‘Doing Rapport’ and the Ethics of ‘Faking Friendship’

By J. Duncombe, J. Jessop. 2002

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations

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Citations in the corpus

• Power Relations in Qualitative Research (2009, neutral): “These tactics include self-disclosure, running errands, sharing a meal (see Dickson-Swift, James, Kippen, & Liamputtong, 2006), or “faking friendship” (Duncombe & Jessop, 2002, p. 107).”
• I'm Okay, You're Okay?: Reflections on the Well-Being and Ethical Requirements of Researchers and Research Participants in Conducting Qualitative Fieldwork Interviews (2008, background): “Although recognizing the importance of rapport, we were mindful of what has been termed “doing rapport,” a situation whereby rapport is increasingly commodified and commercialized, with rapport presented as a skill that can be turned on and off as and when required (Duncombe & Jessop, 2002).”
• Emotion, empathy and exit: reflections on doing ethnographic qualitative research on sensitive topics (2008, methodology): “The instrumental application of a rapport model to interview methods, in particular, has provoked debate about the ethical issues of sincerity, friendship, reciprocity and the commodification of emotion or human feeling within sociological research (Duncombe and Jessop, 2002).”
• The Qualitative Research Interview: Participants' Responsive Participation in Knowledge Making (2006, background): “Although in early discussions about equitable research relationships similarities between researcher and participant based on such categories were lauded as a solution, Duncombe and Jessop (2002) noted that apparent similarities can also operate to give a sense of rapport that lulls us into assuming”