id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16605 Benedetti, Allison; Jackson, John; Luo, Lili Vignettes: Implications for LIS Research 2018-02-27 15 .pdf application/pdf 8432 384 47 • By asking interviewees to assume the roles of vignette characters, vignettes can help desensitize sensitive or difficult topics (such as sexual aggression or mental illness), distance interviewees from them, and reduce the influence of socially desirable responses. According to Schoenberg and Ravdal, the storytelling nature of vignettes is relaxing, pleasant, and interesting and may reduce feelings of being overburdened by the inter- view process.17 Hughes and Huby perused the literature and identified the following practical advantages of vignettes:18 • Vignettes are less expensive and can be conducted more quickly than obser- vational studies. cache/crl-16605.pdf txt/crl-16605.txt