Research interviews are a form of interaction jointly constructed by the interviewer and
interviewee, what Silverman (2001: 104) calls 'interview-as-local-accomplishment'. From this …

In the context of the social science research interview, discussions of listening as a
foundational practice are rare. While considerable attention is given to asking the “right” …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to argue that qualitative researchers have much to
learn from conducting methodological analyses of their own talk in relation to research …

Considerable analytic attention has focused on interviewees' talk as 'accounts', or 'versions',
rather than as direct reports of attitudes or perceptions. However, despite recognition of the …

T he proliferation and popularization of the interview in the opening decades of the 21st
century has led to a point where interviewing has become a form of interaction that is …

This article examines how speakers orient to interactional problems in research interviews.
These are marked by disfluencies in talk, with interviewees asking questions of the …

What is interviewing and when is this method useful? What does it mean to select rather
than sample interviewees? Once the researcher has found people to interview, how does …

Over 20 years ago, Carolyn Baker encouraged me to look more closely at the interviews I
had conducted–specifically to look beyond the topics of the talk found in my transcripts to …

The purpose of this book is to assist newcomers to qualitative research methods to think
about the variety of ways that qualitative interviews have been used by researchers working …

The First Edition of InterViews has provided students and professionals in a wide variety of
disciplines with the “whys” and “hows” of research interviewing, preparing students for …