Monday, October 10, 2011

The interviews in the textbook discuss completely different topics.  These topics consist of the how the media covers war and the McDonaldization of society.  Within the first interview the answers are typically short and more back forth conversation between a group of people with comments about things that are going on in their surroundings.  The second interview consists of a Professor discussing his thesis, in which his answers to the reporter’s questions are rather lengthy and thorough.  The arrangement of speaks within the second interview determines that the argument is building up and getting stronger.  This can be seen when the responses the reporter receives get progressively longer and more thorough as the interview precedes, even when the question asked is only one sentence.  The arrangement of speaks within the first interview does not appear to help determine the argument because some of the statements made within the interview have no relevance to the questions asked.  The arrangement however is helpful in the fact that it shows both sides of the argument, which is helpful so that the reader can see both the upside and the downside in the way the media covers the war.

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