Monday, November 14, 2011
Living Sources
Ballenger makes a good point when he describes how we should find experts to interview. I think it is important for students to pay attention to this because as students, we don't always know the best ways to go about finding information like this. Ballenger says to check your sources, check the phone book, ask your friends and instructors, check the faculty directory, check the Encyclopedia of Associations, and to check the internet. I also agree with him when he states that people who have gone through the life experience can give a lot of insight to your interview and therefore your paper. Ballenger suggests that the personal interview is most productive because it more natural, like a conversation. Interviews are great tools to clarify any information and also to gain understanding on topics that is unavailable anywhere else. An interview can provide information that other sources can't such as anecdotes, direct quotes, and descriptive material. When conducting a survey, it is important to keep your audience in mind. I plan on looking through magazine ads to see how women are portrayed in the media and also to interview my best friend who had an eating disorder to see if the media had any effect on her.
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