Research Interviews

Research Interviews are something that I am not all that familiar with. So far in the classes that I have taken both at Sierra and in High School have not really required that I do my own interviews. Two semesters ago however I did take a critical thinking English class where we were put into groups of four and were required to ask our peers three questions. We were allowed to do this on any forum we chose. For me I thought well Face Book is the easiest and best way to reach out to as many people as possible. After having my questions up on my page for five days I received very few responses. I think only six of my contacts actually gave me any usable responses. When our group came together to discuss our findings I realized we all had the same kind of problem with our contacts just ignoring our posts. The process was frustrating to say the least and we ended up having to use statistics and interviews that we found on the Internet. Towards the end of the project my entire group felt the same about the research we had and wished that our peers had taken it more seriously so that we could know how people we know and live around us felt about the issue. I think that the next time I do any kind of interview research I will be more diligent about asking people in person the questions I have as well as posting on my Face Book. I feel that social media is a great way to get opinions from people and it is the best way to reach out to many people in a very short about of time, just next time I will have to actually ask people to comment and maybe post specifically on people's pages.