1st Edition

The Interview From Formal to Postmodern

By Andrea Fontana, Anastasia H Prokos Copyright 2007
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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;

Biography

Andrea Fontana, Anastasia H. Prokos