You are required to watch the BBC Newsnight between the interviewer Jeremy Paxman and his guest Russell Brand available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR4CseY9pk

Your Task

You are required to watch the BBC Newsnight interview between interviewer Jeremy Paxman and his guest Russell Brand available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR4CseY9pk

Assessment Instructions

Transcript analysis

You are required to annotate the provided written transcript of the interview with notes identifying:

1. The purpose of each participant at the beginning of the interview and comment on whether or not their purposes were more likely to cause conflict or manage conflict
2. The stories the participants are telling themselves and any specific acts of vilification
3. Any instances in the interview where any of the participants became threatened and explain
4. why
5. Any instances where the participants were relying on opinions rather than facts

Conflict management evaluation

You are required to write a 1,500 word report explaining how you believe each participant could have managed themselves and the interview more effectively.

Your report structure should include an introduction, a conclusion, and a minimum of fifteen academic references with at least five of these coming from academic journals.