Thursday 3 February 2011

Overt and Covert

Overt means that the interview is done so that the interviewee knows that they are being interviewed. Whereas covert is the complete opposite to overt as covert is where the interview is hidden and completely secret so the interviewee does not know the interview is going on. To do a covert interview you would need to use surveillance and things like this so that the interviewee has no idea that they are being interviewed at all.

This is a clear example of an overt interview as you can see that Jake Gyllanhaal knows he is being interviewed by Jonathon Ross. Whereas if this interview were to be covert then Jake Gyllanhaal would not know he is being interviewed and the cameras would be hidden so he cant see them.

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