Category: Interview Post
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Interview Reflections: Pro-Palestinian (Digital) Activism in Vienna
This post explores interview techniques and reflections related to interviewing activists focusing on pro-Palestinian advocacy in Vienna, Austria. Digital activism, as a subfield of communication for social change, offers valuable insights into how loosely affiliated political groups utilize digital tools like social media to advance their goals and how they navigate challenges like digital repression.…
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Using interviews to conduct research: two views on social change
For this assignment I carried out two interviews of people ostensibly having different viewpoints on the issue of how social change and development can be implemented. My purpose was to identify and contrast those differences in approach towards the same issue. I thus decided to see how two individuals of different backgrounds, interests and experiences…
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Interviewing as a research tool: a comparative exploration
Introduction In order to develop my skills as an interviewer, and researcher more broadly, I conducted two interviews with people in completely different fields, one was over Zoom and the other was in Person. The first interview took place in Copenhagen in early November with a Project Manager for Development at RARE, a US based…
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Exploring Interview Techniques: Reflections on Interviews with Climate Activists in Sweden & Brazil
As Xanthia mentioned in her wonderful post, this blog post today is something a little different. I recently conducted two interviews with some incredible people around issues of communication for development and social change, but also specifically around digital activism, and how what’s happening in Palestine is connected to their work and activism. However, I…
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MSM Assignment 2: Exploring Interviewing Techniques: A Methodological Dive for ComDev
In this blog post, I will diverge from the usual topics covered here to focus on interviewing techniques. Specifically, this post will serve as my second assignment for the Media, Strategies, and Methodologies course: Individual Blog Assignment – Interviewing Techniques. For this assignment, I conducted two interviews on themes related to ComDev: one with a…
