assignment 4 jrl 215

Paige Miller

9-2-2011

Assignment 4

Man on street

I feel as though the assignment was fun and exciting. I don’t think the experience was intimidating because I’m a very outgoing person who can talk to anyone. I’m not afraid to just go up to someone and talk to them about anything. I didn’t think it was awkward either because I’m not a awkward person to talk to, I just make it sound fun and interesting. The assignment itself about social media is already interesting as it is. I’d say I got pretty good information because my questions were clear and straight forward as well as the answers.

The names of the people I interviewed and their phone numbers are, Sam Ingber 845-807-2900, Jennie Dicken 703-474-4590, Jessica Fields 716-720-7233. I found Jennie Dicken leaving Jimmy Johns and I chose her because she looked like an outgoing girl who defiantly uses face book a lot. I stuck to my list of questions with her. Jennie responded exactly how I thought she would. I got good information from her to help me compare each person. She was more of the face book person just as I thought. I found Sam Ingber leaving a sports bar and I chose him because he’s a boy and I wanted to switch it up a bit. I also chose him because he was leaving a sports bar so the character of that stuck out to me a bit. He responded well like I predicted him too. He was more of the professional type who didn’t care as much about face book as Jennie did. I found Jessica Fields in the Mountain Lair. I chose her because I wanted another girls opinion because I feel as though women use social media more than men and they probably know a little more about it. I stuck with my original questions. She responded a little differently in the sense that she doesn’t have an actual email like the others do. She doesn’t think face book is a formal way of emailing but she would choose it over having an email address.

I feel as though I wouldn’t change the questions I asked or ask any more because my questions were clear and straight to the point. If I had to add additional questions I might of asked how the decades have changed with social media and emailing. I also would ask a little bit about the person to see what kind of person they are. I might of asked if you could combined face book and your email would you? As well as other questions in the same area.

The skill of approaching and speaking with strangers can help journalists find out the best information they need for their print or broadcast. It could help them with public speaking since their talking to people they do not know. It could help them take surveys or interviews that will perfect their point of the social media in general. Approaching and speaking to strangers can help communications strategists with their public speaking. It can also help them advertise what the social media wants and likes. Lastly it can help to plan events that people want to go to by interest.