Report on my Interviews

In this post, I will be discussing my interviews.

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1. The most significant genre my interviewees used was email. They used email to communicate with clients, students, their peers, and anyone who needs to contact them. They also both used powerpoint as an aid to presenting their material to clients or students, and excel to process and represent data.

2. As I learned from my interviews, the genre changed greatly based on the audience. For example, the conventions of an email wild change based on who they were emailing, but the same basic conventions always applied. Emails always tended to be more conversational and slightly less formal, and also more numerous. Powerpoints incorporated different types of media and less text, and excel is all numbers.

3. The professionals I interviewed both had trouble transitioning into the modern types of communication. AS I mentioned in a previous blog post, neither of them were very prominent on social media. They said that the requirement of constant updating and monitoring was the most challenging part of using social media and communicating with the newer generations.

4. The most exciting thing about writing in the business world is the response. They look forward to seeing how their pieces are received by their audience. 

5. This type of writing is not usually featured in mass media, as it is mostly behind the scenes work and correspondence. However, some of the audits that Julie Klewer writes or the research papers that Dr. Williams writes could be featured in mass media.