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Why People Decline Interviews
As a student who majors in journalism, I have to do some interviews. This semester I have made two news programs, and during the production period many people declined to be interviewed. One person had even agreed to but turned it down a few days later. Why do people act like this? Here are some of my views:
1、I came across someone who was in a hurry to get to work and had no time to answer my simple question with a simple "yes or no".
2、They don't have enough confidence to face the camera and feel awkward with the microphone in front of his/her mouth.
3、The question I asked is too complicated to understand. (My skill of expressing needs to be improved.)
4、It is hard for people to speak their true feelings inside their heart due to the sensitive authourity and they don't want to make trouble.
(Many cases like this. Like someone told me "I can tell you everything but you can't broadcast it out.")
5、People also have the attitude that this is "none of my business" (as a Chinese proverb said "I just came here to buy a bottle of sauce.")
Of course people have the right to reject an interview but on the other hand they also have the obligation to speak the truth. With the rapid development of the economy the past few years people can take part in the establishment of a more harmonious society. The reason why I want people to participate in interviews is that I expect they can tell the public and the authourity their thoughts directly and express themselves efficiently.
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