The Looking Glass Self and Deliberation Bias in Qualitative Interviews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11672201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brant Downey (Mount Royal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 534-551 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02732173.2015.1064803 |
| OpenAlex | W2098808401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
Charles Horton Cooley's concept of the “looking glass self” is widely understood as important for revealing how an individual's sense of self is related to the perceived judgments of others. In this article, I find that Cooley's view of the self as an imaginative and social process allows for a deeper understanding of interruptions and silences during qualitative interviews. The underappreciated temporal dimension in his concept is highlighted and applied in this context. To further this end, I introduce the term “deliberation bias” to reveal how looking glass selves and interpersonal norms associated with qualitative interviews play upon the respondent's reflection time. The essay closes with some tentative suggestions for researchers to think about their own role in the interview process in relation to time
Context (archaeology · Deliberation · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Politics · Process (computing · Psychology of self · Qualitative research · Relation (database · Respondent · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
The self we live by
The production of reality
Learning From Strangers
The bias of communication
Social psychology through symbolic interaction.
Social organization
Human Nature and the Social Order
You Just Don't Understand
Symbolic interaction
Black Feminist Thought
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
Silence, Feminism, Power
The cyberself
What Has It Been Like for You to Talk With Me Today?”
Beyond the Looking Glass Self
The Production of Reality
Homophobia and Women's Sport
Researching Race and Ethnicity
Human Nature and the Social Order
Microsociology
Understanding media
On the meanings and experiences of living and dying in an Australian hospice
Misery and Company
Autonomy and Conformity in Cooley's Self-Theory
Reading Between the Lines
My Life? There Is Not Much to Tell
Charles Horton Cooley's General Sociological Orientation
The Roots of Social Knowledge
Cooley revisited
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |