Seminar on Qualitative methods in media technology research
During the seminar this week we discussed more in depth the particular qualitative research method we found in the articles we choose to read. Sorting us in groups with different methods really helped get a grasp on each of them. My group discussed quite a bit about face-to-face interviews and how you can get a better first response answer than over a mail interview. However, face-to-face can also be subjected to personality problems between the interviewer and interviewee. We also talked about the similarities between interviews and a focus group but, the main difference being that an interview is more of an individuals thoughts and opinions while in a focus group in tends to be that of the group or "group think." Also, we chatted about the randomness of choosing people for interviews and focus groups. Triangulation was also brought up in the seminar and seems to be a very thorough type or research. Triangulation or cross examination cover two or more methods are used. If multiple methods achieve the same findings then one can be more confident about the subject. If multiple methods lead to clashing results then it can lead to maybe a re-framing of the question being asked.
Lecture on Qualitative methods based on concepting, tinkering and critique
To be honest I felt Ylva Ferneaus lecture was slightly a waste of my time. For most of it she just went over the presentation of her paper and having read it, I felt it was just repetitive information. I did find the concept of her paper quite interesting and understand a bit more about design research.
Hey Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI understand your sentence “face-to-face can also be subjected to personality problems between the interviewer and interviewee”. But is it a realistic scenario that there are real problems between the interviewer and interviewee? I can imagine that both think about the opponent that he isn’t that much likeable. But could there be really problems between these two parties which have such an impact on a) the answers of the interviewee and b) the interpretation of the data by the interviewer? I mean the persons usually don’t know each other pretty well and for a long time. So is this scenario almost negligible regarding to the disadvantages of face-to-face interviews? What do you think?