VI. Project work

Choose one\both alternatives:

1) Written form. Choose a topic and research it with the help of vox pop. Present your results in written form (article, interview, research, etc.)

Study the example.

When asking people to participate fast is best – don’t give them time to worry about how they look or what their friends will think. Use a short, sharp standard question such as “Would you mind answering a couple of quick questions about genetically modified food for TV3 news tonight?” (Note: Everyone will want to know what channel you’re with and when the programme will be broadcast, so it helps to get that out of the way quickly.)

Here’s an example of how some vox pops can add interest to a news item on genetically modified foods. At some point in the story the journalist would say something like “meanwhile, public opinion is still divided...”
The following sequence is then inserted:

“I think we need more research. I think we’ve seen this product arrive on our shelves in a tearing hurry, without any long-term case histories available for us to look at any possible harm”.
“I think it will be better in the short term, but in the long run it will promote more diseases, some inherited ones like cancer or something like that”.
“I don’t actually have that much of a problem with it. I think that basically science enters every part of our existence anyhow. Scientists have been genetically modifying animals and things since the beginning of time, so no; I don’t have much of a problem with it”.
“I don’t really have a problem with it myself. I mean, it’s coming up to the year 2000, the new millennium, we’re going to have new changes, aren’t we? People have got to get used to it. If they don’t like that, if they can’t stand the change, well... get out of the way and let those who can stand the change look after it”.
“I’d prefer not to have it, not to use any of it, but I’m not sure what’s been altered and what hasn’t”.

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