Hear me out;

*Lecture 5

To the rest of the students in JOUR1111, welcome to my world. Sounds lectures is how I complete this subject. Because of the clash in my timetable, I always have to listen to the lectures online, so this was no different to my usual week. However, for the purposes of the material, this format suited.

 An interview about interviewing. 

This lecture dealt with the components of radio interviews, and at the same time these components could be heard by the listeners. For example, a point highlighted was that there has to be a good relationship between the interviewer and guest, and trust to be created between both parties, and when listening (especially to the first interview) this was clearly evident, in their tone of voice and their language. I thought this was the most appropriate medium for such a topic as listeners was able to be taught theory, as well as understand it in practice.

I found this lecture to be of particular interest because I take an interest in radio journalism. I see this medium as being one of the areas I would actively pursue if I were to become a journalist. I found most parts of this lecture interesting, however there was one section in one of the interviews that struck me.

You cannot lie on radio.

The point was raised that a person cannot lie on the radio as a lie on radio is too easy to detect. With radio, there is just sound, there is just voice, and this makes everything heightened, even the tiniest of quivers in the voice can be echoed through the microphone. I like this idea, because I totally agree. The voice tells a whole story in itself. There is so much emotion in a person's voice, and radio accentuates all of it. Happiness, sadness, anger, disappointment. Pretty much any emotion can be conveyed in the voice whether a person wants to show it or not.

I think that's why music and radio journalism blends together so well, because music conveys emotion through sound. Have you ever listened to a song and it's completely changed your mood? This happens to me all the time. I have 'pump up' songs, 'sad songs', 'anger songs' and 'angsty songs'. They all are able to make me feel a certain way. Sound has the ability to transport you away from your feelings and the moment you are in. They have a particular power of bringing back memories of a certain time or place.

We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris

This song gets me pumped up and makes me happy, it reminds me of my Schoolies week. It brings back good memories and feelings. 

Radio and a voice broadcast works in a similar way and I think that's the main thing to be taken away from this lecture. That as an interviewer, you have the ability to direct your guest and enhance this emotion. Silence can even achieve the same effect. In order to be a good radio interviewer, evoke emotion.