Advantages Of Recording The Interview

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An added advantage of recording the interview is that the interview report is more accurate with the existence of intonation. However, transcription of tape recording can be very time consuming. Bryman (2001) suggests that an hour of recording can take about five to six hours to transcribe, with which I strongly agree because my interview was about 12 minutes long and it took me nearly an hour to transcribe. Establishing rapport with the interviewee is essential. In order to create a comfortable environment, it is necessary for the interviewer to be a good listener (Alshenqeeti, 2014). In addition, Rabionet (2011) suggests that, “When (you are) introducing yourself, the protocol should include statements of confidentiality, consent, options to withdraw, and use and scope of the results”. However, establishing rapport can deliver the interviewer with a ‘dilemma’¬¬¬– on one …show more content…

The interviewer has the advantage of creating a good ambience for the interview to take place. Opdenakker (2006) suggests that, “The interviewer can make more use of a standardisation of the situation.” In my experience, as mentioned earlier, conducive environment where the interview took place at played a major role in synchronous communication. There was no disturbance or no traces of distractions. The interviewee paid complete attention and also seemed interested. Social cues of the interviewee also helped me get some information. Face-to-face interviewing also gave me a chance to observe the voice, intonation and body language of the interviewee which play an important role in delivering messages when answering a question. Coding is essential for qualitative data analysis. It refers to ‘the process of breaking down, examining, comparing, conceptualising and categorising data’ (Strauss and Corbin, 1990, as cited by Bryman, 2015). It can be very time consuming to use coding while analysing interview data because it is very

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