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Welcome to the online Journal tracking the activities of one High School class through a year of study in the field of Media and Culture.
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Welcome to the online Journal tracking the activities of one High School class through a year of study in the field of Media and Culture. It will be a place for myself, the teacher of said class, to share with my students the material presented in the class. It will be a place for that material to be shared with those around us. It will be a place to find out what happened while they had the flu. But it will mainly be an exercise in culture creation, a way to not be mere observers, but rather shifters of culture. This brings me to the title. It may be ill fated to call it so, for I believe that the activities of culture shaping are less defensive and more active by nature. But I desire to see students capable of holding a gaze with culture. Not so as to by lulled to sleep buy it, but rather that they may stare into its heart and understand its power. A power for ill, sometimes yes, but a power of creative human spirits, made in the image of a creative God, to live out a call to create wondrous things. And the combination of all these things, cameras, gardens, usb keys, loaves of bread and dance routines, is nothing more or less than Culture. mr. deGroot September 9, 2009
Minimum Journal contents
- - Complete visual decade page - Jan 4
- - Conduct Interview by January 12
- - Front Page News Q's -Nov 18
- - research and prepare for interview. Oct 8
- - Research Local News story Oct 5
- - CBC Guiding Principles Oct 30
- - Censored Stories report Oct.29
- - what is this water I am swimming in? Oct 2
- - Film Review of "Good night..." Sept 29
- - Research who Murrow and McCarthy are. sept 23
- - V for Vendetta questions Sept 21
- - facebook and the four questions. sept 11
- - How are my technologies extensions of myself? sept 9
- - Cover- make it look unique. sept 8
Posts
The best questions are like clean windows. A clean window provides a perfect view.
ReplyDeleteend quote.
ReplyDeleteWow... that's weird how you tried to take credit for my comment.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask yes or no questions, keep questions short and avoid charged words, which can distract people. Sound conversational, but never engage in conversation. Ask one question at a time. Don’t ask too many questions. The star of an interview should never be the interviewer.Evergreen questions are ones you can always turn to no matter the subject. Allow for silence. A key to interviewing is allowing periods of silence to stretch a little.
ReplyDeleteBY: ALLY AND EMILY!
SAMANTHA WARREN AND JESSICA SNOWBALL
ReplyDelete7 DEADLY SIN
1. NO QUERY
2. DOUBLE BARELLED QUESTION
3. OVERLOADING
4. REMARKS
5. TRIGGER WORDS
6. HYPERBOLE
7. CLOSED QUERY
david was that you?
ReplyDelete-No theatrics... i.e Don't go after the kill
ReplyDelete-Aviod making a statement during the interview
-Instead of asking "Is it...?" ask "What...?"
-Resist temptation of converse
-If the source makes a judgment, follow up with "What do you mean by that...?"
--Brittany, Rebecca and Winnie
RULES
ReplyDeleteAvoid making a statement during an interview. Avoid asking a question a source can answer with yes or no. Sound conversational, but never engage in conversation.
-kelli
dont ask yes or no questions.
ReplyDeleteavoid charged words... they distract people.
people shouldnt notice the question.
dont make a statement.
- He believes that the questions in an interview should be kept short.
ReplyDelete- Question and Interview are 2 different things.
- He says that Questions are "Very powerful and Fragile"
- Answer is a function of the question
- Question has a big a little purpose.
- We rely on questions. They are what move us along.
- A question is an inquiry into something.
-Question = Topic + Query
- Seven Deadly Sins of interviewing. Based on principals
1. No query.
2. Double-barreled question
3. Overloading
4. Remarks
5. Trigger words
Richter Scale for Trigger Words :
9 - physical attack
8 -- interview ends
7- hostile outburts
6- visibly irriated
4-5 general defensiveness
2-3 temporary irritant
1-- keep smiling
6. Hyperbole
7. Closed Queries (Worst one)
- who/what/when/where/why/how
yay
ReplyDeleteYou are the mechanic for your interview. You need to know the moving parts for when your interview breaks down.
ReplyDeleteJohn Sawatsky principles:
ReplyDeleteStrength lies in simple questions.
Smart interviews don't try to sound smart.
Sawatsky rules:
1. Be transparent.
2. Stay away from leading (yes/no) questions
3. Use charged words
4. Avoid making statements
5. Sound conversational, but never engage in conversation
6. Colourless questions often provide colourful questions
7. Don't hog the mic
8. Try to learn, not validate your opinion
-Avoid asking questions that will get you one word answers.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that questions are like Peregrine Falcons. They are the most powerful bird in the sky but they are endangered.
