Interview & Field Report

by | Feb 26, 2023 | Medical

 

 

In this stage, you will select a person from a different generation than you to interview about how they have used technology throughout their lives. Be sure to consider both digital and non-digital technologies. You can choose someone older or younger than you, and you can talk with a relative or friend, or find someone outside of your immediate circles to interview. If you are choosing someone younger, be sure to choose someone old enough or mature enough to reflect thoughtfully on the impact of technology on themselves. After your interview, you will write a report highlighting three things you learned.

Your interview can be formal or informal. A formal interview has an established set of questions you have prepared ahead of time and do not deviate much from during the interview. An informal interview involves talking with someone about the topic in a more general way and asking specific questions as topics arise.

Some suggested questions to consider working into a formal or informal interview include:

Do you associate any form of technology with a significant event or time in your life? Tell me more about that event or time.
What kinds of non-digital technology do you frequently use or have frequently used throughout your life?
Has there been any specific piece of technology in your life that helped transform the way you think about something in the world?
How do you use technology in your everyday life? Your creative life? Your work life?
Is there any specific digital or non-digital technology you would have a hard time living without? Why?
How has technology changed throughout your life?
Is there any technology you wish had not changed? Why?
Has there been a specific form of technology that contributed to who you are today? Tell me more.
How are you a different, better, worse, enhanced, safer, etc., person when you use a specific form of technology than when you don’t?
How has your self-worth or self-conception been affected by technology?
You can modify these questions or ask other questions that are appropriate for your interview situation. The above list contains suggested starting points. The idea is to find connections between technology and your interviewee’s life experiences and self-identity.

Sample Solution

Yes, I associate a significant form of technology with a specific event in my life. When I was in college, the invention and widespread adoption of smartphones changed the way we communicated. Suddenly, everyone had access to constant communication through text messaging and social media platforms such as WhatsApp or Facebook. This allowed for more efficient collaboration between students on projects as well as instant connection to our peers regardless of physical distance between us. It was truly revolutionary at the time and still has an impact on how modern students interact today.

I frequently use non-digital technologies such as hand tools like hammers, screwdrivers or wrenches for small home improvement projects or repairs around the house; kitchen appliances like blenders or food processors when cooking meals; audio equipment such as speakers and amplifiers for listening to music; and traditional printing methods like letterpresses for making personalized stationery items.

One piece of technology that has certainly transformed my perspective is virtual reality (VR). Through experiences created within this platform I have been able to explore places around the world without leaving my home – from taking part in guided tours of different cities to visiting remote locations that were previously only accessible by intrepid travelers. Being exposed to these unique environments has helped open my eyes to different cultures, lifestyles and outlooks – allowing me gain a deeper understanding of global issues which would not be possible otherwise ..

Sample Solution

Yes, I associate a significant form of technology with a specific event in my life. When I was in college, the invention and widespread adoption of smartphones changed the way we communicated. Suddenly, everyone had access to constant communication through text messaging and social media platforms such as WhatsApp or Facebook. This allowed for more efficient collaboration between students on projects as well as instant connection to our peers regardless of physical distance between us. It was truly revolutionary at the time and still has an impact on how modern students interact today.

I frequently use non-digital technologies such as hand tools like hammers, screwdrivers or wrenches for small home improvement projects or repairs around the house; kitchen appliances like blenders or food processors when cooking meals; audio equipment such as speakers and amplifiers for listening to music; and traditional printing methods like letterpresses for making personalized stationery items.

One piece of technology that has certainly transformed my perspective is virtual reality (VR). Through experiences created within this platform I have been able to explore places around the world without leaving my home – from taking part in guided tours of different cities to visiting remote locations that were previously only accessible by intrepid travelers. Being exposed to these unique environments has helped open my eyes to different cultures, lifestyles and outlooks – allowing me gain a deeper understanding of global issues which would not be possible otherwise ..

reactions from readers as opposed to a contemporary novel like Wallflower. Stories about people (especially adolescents) discovering a part of themselves that they have never known, literary or mainstream, may have similar premises of childhood and adolescense, but they seem to omit differing emotions to readers because of literary elements that change how the reader thinks about the novel. In this way, the contemporary setting of the 21st century has changed the viewpoints of millennial audiences in reading fiction through historical changes, their presentations of conflict, and their language and grammar.

First of all, the historical movements and events of our time have always affected the way we tell our stories and the internal and external struggles of the protagonists in those stories that correspond with the events. Stories have always been a response to the modern times. As the times, industries and modalities change, so do the stories. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the 1930’s, a period of economic turmoil in the Great Depression. In addition, the racial tension in the time period that affects the main conflict of the story in a black man’s rxxe trial, also a prominent presence throughout the story. Harper Lee’s rich, well-fleshed out characters are deeply influenced by the time period, so reading about an era several decades ago can give the reader an insight of what the time period was like, but can also make it very hard to connect with the external struggles of these characters living in a time that we cannot genuinely know what is like. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky’s high school coming-of-age story, takes place in a more modern new era of cliques and teen social structures, and through this viewpoint, we see our protagonist Charlie’s discoveries about friendship that he makes throughout the story be very similar to our own. These characters can be more relatable for readers since the protagonists are teens living in a generation adjacent to ours, so their situations and stories can be elevated to a level of emotion that Mockingbird cannot, through its scenarios that are very reminiscent of the real world. In Wallflower, there is one primary factor of the historical context of the novel, however, that keeps it from having the wide-reaching connection between the author and the reader. Paper Towns, a novel by contemporary teen coming-of-age writer John Green, may have the most deep-rooted connection with the reader when reading it due to the story and characters taking place in our own generation – the era of technology. The use of technology in the novel as an incitement of conflict, causing endless chaos, is very reminiscent of our generation and its unique qualities, so I think this novel may just be the most exciting to read because of these undeniably relatable or even nostalgic settings and situations. This further proves my statement that the settings in coming-of-age stories have a powerful impact on the reader’s emotional investment in the story.

The presentation of conflict in these novels also impact the reader’s reaction to the story and characters. In both literary and mainstream novels, conflict arises, but will be presented in a way that is more apparent and less nuanced in mainstream novels than it would be presented in strict literary fiction. In To Kill a Mockingbird, near the climax of the novel, Atticus Finch tells his family that “They shot him [Tom Robinson]. They say he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over.” (Lee 268) In a novel about a child’s loss of innocence, this was one of the most powerful examples of injustice and inequality, but

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