Teaching Research Interviewing through Analyzing Celebrity Interviewing in Hot Ones

Abstract

This resource contains a multi-step, iterative assignment with an in-class content analysis activity followed by an out-of-class repetition of the same activity. To increase students’ engagement with the material, the assignment focuses on a celebrity interview on an episode of Hot Ones.   Rather than viewing the interview as pure...

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Subject Area(s):

Art/Music, Communication and Information Technologies, Cultural Sociology, Emotions, Ethnomethodology/Conversational Analysis, Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Leisure/Sports/Recreation, Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Occupations/Professions, Other, Qualitative Methodology, Research Methods, Social Psychology, Sociological Practice, Teaching and Learning in Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment, Class Activity

Class Level(s):

College 200, College 300, College 400, Graduate

Class Size(s):

Medium, Small

Usage Notes

This resource introduces students to the intricacies of interviewing and fosters essential qualitative skills such as asking effective initial questions, identifying opportunities for follow-ups, and rapport-building techniques. By developing critical content analysis and interviewing skills, students will be equipped to navigate, understand, and...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. To apply basic components of the semi-structured interviewing process (e.g. developing questions, follow-ups, probes, and rapport-building).
2. To practice content analysis through the comparison of social science interviewing to an example of celebrity interviewing.
3. To cultivate essential interviewing skills (e.g. asking questions, probes, rapport-building, etc.) for qualitative sociological methodology.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students will conduct a content analysis of a celebrity interview by completing an in-class worksheet followed by an in-class discussion, emphasizing the structure and dynamics of the interview and the relationship between interviewer and interviewee.
2. Students will build upon the initial in-class analysis by completing their own, out-of-class worksheet on a separate episode of Hot Ones analyzing the same components as the in-class example.
3. Students will engage in further in-class discussion of qualitative research methodologies and the findings of their content analysis.
4. Students will engage in further in-class discussion of qualitative research methodologies and the findings of their content analysis.