Talking to People III: Expert Interviews and Elite Interviews

Audenhove, Leo Van; Donders, Karen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16065-4_10

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“…To assess the research question at hand, in a field where information is scarce, a qualitative approach is recommended to generate a first in-depth insight [155]. Qualitative expert interviews provide details about singular cases [156,157]. As this study is aiming to give a general overview of the subject matter, case examples are the preferable empirical method of usage [158,159].…”

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Crowdfunding for Independent Print Media: E-Commerce, Marketing, and Business Development

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Crowdfunding, as an alternative method to fundraising, triggers increased awareness in society, while it is also an effective marketing tool for campaign runners. The production and release of independent print media poses significant hurdles in terms of financing. Including the community in raising funds through crowdfunding seems like a good possible alternative. This paper examines which types of crowdfunding the independent print media use, and why, and also focuses on the possible types of crowdfunding that are the best fit for organizations. The study applies a case example approach on a total of thirty independent print publications that have relied on crowdfunding. We found that independent print media focus on reward-based crowdfunding for the launch of publications, the method being not used solely for fundraising, but also specifically for community building. Practitioners benefit from the insights by being enabled to draft campaigns that are better-suited to the specific needs of the independent media target group, and to secure financing for the start of the operations. The approach of this study is of special value, as the research and empirical insights into the independent media sector are limited.

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“…In contrast, process knowledge captures knowledge that is based on practical experience and the institutional context of actions. In this sense, process knowledge emerges due to the position of the person in a process and comprises knowledge about interactions, routines, or social practices (Van Audenhove & Donders, 2019). The third type defined by Bogner and Menz (2009) is the theory-generating expert interview that serves as a starting point for the envisaged methodological development of problem-centred expert interviews and is explained in the following.…”

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“…Furthermore, the researcher might be identified as a potential critic, for instance, because of his or her institutional, organizational, or scientific background. The interviewee may feel criticized by the questions of the interviewer and may doubt his or her objectivity, which can lead to a limited willingness to answer questions (Bogner & Menz, 2009;Van Audenhove & Donders, 2019).…”

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“…The expert interview as a method of qualitative empirical research has been a widely-discussed qualitative method in political and social research since the early 1990s. Mainly cited in the European literature (Gläser & Laudel, 2004;Kaiser, 2014;Meuser & Nagel, 1991;Van Audenhove & Donders, 2019), it aims at exploring or collecting data about a specific field of interest. Meuser and Nagel (2009) describe the expert interview as a qualitative interview based on a topical guide, focusing on the knowledge of the expert, which is broadly characterized as specific knowledge in a certain field of action.…”

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“…Although the expert interview is methodologically situated in the qualitative paradigm, in practice, individual relevancies of experts tend to be overshadowed by the researchers' interest in collecting information about a particular social field (Bogner & Menz, 2009;Mattissek et al, 2013). Since individual perceptions and orientations of experts are seen as essential for shaping social practices in a field of action, social scientists argue for a broader understanding of expert knowledge that goes beyond technical data and facts by highlighting the implicit dimension of expert knowledge (Bogner & Menz, 2009;Froschauer & Lueger, 2002;Meuser & Nagel, 2009;Van Audenhove & Donders, 2019). Revealing the implicit dimensions of expert knowledge might be of interest for different strands of research, for example, when experts' power or influence in a certain field are being investigated or organisational conflicts are being examined.…”

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Expert interviews are a widely-used qualitative interview method often aiming at gaining information about or exploring a specific field of action. This paper wants to move beyond the focus on explicit expert knowledge by emphasizing the experts' individual perspectives that affect social practices in a field of action. The paper addresses the investigation of this implicit, interpretative expert knowledge by developing the 'problemcentred expert interview'. This approach merges the theory-generating expert interview that discusses the social relevance of expert knowledge and the problem-centred interview (PCI) that offers a dialogic-discursive interview procedure investigating individual perspectives. By drawing upon an empirical study in human geography, the paper demonstrates how one could conduct and analyse this methodical combination in research practice. The following discussion shows that, despite some pitfalls, the combination appears fruitful for divulging implicit expert knowledge and understanding the inner logics of decision-making processes. The paper concludes with an outlook on possible fields of application.

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Talking to People III: Expert Interviews and Elite Interviews

Cited by 84 publications

References 22 publications

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