I interviewed my father how he uses technology to inform his knowledge and feelings regarding world news and affairs. My father is a 63-year-old white male with an associate's degree. He was born and has spent the majority of his life living in the United States. A self identified independent, when probed he said his views align slightly more with the Democratic Party. He explained that he primarily uses the television and Internet on his computer to receive the world news. Often times he described learning of an issue on TV and then seeking out specific information on the Internet. For example, he learned of the Belgian terrorist attacks on CNN’s cable network and then searched CNN, MSNBC, and Yahoo news on his computer for more information.
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Throughout the interview there was many instances when he said things that I do not completely agree with. During these times it was difficult not to try to debate with him, as we have frequently done before. After the interview ended he explained why he does not like any of the presidential candidates and we had a discussion on why I am voting for Bernie Sanders. Upon re-watching the interview, I found myself rushing and not probing as much when he gave answers to questions that I disagreed with. Being able to successfully sustain an interview even when I do not agree with the respondents’ answers is something I need to work on moving forward. However, as a dual degree student with the School of Social Work, I frequently have to interview clients. I believe the skills I have learned as an MSW student helped me to get a lot of information from my father in a way that was efficient, effective, and still respected his personal beliefs and experiences. I believe there was an appropriate mix of question types/styles with many probes. With such a short interview of only 7 questions, the many probes helped to fill in holes yet still gave the interview a conversation feel. However, in the future more questions and/or additional probes may help to not only keep the interviewing moving along but also help to more readily identify themes. While my father did not find any of the questions repetitive or difficult to answer, Jinny’s interviewee did. Moving forward I think it would be necessary to review the questions again to determine how to word and order questions to suit a wide
Throughout the interview there was many instances when he said things that I do not completely agree with. During these times it was difficult not to try to debate with him, as we have frequently done before. After the interview ended he explained why he does not like any of the presidential candidates and we had a discussion on why I am voting for Bernie Sanders. Upon re-watching the interview, I found myself rushing and not probing as much when he gave answers to questions that I disagreed with. Being able to successfully sustain an interview even when I do not agree with the respondents’ answers is something I need to work on moving forward. However, as a dual degree student with the School of Social Work, I frequently have to interview clients. I believe the skills I have learned as an MSW student helped me to get a lot of information from my father in a way that was efficient, effective, and still respected his personal beliefs and experiences. I believe there was an appropriate mix of question types/styles with many probes. With such a short interview of only 7 questions, the many probes helped to fill in holes yet still gave the interview a conversation feel. However, in the future more questions and/or additional probes may help to not only keep the interviewing moving along but also help to more readily identify themes. While my father did not find any of the questions repetitive or difficult to answer, Jinny’s interviewee did. Moving forward I think it would be necessary to review the questions again to determine how to word and order questions to suit a wide