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The interview : from formal to postmodern / Andrea Fontana and Anastasia H. Prokos.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (148 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781598747430
  • 1598747436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Interview.DDC classification:
  • 158/.39 22
LOC classification:
  • BF637.I5 F66 2007eb
Other classification:
  • 70.03
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Interviewing in perspective : The interview society ; The history of interviewing -- 2. Structured interviewing -- 3. Group interviewing -- 4. Unstructured interviewing : Accessing the setting ; Understanding the language and culture of the respondents ; Deciding how to present oneself ; Locating an informant ; Gaining trust ; Establishing rapport ; Collecting empirical material -- 5. Types of unstructured interviewing : Oral history ; Creative interviewing ; Postmodern interviewing ; Grounded theory and the interview ; Gender and interviewing -- 6. Framing and interpreting interviews : Framing interviews ; Interpreting interviews -- 7. Ethical considerations -- 8. New trends in interviewing ; The interview as a negotiated accomplishment ; Empathetic interviewing ; The problematics of new approaches -- 9. Future directions : Formal interviews ; Group interviews ; Unstructured interviews ; Electronic interviewing -- Conclusion.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-140) and index.

1. Interviewing in perspective : The interview society ; The history of interviewing -- 2. Structured interviewing -- 3. Group interviewing -- 4. Unstructured interviewing : Accessing the setting ; Understanding the language and culture of the respondents ; Deciding how to present oneself ; Locating an informant ; Gaining trust ; Establishing rapport ; Collecting empirical material -- 5. Types of unstructured interviewing : Oral history ; Creative interviewing ; Postmodern interviewing ; Grounded theory and the interview ; Gender and interviewing -- 6. Framing and interpreting interviews : Framing interviews ; Interpreting interviews -- 7. Ethical considerations -- 8. New trends in interviewing ; The interview as a negotiated accomplishment ; Empathetic interviewing ; The problematics of new approaches -- 9. Future directions : Formal interviews ; Group interviews ; Unstructured interviews ; Electronic interviewing -- Conclusion.

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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.

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