Interviewee 1 Age 27
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
No
2. When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
African American Romance Novels
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
About 15 hard bound books. I would
classify none of them as “literary” or “literature.”
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
Yes
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
20 minutes
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
15 hours
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
16 hours
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
9 hours at work, 3 hours reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the internet each
day?
14 hours
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
2 hours
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
7 hours
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
Relaxation: Drinking at a bar,
Entertainment:Concerts
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
Boring
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
Coldest Winter Ever by Sister
Souljah
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
The Genre
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
A song
Interviewee 2 Age- 21
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
Yes
2.
When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
Fiction
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
10-15 hard bound books; I would
consider all of them “literary” or “literature.”
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
Yes
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
Till I get tired, 2-3 hours
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
0-1
hour
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
20 hours
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
8 hours working, 7 hours reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the internet each
day?
20 hours
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
5 hours
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
7 hours
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
I relax by drinking tea. My
favorite form of entertainment is scrolling through ifunny(app).
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
Fun
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
White Fang by Jack London
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
Anything with words
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
Reading someone else’s thought/mind
Interviewee 3 Age 55
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
Yes
2.
When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
Non-fiction, mystery, or romance,
pretty much anything all genre love everything.
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
500+,
120 literature everything else literary
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
Yes
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
On a good day 20 min
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
About 2 hours
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
40 minutes
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
10 hours
at work about 6 hours used reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the internet each
day?
About an hour and a half
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
4-5 hours
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
7-8 hours
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
Relaxation- reading
Entertainment- musicals
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
A way to be transported anywhere
with out physically traveling
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
A book I will reread more than
once, (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and sweet by Jamie Ford)
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
Words
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
Solving a puzzle
Interviewee 4 Age 53
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
No
2.
When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
Nothing/ Newspaper
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
4; 3 literature 1 literary
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
No
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
I don’t read
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
2-3 hours
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
1 hour
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
10 hours for work, 4 for studying,
and 7 of those hours are reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the internet each
day?
14 hours
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
5 hours
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
8 hours
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
Relaxation- Bugging my wife
Entertainment- Going to
movie/dinner
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
For geeks
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
Edgar Allen Poe anthology
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
Non fiction
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
Pulling a freaking tooth out of
my head
Person 5 Age 83
1.
Generally, do you think of yourself as someone
who likes to read?
Yes
2.
When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
Scriptures and articles
3.
About how many hardbound books do you own, and
of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
100 or so; 25 % literature 75%
4.
In the past year, have you read a novel from
cover to cover?
No
5.
When you sit down to read a book, how long do
you read before stopping?
30 pages
6.
How much time do you spend on social media each
day?
1 hour
7.
How much time do you spend on your cell phone
each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
2 hours
8.
How much time do you spend either studying
and/or working each day? How much of
this time is spent reading?
2 hours working, 1 hours studying,
about 1-3 hours spent reading
9.
How much time do you spend on the internet each
day?
A hour and a half
10. How
much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day?
4 ½ - 5 hours
11. How
much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
5-6 hours
12. What
are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
Relaxation- aerobics, gardening,
bible study
Entertainment- travel
13. Complete
the following sentences: “Reading is . .
.”
Educational, source of
entertainment
14. Complete
the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
The
Bible
15. Complete
the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
Prose and poems
16. Complete
the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
The action of being soothed,
relaxed, and entertained
Thoughts I had after interviewing
these five people were that it didn't matter if the person considered
themselves a reader or not their do a lot of reading in their everyday lives.
It seems like you can’t go to school or work with out reading the majority of
the time. I also found out that the majority of the people were surprised the
amount of time they spent on social media or electronics. I also found that
people were confused by the terms “literary” and “literature” and all had different
definitions on what it was.
