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Unreality Tv, Andrew Sikula Sr., Lorraine P. Anderson
Unreality Tv, Andrew Sikula Sr., Lorraine P. Anderson
Management Faculty Research
Presents a discussion about the ethical challenges facing a psychologist asked to conduct interviews with potential contestants of a television reality show that places participants in a series of stressful and embarrassing activities. Response to the career-altering opportunity; General practice issues facing the psychologist; Public view on psychologists' involvement with the media.
Getting Connected: How Sociologists Can Access The High Tech Élite, Trond Arne Undheim
Getting Connected: How Sociologists Can Access The High Tech Élite, Trond Arne Undheim
The Qualitative Report
Élite studies have been relatively neglected in the qualitative methods literature (Coleman, 1996, p. 336; Hertz & Imber, 1995) . As a consequence, the interview methods literature in the social sciences does not adequately address the issue of access to élite interviews. Nor does it address the élite interview process itself (Breakwell, Hammond, & Fife-Schaw, 1995; Brenner, Brown, & Canter, 1985; Crabtree & Miller, 1992; Fog, 1994; Fowler & Mangione, 1990; McCracken , 1988; Stewart & Cash, 1997; Sudman & Bradburn, 1982; Weiss, 1994) . Despite its élite sample (scientists, engineers, policy- makers) the science and technology studies (STS) community …