interview

It looks like you’ve gathered some data from your interview that may be useful when writing your talk. Here are some suggestions, going forward: Make sure that you keep the audio file or other rough notes that you used during the interview. There ought to be material there that isn’t in the notes you submitted that may turn out to be useful later on. Please have these audio files/rough notes accessible when you and I meet for your one-on-one conference. Also, please have your interview questions handy. Speaking of which: Please insert your interview questions into the notes you’ve submitted for this assignment, then resubmit. It’s hard to know what you were asking otherwise. Additionally, add quotes before you resubmit. You mostly summarize James’s responses to your questions. However, while it’s good to summarize, it’s crucial also to record James’ actual words. So: quote, quote, quote. Make sure that each summary of one of James’s ideas includes a also a quote from James himself. Finally, as I think I’ve mentioned before, I’d avoid evaluative research questions, i.e., questions that seek to figure out whether Tik Tok is good or bad. Instead, focus on what Tik Tok means to the people who use it. Figuring out what it means in the lives of users requires that you not only ask your interview subjects about this or that aspect of Tik Tok but that you give them room and encouragement to explain why they hold those opinions, i.e., the reasoning behind them. I don’t see much of that kind of explaining going on in your interview notes right now. I hope that you still have audio files and/or rough notes so that you can comb through them to find the reasoning.