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instructions.doc.docxResearch Writing, Spring 2016
My subculture is about why people use social media instead of old media, and what are the benefits of it?
How to Prepare for this Paper: Unlike the other reports you’ve completed, the Live Source Report will occur in three very distinct phases: Pre-Interview, The Interview, and Post-Interview.
Phase One— PRE-INTERVIEW: You will need to thoroughly prepare for your interview. These preparations will involve setting up an interview with an informant, securing both a time and a location with him or her, drafting interview questions, and making sure you have a recording device and a note-taking system in place. Your interview questions should consist of a series of both open-ended and closed questions. You may also want to ask questions about cultural artifacts and/or rituals that have piqued your interest and that you feel may best help explain and/or explore your informant’s subculture.
Phase Two— THE INTERVIEW: For the Live Source Report you are expected to conduct an interview with at least one informant. This interview should be an in-depth interview where you, the researcher, will capture an informant’s perspective and experiences with his or her subculture.
Phase Three—POST-INTERVIEW: After your interview, you will transcribe what you have heard. In other words, you’ll listen to the interview and write down what the informant has shared with you. It is not required that you transcribe the ENTIRE interview, but you should transcribe what you feel might be useful for the Live Source Report and later for your Ethnography. (Hint ** Please do not erase the audio-recording, as you may want to use bits and pieces of it again.) Once you have listened to the interview, you will reflect and write about your experiences.
Writing the Report : Your Live Source Report should be written in two sections:
Section 1: This section should thoroughly address what happened in all phases throughout your interview process. You may choose to write this section as a narrative where you “tell the story” of what your interview experience was like for you. Discuss the collaborative process that took place between you and your informant. Note: In this Section, you should reflect on all three phases of the interview process (as explained above).
Section 2: This section should thoroughly address what you learned about your subculture from your informant. Throughout this section you may want to either directly or indirectly quote your informant to clearly reveal and illustrate his or her perspective and experiences. What did you learn about your subculture from your informant? You may want to conclude your discussion with what you would still like to learn more about and from where or whom you feel you may acquire this information.
Evaluation: The Live Source will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Point value:
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Section 1: A thorough discussion of the ethnographic interview experience. The researcher reflects upon all three (3) phases of the interview process.
Section2: A thorough discussion of what you have learned about the subculture as a result of gathering your informant’s perspective and experiences with the subculture.
Interview Questions: The writer/researcher includes a thoughtfully prepared series of both open-ended and closed questions to use during the interview.
Interview Transcription/Notes: The writer/researcher includes a transcription of some important excerpts from the interview along with notes taken either during or soon after the interview.
Professionalism: The writer meets the guidelines for length and formatting of the assignment. The writer presents a paper that is free from spelling and typographical errors and free from grammar or language usage errors that impede meaning. |
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Total: ____ / 50 points
