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The new edition of this landmark volume emphasizes the dynamic, interactional, and reflexive dimensions of the research interview. Contributors highlight the myriad dimensions of complexity that are emerging as researchers increasingly frame the interview as a communicative opportunity as much as a data-gathering format. The book begins with the history and conceptual transformations of the interview, which is followed by chapters that discuss the main components of interview practice. Taken together, the contributions to The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of the Craft encourage readers simultaneously to learn the frameworks and technologies of interviewing and to reflect on the epistemological foundations of the interview craft.
Focus Groups and Social Interaction
Focus Groups and Social Interaction
The primary topic of this chapter is a practical approach to interaction in focus groups. This approach is practical in two ways. First, it examines how the process of interaction is related to the substantive information that the group participants generate. Second, it describes ...
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