A Comparative Study of Questioning Strategies Used with Three Groups of People in the Interview Discourse of “Hone-Krasae” Television Program

Abstract

         This article aims to compare the questioning strategies used with three groups of people in the interview discourse of “Hone-Krasae” television program. The researcher collected data from the YouTube channel “Hone-Krasae [Hone-Krasae] official” from interviews in episodes where all three groups of interviewees were present: the perpetrators, the victims, and third-party individuals. The data was gathered from January to August 2023, covering a total of 12 episodes with a combined duration of 13 hours, 54 minutes, and 44 seconds.

         The study finds that there are 13 questioning strategies used with the three groups of individuals in the interviews on the “Hon-Krasae” program. These strategies include: 1) Asking to confirm or deny 2) Repeating the question 3) Asking open-ended questions 4) Asking by repeating the question 5) Asking to express feelings 6) Asking leading questions 7) Asking with brief phrasing 8) Asking by restating the interviewee’s answer 9) Changing the question 10) Asking to express needs 11) Asking for perspectives or opinions 12) Asking to provide additional details and
13) Asking with hypothetical scenarios. Each of these strategies helped achieve the communication objectives of the program.

         When considered from a comparative perspective, it was found that the 14 questioning strategies used in the interviews with the three groups of individuals include strategies that appeared in the interviews with all three groups, strategies that appeared in the interviews with two groups, and strategies that appeared in the interviews with only one group. These strategies were used with varying frequencies, which corresponded to the different roles of the interviewees and the varying expectations of the interviewer regarding the responses from each of the three groups.