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Being interviewed as an & #39;expert& #39; voice: My perspective.
So, in the last few months I have been interviewed a lot. It& #39;s still scary. You want to sound articulate. You want to say something original. You want to look good if you& #39;ll be on camera. You don& #39;t want to be cancelled.
So, in the last few months I have been interviewed a lot. It& #39;s still scary. You want to sound articulate. You want to say something original. You want to look good if you& #39;ll be on camera. You don& #39;t want to be cancelled.
You& #39;re always afraid you& #39;ll be taken out of context, and that you will end up looking like you said something that you really didn& #39;t say. (This is esp. true with email).
You wonder if they should have contacted you, which of your academic friends might have a better take.
You wonder if they should have contacted you, which of your academic friends might have a better take.
They break down into two types:
Those who already understand the issue want one sound bite or pithy quote (maybe two).
Those who don& #39;t want to be educated.
Those who already understand the issue want one sound bite or pithy quote (maybe two).
Those who don& #39;t want to be educated.
But I teach a semester long course on K-pop-- it& #39;s not that simple. You really need to know a lot to understand even a little (I& #39;m still learning every day).
And just like I can teach a student all semester and they can STILL think the thing they thought on the first day,
And just like I can teach a student all semester and they can STILL think the thing they thought on the first day,
so too can some journalists ignore what you& #39;re trying to tell them.
And when they want to be educated it takes *so much time*
They say "can we do a 15 minutes skype?" and you know it& #39;ll be 1 hour.
And when they want to be educated it takes *so much time*
They say "can we do a 15 minutes skype?" and you know it& #39;ll be 1 hour.
My husband asked me today (as I prepared for Arirang TV pre-recorded video clip), "do you feel like you have to do the interviews?" and the answer is sort of yes.
For a moment here people are paying attention to Korea and K-pop. I spent 25 years doing that and most of the time
For a moment here people are paying attention to Korea and K-pop. I spent 25 years doing that and most of the time
no one cared. People told me I should learn Japanese. I should move to another foreign country "better" than Korea. I should do my PhD on something "sexier."
So, for today, I& #39;m going to make my statement and I& #39;m going to recommend smart people as other sources
So, for today, I& #39;m going to make my statement and I& #39;m going to recommend smart people as other sources
(And *many* of them are going to say no b/c it& #39;s stressful to make a statement and wonder if it will be used or twisted, if it will be understood or not, if you& #39;ll be cancelled.)
Most of all because Korea is amazing and I want to honor what I love.
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Most of all because Korea is amazing and I want to honor what I love.
And all of it takes SO MUCH time. A single minute on Arirang meant a shower, making my make-up really nice, writing out what I wanted to say (that was probably 5 minutes worth, not 1 minutes worth) prepping so that it looked like I was speaking naturally not reading...
To talk for one minute I honed those sentences for thirty? fifty? minutes. And that was based on how many years of listening/watching K-pop, and how many years of struggling to learn Korean, and two degrees (one in Korea), and countless books and articles.
