Professor: Christopher Michlig

4.00 credits

• CRN 22406: Tuesday & Thursday, 8:30-9:50am @ GSH 132

This course will explore the ubiquitous presence of interviews in our modern, globalized society. Interviews are encountered as media content through television, radio, social media, print media, and so on. Interviews also serve as a primary method for information gathering in fields such as law enforcement, hiring, therapy, social research, journalism, and oral history. Additionally, interviews often lay the foundation for biographical works. While the form and function of interviews have a history in the social sciences at both methodological and conceptual levels, in the context of cultural and literary studies questions about the interview's nature often present it as a complex genre. We will experience a wide range of textual and audiovisual content created from interviews and raise practical questions. For instance, who had control over the editing process? What was the interviewee's level of participation? What were the intentions and boundaries of the interview? The final project will consist of the planning, conducting, and editing of an interview into a final form.