" word, right?
*No1* Sue, Netscape has to be
open when Chat is running.
*ednurse* right
*No1* You may not see it, but
check your TASK list (CTRL-ESC)
*Jeff* CLICK mouse on that and
do "VIEW URL"
*ednurse* Not there.
*Jeff* Angie?
*No1* Did yo get to any
Netscape screen?
*Angie* no nothing
*ednurse* no
*Jeff* Hmmmm. this is a
problem.
*No1* What do you mean
"nothing"? No Netscape screen at all?
*ednurse* none whatsoever.
*No1* Did you check your
Windows task list?
*ednurse* I am not using
netscape as my server
*Angie* just all our typping is
showing *No1* Sue, Netscape is a
browser. Are you using Netscape generally to access the class
pages?
*Angie* hey, do you mean that
nerd lib. page?
*ednurse* ok, back up.....what
is the windows task list?
*No1* YEAH Angie!
*Angie* COOL
*No1* Sue, it lists all the
porgrams going at once. Hold down CONTROL and hit ESC
*ednurse* ok????
*Angie* I clicked on the bar at
the bottom of the screen. It said something like netscape lib
nerd something or another.
*No1* OK Angie, Jeff is working
on another screen
*Jeff showed*
http://www.webcom.com/~ctka/
*No1* Jeff has
just sent another screen. If Auto View is ON, it will appear in
your Netscape browser window.