Using the telephone for narrative interviewing : a research note

Holt, Amanda (2010) Using the telephone for narrative interviewing : a research note. Qualitative Research, 10 (1). pp. 113-121. ISSN 1468-7941

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Qualitative Research
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? narrative interviewsparenting participants’ experiences telephone interviewshistory and philosophy of sciencesocial sciences (miscellaneous)discipline-based research ??
ID Code:
66360
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Deposited On:
17 Sep 2013 08:06
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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