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Interview

MethodInterview

Objectives Length Materials

To understand how prejudice can influence a conversation with a person. About 90 minutes.
Sheets of paper, pens.

ProcessFirst if all, think of a situation, such as a murder in the station surroundings. Then pick one volunteer as a witness in the situation. The rest of the participants are journalists. Then the group is divided into two. The first group leaves the room. The other group must take an interview from the volunteer. Just before the interview, the volunteer is given a role. In this case, an example could be a prostitute, named Augustė. Then announce that, e.g., there was a murder and that Augustė is the witness of the murder. The first group is not aware of the volunteer’s activity, which, in this case, is prostitution. They only know her name. Then the interview begins and all journalists try to find out as much as they can about the entire situation. The other part of the group, which has left the roo m, does not hear the interview. They are introduced to the situation and told that the job of the volunteer is prostitution. Then, when the first group finishes their interview, the second group returns and does the same interview, watched by the first group. But the first group cannot comment or ask anything. It is recommended to give a certain number of questions, for example, say that the journalists cannot exceed 8 questions.
Example: there was a murder in the station area. The victim is a man. The police came. There is only one witness. Her name is Augustė. Augustė is a prostitute. (The last fact is mentioned only to the second group).
SummaryAfter both of the interviews, engage in a joint discussion. First of all, ask the volunteer, who was interviewed by the journalists.
Summary questions:
1. How did the first group feel, taking the interview? 2. How did the volunteer feel? Did they sense/notice different emotions during both of the interviews?
3. How did the information about the role, assigned to the volunteer, influence the interview questions? 4. Can prejudice affect the communication with other people?
5. Can prejudice affect the information, received from a person?
Influenced by prejudice, people can misinterpret the information they receive. People often already ‘have’ their answers even before starting to talk to the other person simply because of the prejudice. That is why it’s very important to have no prejudice, because otherwise the other person may simply feel humiliated. We often come to that person simply to confirm what we already ‘know’. Prejudice may even turn the topic of the conversation to a wrong direction solely because of prejudice.

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