Hi everyone,
For my thesis I conducted eight interviews with hotels and added the transcriptions to my appendices. When referring to the data in my findings & analysis section, I used this format for in-text citations (APA): Hotel 1 (personal communication, 01 August, 2021). I understand that when I cite the same hotel in the same paragraph, I'm allowed to only write "Hotel 1". However, since my findings section is divided into A LOT of paragraphs, it's full of "Hotel 6 (personal communication, 2021)" etc.
Is it possible to just write "Hotel 1", "Hotel 2" etc. after I have introduced every source in full once? Or if that's not the case to a least cut the year (Hotel 1 (personal communication))? I feel like the readability suffers a lot if I keep using the full format everytime a new paragraph starts.
Best,
Felix
Interviews documented according to the APA system will appear within the body of the text and do not appear on the final page of the sources used, so you can number them
If you would like to include a personal interview as part of your APA reference list, then include the interviewee, the date of the interview, and the type of interview.
✓Interview Citation Structure:
Last name, F. (Year, Month date). Personal communication [Communication type].
✓ Example;
Singh, A. (2021, August 13). Personal interview [Personal interview].
Hi Felix,
If I understand what you have said, these interviews are part of your work, i.e., they are data you have collected for your research. You are analysing them and talking about them in your thesis as findings. I don't think it is necessary or advisable to refer to them the same way as other published research. However, you need to explain the data collection and coding details within your methodology to make it clear that these interviews were collected as part of your thesis. Please consult with your thesis advisor/supervisor to confirm this is what you should do.
Best of luck with your thesis.
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