InterViews : learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing / Svend Brinkmann, Aalborg University, Denmark ; Steinar Kvale, University of Aarhus.

Revised edition of : InterViews / Steinar Kvale, Svend Brinkmann. 2nd ed. c2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-383) and index.

Introduction to interview research -- Characterizing qualitative research interviews -- Epistemological issues of interviewing -- Ethical issues of interviewing -- The qualitative research interview as context -- Thematizing and designing an interview study -- Conducting an interview -- Interview variations -- Interview quality -- Transcribing interviews -- Preparing for interview analysis -- Interview analyses focusing on meaning -- Interview analyses focusing on language -- Eclectic and theoretical analyses of interviews -- The social construction of validity -- Reporting interview knowledge -- Conversations about interviews -- Appendix: Learning tasks.

The Third Edition of Brinkmann and Kvale's Interviews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing, offers readers comprehensive and practical insight into the many factors that contribute to successful interviews. The book invites readers on a journey through the landscape of interview research, providing the "hows" and "whys" of research interviewing, and outlines paths for students to follow on the way to research goals. Thoroughly updated to account for ail recent developments in qualitative interviewing, the new edition expands its focus on the practical, epistemological, and ethical issues involved in interviewing, while maintaining the fluid and logical structure it has become known for.