This document provides instructions for an assignment involving conducting interviews and focus groups. It outlines guidelines for the assignment, different types of questions to ask in interviews, characteristics of a good interviewer, and how to transcribe and sample interviews. The document also provides instructions for a skills lab and 500-word report, and lists required reading and tasks to be completed for the next class including conducting assignment 3 and handing in previous assignments.

1. advanced methods in media and
communication studies
Linda Duits

2. lecture interviews
skills lab
guidelines assignment

3. What? Asking

4. Why? Verstehen

5. How? Topic list

6. How? Different types of questions

7. How? A good interviewer

8. Results: Audio  transcripts

9. Terms: Probes

10. Terms: Purposive sampling

11. Misc.
Skills lab

12. Assignment instructions

13. 500
words
( )
Report instructions

14. next time is Tuesday
focus groups
Bloor et al. (2001) Chapters 1 and 3
+ hand-in assignments 1+2
+ conduct assignment 3