Using the telephone for narrative interviewing

A Research Note

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2403263
AutoresAmanda Holt (0000-0002-9687-7717, University of Portsmouth, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen10
Número1
Páginas113-121
Fecha de publicación2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794109348686
OpenAlexW2119078066
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas127
Referencias citadas9

Much social science research dictates that the most productive mode for producing narrative data is through face-to-face interviews, with other modes of data production assumed to be 'second best'. This research note makes a unique contribution to this debate by reflecting on a research project which used telephones to produce participant narratives. It draws on data from both the researcher's field notes and the participants themselves, who were asked after the narrative interview about their experiences of participating in a seemingly 'strange' research encounter. Furthermore, it describes the particular ideological, methodological and practical benefits that using telephones produced and reflects how such findings speak to Stephens' (2007) recent work concerning telephone interviewing. This research note concludes that the use of telephones should be seriously considered as a preferred alternative to face-to-face interviews when considering how to conduct narrative interviews with particular groups of participants

Interview · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Telephone interview · Anthropology · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology