We are hoping to capture a story about personal or social changes that may be connected to listening to [insert name of radio program] or from your current or previous involvement in listener club activities. If you are happy with this, I will begin by asking you to fill in a questionnaire about your listening history. We will then begin the interview and I will write your answers in my notebook. Is now a good time to begin? (if not when can we do this?) It should take about 50 minutes.
We may want to use your story and other information collected during our interview for a number of purposes including:
to tell our donors and stakeholders about the significant changes that have happened to community members as a result of our programs
to help us understand what listeners and others think is good and not so good about our programs
to make improvements to our programs.
Either before or after the interview, you must ask the interviewee to complete the consent form shown in Appendix 4. Note: If the storyteller does not want their name written down, just write ‘listener club member’ or ‘student’ or a similar description.
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Questionnaire about your listening history
Thank you for agreeing to take part in this research. We greatly value your time and the feedback that you provide. So that we can understand more about your background we would appreciate it if you would complete the following questionnaire before we begin the interview/discussion.
1. Which of these Equal Access radio programs have you listened to most regularly over the past six months or more (please select one):
add name of radio programs add name of radio programs
2. How many episodes (approximately) of this program have you listened to so far? 1 - 5
6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20
more than 20 episodes
3. How long ago (approximately) did you first begin listening to this program? 6 months ago
6 months to 1 year ago 1 to 2 years ago 2 to 3 years ago 3 to 4 years ago
more than 4 years ago (please state the number of years) ___________________ 4. On average, how regularly did you listen to this program at first?
every week every 2 weeks once a month once every 2 months less than every 2 months
5. On average, how regularly have you listened to this program over the past six months? every week
every 2 weeks every 3 weeks once a month
6. On average, how regularly do you currently listen to this program? every week
37 every 3 weeks
once a month
I am no longer listening to the program
7. If you are no longer listening to the program, approximately when did you stop listening? 6 months ago
6 months to 1 year ago 1 to 2 years ago 2 to 3 years ago
more than 3 years ago (please state the number of years) ___________________ 8. If you are no longer listening to the program, please briefly explain why:
9. Do you usually listen to this program: on your own
with other family members with a group of friends
with other listener club members
with another group (please provide details)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 10. How did you first become involved in listening to this program? (please provide a brief description)
11. Are you a member of a listener club?
yes – I am a member of an [add name] listener club yes – I am a member of an [add name] listener club yes – I am a member of another listener club
(please add the name of the club) ________________________________________________ no
12. If yes, how long have you been a member of this club? ______________________________
13. When and how did you first get involved in this listener club? (please provide a brief description)
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Questions about significant changesin individuals
Use this set of questions in interviews with individual community members who are regular listeners to the radio program(s) you are researching, or who have stopped being regular listeners within the previous six months.
Notes:
Only ask the interviewee questions about the radio program which they listen to most frequently.
If the interviewee is unsure what the domain of change in the question means, you can provide some further explanation by referring to a list of examples.
If the interviewee says that they have not experienced any changes in a particular domain, record this and then move on to the next question about changes.
1. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in your knowledge or
awareness that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
2. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in your attitude and
behaviour that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
3. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in your personal
development that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in a [add name] listener club. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
4. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in your participation in activities that aim to bring about social or political change that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
5. Why are these changes significant for you?
6. How has listening to [add name of program], or taking part in an [add name] listener club, contributed to these changes?
7. From your point of view, describe the most important negative impact of listening to [add name of program], if any, that you have experienced.
8. How could the [add name of program] program be improved to better meet community needs?
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Questions about significant changein others
Use this set of questions in individual interviews with listener club facilitators, community reporters, community workers or others who know something about the impacts of [add name of program] on listener club members, young people, women, disadvantaged people, or other community groups, or civil society organisations.
1. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in the knowledge or awareness of listener club members or other groups that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
2. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in the attitude and behaviour of listener club members or other groups that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
3. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in the personal development of listener club members or other groups that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in an [add name] listener club. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
4. From your point of view, describe the most significant change in the participation of listener club members or other groups in activities that aim to bring about social or political change that has resulted from listening to [add name of program] or taking part in [add name] listener club activities. Please be as specific as possible and give examples.
5. Why do you think these changes significant?
6. How do you think that listening to [add name of program], or taking part in an [add name] listener club, has contributed to these changes?
7. From your point of view, describe the most important negative impact of listening to [add name of program], if any, that listener club members or other community groups you know have experienced.
8. How do you think the [add name of program] program could be improved to better meet community needs?
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Appendix 3: Sample guide for collecting stories about
significant changes by group discussion
Use this activity with small groups of people who are listener club members or who you know are regular listeners to the programs you are researching or have been regular listeners during the past two years. You should aim to have about 5 to 10 people in the group. This activity may work better if the participants are mainly listening to only one of the programs.