CRIM 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ridicule, Informed Consent, Focus Group
21 Mar 2016
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Reconstructs what see and hear as stories to be told. Completely structured to completely unstructured: adopt a middle approach. Structure, purpose, allows for lexibility: interviewing is crat; when done excepionally well becomes an art. Types of interview: telephone, in person face to face individual, email, skype, faceime, oral history, focus group. Lived world of paricipant & his/her relaion to it. Interview should be thought of as theme oriented: meaning. Obtain & capture accurate descripion: speciicity. Descripions speciic situaions / behaviors: deliberate naivete. Be open to new direcions, do not give clue to interviewee what you think. Avoid presupposiions; be open to new unexpected direcions: focus. Use themes but don"t be rigid; guide toward themes: ambiguity. Need to recognize it & explore ambiguity or inconsistency: change. Construcing your interviews: be aware of interpersonal dynamics, no standardized procedures. Choices during interview inluence what ind & how interpret. Be open & lexible: requires advanced preparaion & interviewing skills.
