Description of Interview SubjectThe purpose of this interview is to find out how people obtain information about current events and to determine whether people use different sources for types of news. A test subject was interviewed for forty-five minutes via Skype and asked a series of questions about his news-seeking habits. The subject, a male in his fifties, participated in the interview. Employed as a postman by Canada Post for thirty years, he is a Canadian citizen residing in British Columbia. The highest level of education held is a high school diploma. Summary of News-Seeking Habits To summarize the subject's news-seeking habits, the interviewer, as Wildemuth suggests, looked for themes and patterns in the responses. As Ryan and Russell recommend, the interviewer looked for repetition in the subject's responses to make decisions about news-seeking habits. The subject expressed interest in current events and demonstrated understanding and familiarity with the current events requested during the interview. The subject showed strong curiosity but remained an active participant. The individual expressed interest in current national, international, and political events and demonstrated deep concern about events such as the Harper Government's plans for changes to public service pensions and familiarity with economic issues in Europe. Entertainment news hasn't garnered the same level of interest. Although the subject did not mind such news, he explained that he generally did not seek it out and was "less interested in celebrities than in other news." The interview revealed that the subject did not turn to different sources for different types of news. The subject is rather interested in a...... means of paper ......when asked if he obtained news from social media, the subject did not understand. An illustrative example has been used to help. Once it was said that “…some people get their news from Face Book, someone may have learned about Whitney Houston's death from a status update…” the subject clearly understood. During the interview, illustrative questions were useful to clarify the meaning of some questions. Works Cited Patton, Michael Q. Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods. 2nd ed. California: Sage Publications, 1990. Print.Ryan, Gery W, and H. Russell Bernard. “Techniques for Identifying Themes in Qualitative Data.” Field Methods 15.1 (2003): 85-109. Network. February 17, 2012. Wildemuth, Barbara M. Applications of social research methods to questions in computer science and library science. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2009. Print.