reflection

Today I spent the majority of the day editing my interview and to my dismay the interview was edited down to roughly 3:20 minutes.. I'm hoping this will be sufficient as the content of the interview is quite good. I have struggled with the editing, as I consider myself terrible with technology. However the end result, I am quite pleased with and hoping you will be too!  Overall I have enjoyed this subject, the interview was an interesting process and I hope to continue developing my skills over time.      

interview done!

I have completed the interview and wow! I am very pleased about the quality of my questions, as they were appropriate and I managed to acquire as much relevant information as possible. Although at some times I did have to direct the interviewee back on topic, which I expected may happen. Unfortunately the sound quality of the audio file itself is not the best, which I am hoping may be corrected  to an extent in the editing process.

The questions asked were great, although listening back there could have been some further investigated questioning but with the lack of time I am quite satisfied with the overall outcome of the interview. I think the viewers of our blog and website will find the podcast quite intriguing and hopefully enjoyable.

The interview itself was 5:04 minutes which towards the interviewee began to get a little repetitive which is fine, as I suspect roughly one minute to one and a half minutes may need to be edited. I am including a brief introduction music for the first and final 15 seconds of the podcast as this will help the podcast seem more professional

Questions

Q1 From what age did you begin to use the internet for social networking, so programs like facebook and MSN?

Q2 Did you use these programs regularly, what age did you begin to use it everyday?

Q3 Have you ever came across cyber bullying before?

Q4 Can you give me an example? Has anyone ever said anything nasty about you online?

Q5 What kind of things are said?

Q6 Has any comments ever scared you?

Q7 Did you tell anyone?

Q8 What did you school say about that?
- Did they take the issue seriously?
- Does your school feel that cyber bullying is more of a parent’s role to handle?

Q9 Is it normal to see on facebook someone saying something nasty about another person?

Q10 Have you ever said anything nasty about someone online?
- Was there a reason why you initiated it?
- Did you do it anonymously?

Q11 Where would you usually see nasty comments on facebook?

Q12 Has anyone said anything about you anonymously on the internet?

Q13 Do you this there’s any way to prevent Cyberbullying?

Q14 Do you think it is more of a parent or schools responsibility to handle issues of Cyberbullying?

Q15 Do you think there should be a punishment for individuals who cyberbully?

tips

While preparing myself for the interview I have found this article very interesting. The tips are very helpful and I think will be beneficial for the overall outcome of the assignment. The major points which I have found useful include;

• establishing a rapport
• to display interest
• Having a polite attitude towards the adolescent 

As the article indicates knowing the adolescent will help, as I have known the interviewee for quite some time I think this may help because she will already feel comfortable around me. 

http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/Health_Center/adolhealth/content/a4.html

changing

Due to the overwhelming amount of work Sherly and I have had to undertake Toula has kindly agreed to change our assignment requirements to individual podcasts. The podcasts will be roughly five minutes long and of course will relate to our topic of Cyberbullying. In order to create the most interesting podcast I have decided that my podcast will feature an interview with the subject of a fifteen year old girl who I have contacted who has admittedly been a victim as well as a cyber bully herself.

I feel very confident about this interview as the girl, who will remain anonymous due to her extreme honesty and bluntness, has had a lot experience with this issue personally and I know will be very interesting for the viewers. I’m looking forward to the interview as I believe it will provide my group with a very realistic view of how the target market relate to Cyberbullying.

The concept of the podcast will to provide our audience with a realistic example of the target market behaviour attitudes and accepted beliefs towards the social issue of cyberbullying. I feel this concept will benefit our campaign as the target market will find this podcast relatable.