The report requires to conduct an interview with 10 questions and lasting around 35 minutes. I have attached the Research Proposal for this report, in the uploaded files. You will need it for this report. I also attached the 10 questions in a powerpoint in the uploaded files and you need to make up some answers for the interviewee. Under each question I wrote something that might be useful for answers. I marked them in red color. You can choose to go with them or think of something else. The entire interview is required to be transcripted with around 1500 words and attached in the Appendices, which you need to come up with based on the interview questions. For the conceptual approach/ theoretical approach required for the interview, I chose the ‘Actor-Network’ Theory. And I will attach the class slides and related readings in the uploaded files as well. The theory should be engaged in Methodology part and Interview Interpretation part of the report.
Final report: rough guide, structure and word count
1. Title Page (not included in word count)
2. Table of contents (not included in word count)
3. Introduction: describe research project and conceptual approach (250 words)
4. Literature review (550 words). You may use some of the literature you have used in research proposal (which is in the uploaded files) and add more literature relating to your research area. (Such as how mukbang videos make people addicted, or what influences can they do to audiences)
5. Methodology (200 words) Describe your conceptual approach and talk about qualitative research and that you have chosen one interview partner for a semi structured interview with 10 questions, lasting 35 minutes.
6. Discussion & Analysis: Interpretation for the interview from the perspective of your theoretical approach(1400 words)
(Go for Qualitative research, semi structured interviews, and ‘Actor-Network’ Theory.)
7. Conclusion (200 words)
8. Bib References (not included in word count)
9. Appendices: interview transcription (1500 words)
Conduct your interview, only 1 person to be interviewed/ has to be family or friend, for around 35 minutes.
Transcribe your interview and copy/paste under appendices. (Part 9)
Interpret the interview from the perspective of your theoretical approach. (Part 6)
Further instructions:
Methodology
•Briefly describe key issues of the chosen conceptual approach:
“This study uses qualitative interviews to investigate …. “
Use one or two bib references that help you describe what qualitative research is / what semi structured interviews are
•Briefly describe why this approach is important for your research.
Say something like “this study used purposive sampling and conducted one interview”. ”The interview took place on .. and the duration was 35 minutes.” (Just for examples)
Transcription (1500 words)
What to transcribe:
the entire interview
only language / not ‘hm’ etc.
not any breaks, corrections etc, just plain language
use ‘I’ for Interviewer and ‘R’ for respondent, no mentioning of real
names
to make up the 1500 words and attach in appendice
Interview interpretation (1400 words)
1.Think along your key question and your conceptual approach/use this as main lens for interpretation!
2.From this lens: try to describe a ‘story’ across all responses. What is the specific ‘story’ that is ‘unique’, what is relevant for the respondent and why and what is not (and why ?)
3.Then think about ‘terms’ , ’phrases’ that have been usedthat ‘stick out’, Wording is important, what words are used, how are ‘issues’ ‘expressed
4. Overall ‘theme’ based on subjective ‘experience’
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