Planning Interview Questions

These are the questions which are being asked to the interviewees

Interview Questions For:
Callum McInnes
-Do you think it is fair to be stereotyped?
-What social group would you associate with and why?
-What are your hobbies?
-Where do you socialise outside school?
-Who or what has influenced the way you dress?
-Have you ever felt any peer pressure to do something?
-How do you think older people in society view teenagers of today?
-What are your views on the scally social group?
-What are the views on the punk social group?
-Do you think it is wrong to just label people?
-What type of music do you listen to?
-Where do you tend to shop for clothes?
-Is your opinion of people affected by how they dress or what music they listen to?
-Can celebrity icons like Marilyn Manson having an influence on teenagers be deemed as a bad thing?
-Do you think you will still be dressing the same and listening to the same music in 10 years time?
-Are subcultures just a teenage thing?
-What is your understanding of the term, subculture?
-Do you think people understand you?

Sociology teacher
-What is your understanding of the term ‘subculture’?
-Is ‘subculture’ a teenage thing?
-Why are people affected by peer pressure?
-What do you think of teenagers today?
-What does the term ‘conforming’ mean?
-Why do teenagers conform to a social group, what are their motivations?
-Why is it that people conform to social groups?
-Does an icon or celebrity have the power to influence someone’s actions?
-What do you think is the stereotype of a ‘scally’?
-What would you say is the stereotype of a ‘goth’ is?
-Do you think it is fair for people to be stereotyped?
-Why are people affected by peer pressure?
-Where you ever part of social group?
-Are people affected psychologically by a group or do they feel the need to impress?
-Is being in a group part of growing up?

Josh Gilroy
-What type of music do you listen to?
-Where do you tend to shop for clothes?
-Who or what has inspired you and why?
-What are your hobbies?
-Where do you socialise outside of school?
-Is your opinion of someone affected by the clothes they wear and the music they listen to?
-Would you say ‘labelling’ somebody is a form of bullying?
-Do any celebrity icons influence you?
-Tell us what you know about the punk revolution
-Do you think its fair to be stereotyped?
-How do you think older people in society view the teenagers of today?
-Would you say you come across intimidating to people?
-Do you think people ‘understand’ you?
-What do you think of Marilyn Manson?
-What do you think of the band Green Day?

Lee Farragher
Have you ever been arrested, if so what for?
What sort of people do you hang around with outside of school?
Why do you dress the way you do?
What would you say is the stereotype of a scally?
Do you think people are intimidated by you?
Do you think you are judged by what you wear?
What do you work as?
Are you bothered by people thinking you are part of this stereotype, as a scally?
Would you ever stereotype anyone for the way they dressed or for what music they listened to?
What sort of music do you listen to?

Lisa Smedley
Who would you say has inspired you and why?
Where do you like to socialize outside of school?
Would you say people are intimidated by you?
Are there people that you are intimidated by?
What do you understand by the term ‘subculture’?
Would you say you conform to any particular subculture/social group?
Why do you act the way you do?
Do you think people understand you?
Do you want people to understand you?
What sort of music do you listen to?
What do you think of the musician Marilyn Manson?
Would you say Marilyn Manson has a negative effect on teenagers?
Do you stereotype people, if so why, what makes you stereotype them?
Have you ever been arrested, if you have, what was it for?
Why do you wear the clothes that you wear?
What school do you go to?
What would you say about the environment in school?
Do you consider yourself as a sort of rebel against society?
What do you think of the social group ‘scallys’?
What do you think of Goths?
What do you think of punks?
Is there any social group you would like to be associated with?

Dean Carr
-During your younger teenage years, did you feel that you had to be a part of a gang/group?
-Tell me what you think the stereotype of a ‘scally’ is?
-How did you act/behave when you were part of the ‘group’?
-What influenced your actions?
-Where people ever intimidated you?
-Do you think it is fair for people to be stereotyped?
-Do you think being part of a group is part of growing up?
-What did your parents think of you when you where younger?
-What did your teachers used to think of you when you where in school?
-When you left school did you drift away from your friends
-Have you quietened known now since you have left school?
-Have you ever been stopped by the police?
-What do you think of teenagers today?