The postmodernist view of interviewing is:

A. That it is outdated as a method of producing data.
B. That it is a dialog in which a view of social reality is constructed by the interviewer and interviewee.
C. That the interviewee (respondent) is likely to impose his or her own frames on the situation.
D. That new recording technologies are considered essential for accurate data collection.
E. That the interviewer is coercing the respondent to answer in pre-coded categories.


B

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