Paper Problems

The hardest thing I have had to do while doing this paper is finding the time to get everyone together to get them to answer my interview questions. All my subjects have fulltime jobs and finding the time to get them together for any length of time has been a headache. I have tried twice this week and every time we got about a quarter of the way through the interview or the movie and they had to leave due to being called in. If I had more time I would have found friends that have more of a steady job schedule.

I was worried about having good open ended questions but as I got going with the interviews I liked my questions. They might not be good for everyone because you have to take what they tell you and ask questions based on their answers. I got them talking and had a good conservation with them about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Since I picked a popular movie and book I had multiple friends wanting to be interviewed, but only a select few who could come during the same time I could, so it narrowed it down pretty easily.

Trying to keep the integrity of the interviewee’s answers is another issue I have been having trouble with. Basically I can take what they say and I can “make” them say what I want depending on context. I sent my paper to one of the interviewees to make sure I had what they said correct, and I got a phone call saying I analyzed their words incorrectly. I took what they said and basically took it out of context allowing stripping the words of their original meaning. I am going to have to take what they said in context so I can keep their words, there’s.