Barbara Fleeman IS 280: Social Science Research Methods Fall 2009

   Social cues of the interviewee are very important Interviewer has time and budget for travel, if necessary Standardization of the interview situation is important.

~Opdenakker 2006

 Birch, Maxine and Tina Miller. “Inviting Intimacy: the Interview as Therapeutic Opportunity.” International Journal of Social Research Methodology 3 (2000): 189-202.

 Opdenakker, Raymond. “Advantages and Disadvantages of Four Interview Techniques in Qualitative Research.” Forum: Qualitative Social Research 7, no. 4 (2006), 391 http://www.qualitative research.net/index.php/fqs/article/viewArticle/175/  Rosenthal, Robert and Ralph L. Rosnow. Essentials of Behavioral Research. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Asynchronous communication of place and time

ADVANTAGES     Saving costs and time Extended access to participants Noise Time DISADVANTAGES     Interviewer has no view on the situation in which the interviewee is situated Lack of social cues Time No spontaneity

       social cues of the interviewee are not important information sources for the interviewer; the interviewer has a small budget and less time for travelling; looking for access to people on sites which have closed or limited access; it is necessary to remain anonymous; there is a huge time difference; the interviewer and the interviewee both have access to computers; it is necessary that the interviewee takes time to respond ( Opdenakker , 2006)

       Greater access to people Makes it easier to reach hard to interview populations Access to closed sites Opportunity to obtain more readily sensitive accounts Dangerous or politically sensitive sites are more easily accessible Greater opportunities for spontaneous replies from interviewees Interviews can be recorded and later transcribed

    There is a decrease in social cues Greater opportunities for a weak interview ambience More possibilities for interruptions Greater concentration is needed on the questions asked and answers supplied

 Opdenakker, Raymond. “Advantages and Disadvantages of Four Interview Techniques in Qualitative Research.” Forum: Qualitative Social Research 7, no. 4 (2006), http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/viewArticle/175/391