The Interview: From Formal to Postmodern

ISBN-13: 9781598741094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 148 str.

Andrea Fontana

Opis

Used by everyone from survey researchers to oral historians, the interview may be the most basic and essential field method in the qualitative researcher's toolkit. In this concise, student-friendly guide, Fontana and Prokos give a cogent introduction to the history, types, and methods of interviewing in the social sciences. They outline the range of ways in which interviews are conducted, both structured and unstructured, then provide instruction on conducting and interpreting interviews, and address ethical considerations in eliciting information from people. The authors also point to recent and future trends that will affect the use of this method. For researchers who need a primer and for students in methods courses or assigned fieldwork projects in other courses across the social sciences, this short, inexpensive volume is ideal.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Interviewing in Perspective; Chapter 2 Structured Interviewing; Chapter 3 Group Interviewing; Chapter 4 Unstructured Interviewing; Chapter 5 Types of Unstructured Interviewing; Chapter 6 Framing and Interpreting Interviews; Chapter 7 Ethical Considerations; Chapter 8 New Trends in Interviewing; Chapter 9 Future Directions; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

O autorze

Andrea Fontana, Anastasia H. Prokos