ReplyDeleteYou also need to have catalysts in your questions in order to speed up and produce more effective, efficient results.
Sawatzky believes that you should definatly not ask questions with yes or no answers, keep questions sweet and avoid charged words that can distract ppl. you shouldn't act smart but act transperent Sawatzky says.
ReplyDeleteAvoid making a statement during the interveiw.
Try to ask questions and figure out what theyre trying to hide.
ask WHAT in your question, it uncovers alot.
Dont hog the mic.
The down low on an interview is pretty much... if you're good, you're good. If you're not, then give up.
ReplyDeleteCutting straight to the chase is the right way to get the result you want. If you make things complicated, the interviewee will not feel comfortable and give you the best most detailed answer possible. Phrase the question so you won't get one word answers and you can have something to work with.
ReplyDeleteJohn Sawatsky teaches how an interveiw should really go.
ReplyDeleteHe says that there should be never be any statments or yes or no questions. He states that the interview should natual, it should flow. It should feel like a conversation to the person being interviewed.
According to Sawatsky, well known interviewers such as Larry King and Mike Wallace ruin their interviews by thinking that they are the focus of attention. An interviewer must keep in mind that the purpose of their interview is not to make themselves look good, but to get useful information from another subject.
ReplyDelete-Adrie
"Interviewing is about people. They're not chemical compounds, and they don't always act predictably. But there is a predictable part." Ask a closed-ended question and sources "will confirm or deny 98 percent of the time. That's the science." The unpredictable part is what happens next. "Socially, people are taught to add a postscript to a confirmation or a denial. As journalists, we hope the P.S. will describe or explain the issue we've raised. That's interviewing by accident. If you get somebody who doesn't want to play, you're in trouble." --JOHN SAWATSKY
ReplyDelete--bw
John Sawatsky's new method of interviewing is cutting edge material to the world of interviews. John is one of the few interviewers who does not have pre-planned questions going into the interview. He lets the interview go its own course...
ReplyDeleteArthur Sicotte aka boy of destiny + Ryan Lescisin
John Sawatsky said the following things:
ReplyDelete1. Avoid making a statement during an interview
2. Avoid asking a question that can be relpied to with a yes or no answer.
3. Sound conversational but never engage in conversation
4. When interviewing resist the temptation to converse or sympathize. Instead use short and neutral questions.
Wow, that comment severely lacks grammatical finesse.
ReplyDeleteEric and Dakota
ReplyDeleteprinciples of interview questions include the 7 deadly sins of interviewing
1. Maing statements that don’t ask questions
2. Asking two questions as one
3. To complicated questions confusing the guest
4. Adding opinions making the response biased
5. Using words that upset or offend people
6. Exaggeration
7. Don’t ask yes or no answerable questions
rapid padder of questions
the question is not more important then the answer
avoid charged words
make your questions short
prepare your questions
in some ways we interview worse now then 30 years ago
the big name reporters fail to plan how to obtain material from their sources
some reporters think they should be the focus of attention not the guest
pay attention to the guests emotions
3. Don't use charged words
ReplyDeleteCharged words: any word that can evoke a strong or powerful emotional response from the reader/listener (tool used often in media to manipulate opinions)
Sound conversational but never engage in conversation
ReplyDeleteEric and Dakota part 2
JESS + SAM
ReplyDeleteDOUBLE BARRELED QUESTION:
a question with two parts, where the person you are interviewing may agree with the first part and disagree with the second part. EXAMPLE
"Do you think the government should give money to workers who are unemployed for a limited length of timeuntil they can find another job?"
the interviewer might agree that the government should give money, but wont flat out agree with the statement because detail is not clear.
I think you can use small talk conversation to get your interviewee more comfortable. Then they will open up to you more and you will get better answers.
ReplyDeleteLord Voldemort
Deadly Sin #1: No query
ReplyDeleteYou make a statement, but fail to ask a question
Deadly Sin #2: Double-barrel led questions
You ask two questions. The person responds by answering the easiest one.
Deadly Sin: #3 Overloading
Your question is too complicated. The person is confused at what the real question is.
Deadly Sin: #4 Remarks
You add your own remarks, which can taint the response.
Deadly Sin: #5 Trigger words
You use words which will inflame or upset the person, rather than provoking an insightful answer.
Deadly Sin: #6 Hyperbole
You use an exaggeration in your question, which can affect the answer.
Deadly Sin #7: Closed Queries
Your question can be answered with a simple yes or no when you would like more detail.