InterViews

Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Updated with a new chapter that covers the context of qualitative research interviewing
• New For and Against boxes throughout to highlight the dilemmas and choices that enable readers to make informed choices about theoretical and practical issues
• New conceptual toolboxes to facilitate learning the craft of interviewing
• Expanded to incorporate more excellent interview studies throughout
• Revised to offer an increased focus on the positions of interviewer and interviewee, and how each influences the very process of interviewing
• Updated with the most recent information to provide an overview of the rapidly expanding field of qualitative interviewing
• Expanded to cover both empathetic and confrontational interviews

KEY FEATURES:

• Pedagogical devices such as text boxes, practice activities, and a glossary to support student learning
• Thoughtful and comprehensive discussions of ethics, interviewing across contexts, and analyzing interview data
• Coverage of ethical considerations in qualitative research, including the key concepts of designing and implementing ethical research designs, as well as the practicalities of navigating IRBs
• Key aspects of interviewing, including conceptualizing and designing an interview inquiry, the interview situation, different forms of interviewing, and validating and reporting interview studies to prepare readers for using interviewing to meet their research goals.
• Interview transcripts to help readers integrate the practical application of conducting an interview with coding and analysis of the data
• Provides in-depth coverage of the qualitative research interview as a context for knowledge production
• A variety of interview forms and ways of analyzing interview talk addressed
• Phenomenological analyses of participants' reports, as well as interpretations of interview talk as “accounts occasioned by the situation”