Asynchronous email interview as a qualitative research method in the humanities

• Authors: Kateřina Ratislavová , Jakub Ratislav
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on a method for collecting qualitative data. The method is the asynchronous email interview. The authors assess the advantages, challenges and best practices of the asynchronous email interview method. They base their assessment on the academic literature and their own experiences using this data collection method in qualitative research on women who had experienced perinatal loss. The asynchronous email interview will never fully replace traditional face-to-face interviews, but it could gain a solid position as a qualitative research method thanks to its unique benefits.

Keywords

EN

asynchronous email interview; qualitative research; data collection

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 452-460

Dates

published

2014-10-01

online

2014-10-02

Contributors

author

Kateřina Ratislavová

• University of West Bohemia

author

Jakub Ratislav

• University of Economics, Prague

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-014-0240-y