Richness, rapport, and rigor in digital interviews: Rethinking methodological presence through the “pocket-size ethnographer” positionality
Published online on May 16, 2026
Abstract
Qualitative Research, Ahead of Print.
As our social world is increasingly digitized, what do sociologists gain by rethinking the privileged status of in-person interviews? This paper challenges the presumption that synchronous, Zoom-mediated interviews are second-best substitutes for in-...
As our social world is increasingly digitized, what do sociologists gain by rethinking the privileged status of in-person interviews? This paper challenges the presumption that synchronous, Zoom-mediated interviews are second-best substitutes for in-...