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Skype interviewing: The new generation of online synchronous interview in qualitative research

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The most commonly used method for data collection in qualitative research is interviewing. With technology changes over the last few decades, the online interview has overcome time and financial constraints, geographical dispersion, and physical mobility boundaries, which have adversely affected onsite interviews. Skype as a synchronous online service offers researchers the possibility of conducting individual interviews as well as small focus groups, comparable to onsite types. This commentary presents the characteristics of the Skype interview as an alternative or supplemental choice to investigators who want to change their conventional approach of interviewing.

Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being

DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v9.24152

Authors: Roksana Janghorban, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari, Ali Taghipour

Institution: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,790

OpenAlex ID: W2072438905

FWCI: 55.86

Cites: 11

Cited by: 823

Related to: 10