Is there a future for “real” qualitative market research interviewing in the digital age?

List of publications
Visual Description
Visual Description

Author(s): Neil McPhee
Collection: Congress 2010 - The changing face of market research
Keywords: In-Depth Interviews, Online Focus Groups, Focus Groups
PDF version
Display prices in :
EUR 15.00
Members: EUR 12.00

Qualitative market research interviewing (qMRi) used to be about exploring respondents’ innermost feelings in the framework of Freudian psychology. More recently qMRi has become more of a process and less of a craft. We tend now to ask people for their views on specific questions or issues, employing detailed and pre-set topic guides. The growth of social media has added a new dimension to the challenge of being a qualitative researcher in 2010. Do these channels offer more or less useful data for qualitative research? Can we regain, or will we continue to lose, the essence of qualitative interviewing? How can we use digital media to the benefit of qMRi? This paper will examine these issues and offer several recommendations.



Date of publication: 15.09.2010
ISBN: 92-831-0244-4
Order Code: 53343_07
Number of pages: 25

Shopping basket

Your basket is empty

Are you a member?

Log in to obtain special member prices or to download publications for free.

 Login  Send me my password

Not a member? Read more about membership benefits

For marketer strategists and intelligence providers worldwide, our publications represent the leading edge thinking in marketing, advertising, media and market research.

This publications service offers the opportunity to view and purchase the complete range of ESOMAR reports, books and individual papers.

For further information about publications contact ESOMAR Customer Service:
publications@esomar.org