[Air-L] IM interviews not interviews?

[Jenny Davis]

Hi all, 

Long time lurker and responder, first time inquirer. 

I am working on an R&R for a paper in which I use both FtF and IM interviews. I am aware of the literature that talks about the strengths and weaknesses of IM as an interview mode, but one of the reviewers says that IM does not constitute an interview at all, but merely a question/answer session. I want to address this critique adequately. Is anyone familiar with specific articles/books that make this argument and/or push back against it? 


Thanks!!

Jenny L. Davis
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
James Madison University

email: Davis5JL at jmu.edu
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