[Linganth] Equipment for phone interview? (fwd)

[Patrick, Peter L]

I address this to the linganth list since it might be more widely
useful.

Mieka doesn't raise the Q of who and where she would be recording,
but there is detailed (if possibly slightly out-of-date) info on the
legality of recording, state-by-state and in US federal statutes and
case law,
in the following references:

Murray, Thomas E., and Carmin Ross-Murray. 1992. "On the legality and
ethics of surreptitious recording." Publication of the American Dialect
Society 76: 15-75.

Murray, Thomas E., and Carmin Ross-Murray. 1996. "Under cover of law:
More on the legality of surreptitious recording." Publication of the
American Dialect Society 79: 1-82.

For example, in Virginia "one-party consensual recording" * is permitted
by statute - but of course the callers may not both be in Virginia, and
less
obviously what constitutes an "intercepting device" or an act of
"interception"
under law is not straightforward, etc. etc. Obviously, too, since this
law has
all developed out of "wiretap law", any wireless device (mobiles etc)
may be
treated differently under law.

* "One-party consensual recording" generally means that at least one
person
(usually, in the linguist's case, the linguist or other fieldworker
recording
a call in which they participate) knows it is being recorded. Different
laws
apply in different states and to different situations. It's all quite
complicated,
really, but well worth knowing about in some detail!

these and other sources on this general topic can be found on my webpage
	http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/ethics.html
and I would be grateful for suggestions as to what else to include
there.
thanks,
	-peter p-

Prof Peter L Patrick
Dept of Language and Linguistics
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK

E:  patrickp at essex.ac.uk
Ph:  +44 (0) 1206 87.2088
Web: privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu
> [mailto:owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu] On Behalf Of Ellen
> L. Contini-Morava
> Sent: 18 May 2004 13:49
> To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu
> Cc: mb3wx at virginia.edu
> Subject: [Linganth] Equipment for phone interview? (fwd)
>
>
> Dear linganth list,
>
> A grad student in our department has to conduct some phone
> interviews and
> has asked about equipment for recording them.  Can anyone
> help her?  If so
> please write to her directly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ellen
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:55 PM -0400
> From: Mieka  Brand <mb3wx at virginia.edu>
> To: elc9j at virginia.edu
> Subject: Equipment for phone interview?
>
> Hi Ellen,
> Could you please forward this to the ling-anth list?
> Thanks, Mieka
>
> Hello veteran recorders,
> I am a cultural anthropologist interested in conducting
> several phone interviews and am unsure about what type of
> equipment I might need.  I am not planning to do linguistic
> analysis of the interviews so will not need the highest
> possible quality recordings, but do want them to be nice and
> clear for future listenings.  Could anyone recommend a
> relatively cheap way to go about doing this?  Is there an
> easy attachment I could add on to my regular recorder? Should
> I try two separate recorders (one for me and one for my
> interviewee)? Do I need to buy a whole new recording system?
> Any and all advice is most welcome.  Please contact me
> directly at mb3wx at virginia.edu . Best, Mieka Brand
>
> --
> Mieka Brand
> University of Virginia
> Department of Anthropology, Carter Woodson Institute for
> African American
>    & African Studies
> mb3wx at virginia.edu
>
>
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