Monday, 3 October 2011
Interviews about writing.
According to the interview that was about writing and that i did on the UBC campus, there were 3 girls and 1 boy, and there were answers that i didn't expect. All of them had different answers, that surprised me a lot. First of all, i thought that people in North America and US use twitter all the time, but the interview showed other way round. Only one of the student said that she tweet everyday, but others do not even use twitter. Also, the reason that the answers some kind of surprised me was because one of the girl does not write at all, of course except her homework, she does not use any blogs or diaries, but for the question about the favourite social media she said that she prefers Facebook. Moreover, the boy, who's name is Eric, said that he also does not use twitter or Facebook, but he writes on the blog probably once a week, and this is the blog that does not relate to any of his classes. Furthermore, Tina has a personal diary, and she writes there once a month and she does not use Facebook to write her own, serious and personal thoughts there. However, other people do so, and they do not care or they do not think about the consequences that may reveal. In addition, all of them had the same answer for there question about the advantages about reflecting writing. The answers are: make a rethink about something, to find out the way how you should deal with a particular situation or problem, to get things off your mind and that it is a great way to express your emotions on a paper rather than do it physically. To sum up, this was a very good exercise that gives us an opportunity to work in a group, to socialize and to be more open minded. Also, now i would say that not everyone use Facebook or twitter, as i thought before, to make friends, to get out of the real world or to think about something to make a decision.
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Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the interview assignment. I was actually surprised myself of how few of the respondents I interviewed engaged themselves in social media. Do you think most of your friends in Kazakhstan use facebook or Twitter? My friends do... Good luck with your blog.
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Hi Henriette!:)
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, i would say that Russia has their own "Facebook", so-called "Vkontakte" (it means IN TOUCH) and most of the teenagers and adults use this website. And as far as i now, only a few people use twitter because it is not very useful and popular in my country.
Thank you!
In Addition, i would say that we also use Facebook, but only after we go abroad:)
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