The Active Interview

by Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein

Book Overview

Interviews were once regarded as the pipeline through which information was transmitted from a passive subject to an omniscient researcher. However the new "active interview" considers interviewers and interviewees as equal partners in constructing meaning around an interview. This interpretation changes a range of elements in the interview process - from the way of conceiving a sample to the ways in which the interview may be conducted and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803958951
• ISBN13: 9780803958951
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"