The interviews are generally seen with great interest and insights by the audience, especially if the interviewee is a well known figure. The interview has come to occupy a prominent place in the landscape of broadcast journalism and political communication (Clayman & Heritage, 2002). Sometimes the interviewee persuades to listen to the interview, whereas the interviewer’s profile attracts to see the interview. I personally find Bhusan Dahals’ FireSide, Dil Bhusan Pathaks’ Tough Talk, and Jib Ram Bhandaris’ Stv Chat as a strong, insightful and powerful interviewer. The questions they ask not only make people curious and aware, but also sometimes make the interviewees in a nervous nod. Therefore, thinking from the interviewee’s perspective, what media aspects can be controlled by them has been discussed below.
The ways interviewees can maintain the control is by being prepared with the most possible questions, critical questions and the key message he/she wants to deliver. Whatever the interviewer might ask, if the interviewee goes all prepared then there are very few chances of the interview going wrong. Thus interviewee must always go prepared for an interview. In the same way, as an interviewee, he/she has a choice of language to respond to questions which understandable to the audience. Here, interviewee often fined expressing difficult thing to do. The interviewee has also control over pleasant speak during the interview. Therefore, important locus of control are being prepared, forceful, signposting and apologizing.
The things that aren’t under the control of the interviewees are the nature of the questions, the technical supports and the ambiance. Interviewees have no any control over the questions to be asked in the interview. They are also unknown about the settings and the structure that the interview have set for his/her interview. For instance; Interviewers often interrupt the interviewee and throw in extra questions. In these situations, it is best to stay calm and then answer the questions in proper order, by not jumbling them (Greatbatch, 1986). Therefore, the above mentioned aspects that an interviewee can or cannot control in an interview should be focused on.
References
Clayman, S., & Heritage, J. (2002). The news interview: Journalists and public figures on the air. Cambridge University Press.
Greatbatch, D. (1986). Aspects of topical organization in news interviews: the use of agenda-shifting procedures by interviewees. Media, Culture & Society, 8 (4), 441-455.
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The interviews are generally seen with great interest and insights by the audience, especially if the interviewee is a well known figure. The interview has come to occupy a prominent place in the landscape of broadcast journalism and political communication (Clayman & Heritage, 2002). Sometimes the interviewee persuades to listen to the interview, whereas the interviewer’s profile attracts to see the interview. I personally find Bhusan Dahals’ FireSide, Dil Bhusan Pathaks’ Tough Talk, and Jib Ram Bhandaris’ Stv Chat as a strong, insightful and powerful interviewer. The questions they ask not only make people curious and aware, but also sometimes make the interviewees in a nervous nod. Therefore, thinking from the interviewee’s perspective, what media aspects can be controlled by them has been discussed below.
The ways interviewees can maintain the control is by being prepared with the most possible questions, critical questions and the key message he/she wants to deliver. Whatever the interviewer might ask, if the interviewee goes all prepared then there are very few chances of the interview going wrong. Thus interviewee must always go prepared for an interview. In the same way, as an interviewee, he/she has a choice of language to respond to questions which understandable to the audience. Here, interviewee often fined expressing difficult thing to do. The interviewee has also control over pleasant speak during the interview. Therefore, important locus of control are being prepared, forceful, signposting and apologizing.
The things that aren’t under the control of the interviewees are the nature of the questions, the technical supports and the ambiance. Interviewees have no any control over the questions to be asked in the interview. They are also unknown about the settings and the structure that the interview have set for his/her interview. For instance; Interviewers often interrupt the interviewee and throw in extra questions. In these situations, it is best to stay calm and then answer the questions in proper order, by not jumbling them (Greatbatch, 1986). Therefore, the above mentioned aspects that an interviewee can or cannot control in an interview should be focused on.
References
Clayman, S., & Heritage, J. (2002). The news interview: Journalists and public figures on the air. Cambridge University Press.
Greatbatch, D. (1986). Aspects of topical organization in news interviews: the use of agenda-shifting procedures by interviewees. Media, Culture & Society, 8 (4), 441-455.