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Rens Vliegenthart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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framing in Mass Communication Research an overview and assessment
Sociology Compass, 2012Co-Authors: Rens VliegenthartAbstract:This article provides an overview of the use of the framing concept in Mass Communication Research. It focuses on the questions what a frame is and how it is measured, how variation in framing can be explained and what the effects of media framing are. Specific attention will be paid to the sociological origins of framing. The article concludes with recommendations for future Research. It argues that a more systematic and conceptually precise measurement of framing is warranted and suggests how the scope of frame-building and framing-effects studies can be extended.
Cheryl Campanella Bracken - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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content analysis in Mass Communication assessment and reporting of intercoder reliability
Human Communication Research, 2002Co-Authors: Matthew Lombard, Jennifer Snyderduch, Cheryl Campanella BrackenAbstract:As a method specifically intended for the study of messages, content analysis is fundamental to Mass Communication Research. Intercoder reliability, more specifically termed intercoder agreement, is a measure of the extent to which independent judges make the same coding decisions in evaluating the characteristics of messages, and is at the heart of this method. Yet there are few standard and accessible guidelines available regarding the appropriate procedures to use to assess and report intercoder reliability, or software tools to calculate it. As a result, it seems likely that there is little consistency in how this critical element of content analysis is assessed and reported in published Mass Communication studies. Following a review of relevant concepts, indices, and tools, a content analysis of 200 studies utilizing content analysis published in the Communication literature between 1994 and 1998 is used to characterize practices in the field. The results demonstrate that Mass Communication Researchers often fail to assess (or at least report) intercoder reliability and often rely on percent agreement, an overly liberal index. Based on the review and these results, concrete guidelines are offered regarding procedures for assessment and reporting of this important aspect of content analysis.
Janet Szuba - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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comparing nations in Mass Communication Research 1970 97 a critical assessment of how we know what we know
International Communication Gazette, 2001Co-Authors: Tsankuo Chang, Pat Pat Berg, Anthony Fung, Kent D Kedl, Catherine A Luther, Janet SzubaAbstract:The purpose of this article is to assess critically, within the framework of the sociology of knowledge, how we come to know what we know in comparative international Communication Research. The po...
Michellouis Rouquette - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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social representations and Mass Communication Research
Journal for The Theory of Social Behaviour, 1996Co-Authors: Michellouis RouquetteAbstract:L'A. s'efforce de savoir de quelle maniere les medias influencent les representations sociales. Il se demande, de meme, dans quelle mesure les informations qu'ils fournissent refletent la realite. Il montre que la Communication de Masse s'elabore dans le cadre d'une pratique sociale, au sein d'un espace public ou interagissent des opinions, des strategies, etc.. Il estime que l'on doit etudier les modes de Communication dans le cadre de leurs relations aux differents groupes sociaux auxquels ils s'adressent et en les mettant en rapport avec les differentes representations sociales
Matthew Lombard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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content analysis in Mass Communication assessment and reporting of intercoder reliability
Human Communication Research, 2002Co-Authors: Matthew Lombard, Jennifer Snyderduch, Cheryl Campanella BrackenAbstract:As a method specifically intended for the study of messages, content analysis is fundamental to Mass Communication Research. Intercoder reliability, more specifically termed intercoder agreement, is a measure of the extent to which independent judges make the same coding decisions in evaluating the characteristics of messages, and is at the heart of this method. Yet there are few standard and accessible guidelines available regarding the appropriate procedures to use to assess and report intercoder reliability, or software tools to calculate it. As a result, it seems likely that there is little consistency in how this critical element of content analysis is assessed and reported in published Mass Communication studies. Following a review of relevant concepts, indices, and tools, a content analysis of 200 studies utilizing content analysis published in the Communication literature between 1994 and 1998 is used to characterize practices in the field. The results demonstrate that Mass Communication Researchers often fail to assess (or at least report) intercoder reliability and often rely on percent agreement, an overly liberal index. Based on the review and these results, concrete guidelines are offered regarding procedures for assessment and reporting of this important aspect of content analysis.