scholarly journals Exploring Information Systems Curricula

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Föll ◽  
Frédéric Thiesse
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Curricular Design ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Study Programs

AbstractThe study considers the application of text mining techniques to the analysis of curricula for study programs offered by institutions of higher education. It presents a novel procedure for efficient and scalable quantitative content analysis of module handbooks using topic modeling. The proposed approach allows for collecting, analyzing, evaluating, and comparing curricula from arbitrary academic disciplines as a partially automated, scalable alternative to qualitative content analysis, which is traditionally conducted manually. The procedure is illustrated by the example of IS study programs in Germany, based on a data set of more than 90 programs and 3700 distinct modules. The contributions made by the study address the needs of several different stakeholders and provide insights into the differences and similarities among the study programs examined. For example, the results may aid academic management in updating the IS curricula and can be incorporated into the curricular design process. With regard to employers, the results provide insights into the fulfillment of their employee skill expectations by various universities and degrees. Prospective students can incorporate the results into their decision concerning where and what to study, while university sponsors can utilize the results in their grant processes.

scholarly journals Assessing the media visibility of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-480
Author(s):  
Xiaoqun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Media ◽  
Multiple Frames ◽  
Two Parameters

This study assessed the media visibility, a composite measure of attention and prominence, of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times. The assessment was based on the content analysis of 317 news articles focusing on Chinese President. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify three major frames, 12 mid-level frames, and 18 sub-frames. Quantitative content analysis was used to measure the attention, prominence, and the combination of these two parameters of these frames. The findings showed that The New York Times employed multiple frames to report Chinese President, and the two frames with the highest media visibility are (Domestic) Campaigns and Strategies and China-United States (relations), rather than Human Rights.

Rehabilitation Counselor Preparation to Work With LGBTQ Persons Living With Chronic Illness/Disability: A Qualitative Content Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Franco Dispenza ◽  
Nikki C. Elston ◽  
Mary E. Huffstead ◽  
Mackenzie G. Suttles ◽  
Nedeljko Golubovic
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Counselor Preparation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

Purpose:To identify meaningful educative experiences that contributed to the development of rehabilitation counselors’ abilities to provide effective rehabilitation counseling services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons living with chronic illness/disabilities (CID).Method:This was a secondary analysis of a larger qualitative data set that examined the educational experiences and practices of 12 certified rehabilitation counselors working with LGBTQ persons.Results:Using a qualitative content analysis methodology, 5 categories were identified: (a) formal didactic education, (b) affirmative supervision and consultation during practica/internship, (c) extracurricular-related training, (d) identification, and (e) family of origin.Conclusion:To help facilitate future counselors’ self-perceived abilities to provide effective services to LGBTQ persons living with CID, rehabilitation counselor educators should place more emphasis on LGBTQ-related issues in their curriculum and provide practical (experiential) learning opportunities for their students.

scholarly journals Digital Collections and Web 2.0: Investigating Adoption & Participation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Parul Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
North American ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Web

<p>This study explores how cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) have adopted Web 2.0 principles and applications for their digital collections and how users are responding to the Web 2.0-enabled environment in digital collections. The research aims to contribute discussion on whether CHIs have adapted well to the “democratic” nature of Web 2.0. It also aims to contribute discussion on how CHIs can improve their digital collections to better engage with users online. The research used quantitative content analysis to compare the adoption of Web 2.0 applications and principles across archives, libraries and museums and between Australasian and North American CHIs. It also used quantitative content analysis to explore the types of participatory activities offered in Web 2.0-enabled digital collections and the extent to which users have taken advantage of these forms of participation. One particular form of participation, commenting, was investigated using qualitative content analysis, to gain an understanding of how users respond to digital content. The research suggests that libraries are currently leading the adoption of Web 2.0 principles and applications for digital collections. It also appears that Australasian CHIs have been more proactive, compared to their North American counterparts, in making available Web 2.0-enabled digital collections. The research found that CHIs supported a range of different activities in their digital collections but activities encouraging multivocality and user-driven ranking of content were the most popular among both digital collections and their users.</p>

scholarly journals Performing qualitative content analysis

Sociologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-123
Author(s):  
Zeljka Manic
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Unique Definition ◽  
The Subject

Although content analysis has traditionally been considered a quantitative method, it has been advocated in the methodological literature for its use in qualitative form as early as the middle of the 20th century. Nevertheless, much less methodological knowledge is available on the characteristics of qualitative content analysis and its application than on quantitative content analysis. The subject of this paper is a presentation of performing qualitative content analysis. First, different views of the qualitative form of the method are given, since there is no unique definition. Then, the basic steps of qualitative content analysis are presented, that is, the stages of application of the procedure, on which there is also no agreement, but no essential differences. Particular attention has been paid to the deductive and inductive approach of determining the categories of classification. The application of qualitative content analysis is illustrated by a survey of nostalgia of Serbian immigrants living in the Nordic countries. Finally, concluding considerations on performing a qualitative content analysis are summarized and the challenges ahead.

14. Textual Analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Halperin ◽  
Oliver Heath
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Political Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses the principles of textual analysis as a means of gathering information and evidence in political research. Textual analysis has generated strong interest as a research method not only in Politics and International Relations, but also throughout the social sciences. In political research, two forms of textual analysis have become particularly prominent: discourse analysis and content analysis. The chapter examines discourse analysis and content analysis and explains the use of documents, archival sources, and historical writing as data. It considers the distinction between discourse analysis and content analysis, as well as the differences between qualitative and quantitative content analysis. It also describes the procedures that are involved in both quantitative and qualitative content analysis.

scholarly journals “You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business”: Hoteliers’ Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1740-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. McDaniel ◽  
Ruth E. Malone
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online News ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Quantitative Content

Purpose: To explore why some hotels have implemented 100% smoke-free policies voluntarily, the perceived consequences of doing so, and media responses. Design: Qualitative study of hotel management and quantitative content analysis of media coverage of smoke-free hotels. Setting: Hotels and media based in the United States. Participants: Eleven representatives of 5 independent and 4 chain hotels. Other data included 265 news items about smoke-free hotels. Method: We conducted 30-minute semi-structured interviews with hotel representatives and analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. We also searched 3 online news databases for news items about hotels in our study, and collaboratively coded retrieved items; we analyzed the content and slant of news items. Results: Business considerations, including guest requests, competitor action, and cost savings, were the primary motivations for implementing 100% smoke-free guest-room policies. Health concerns played a minimal role. Hotels received positive feedback from customers and employees. Media coverage was favorable, emphasizing positive aspects of going smoke-free; the overall slant of news items was positive or neutral. However, few hotels marketed the change. Conclusions: Since hotel customers and employees are likely to experience long periods of smoke exposure and smoke-free hotels appear to be so well received, it may be timely to pursue policies making all hotels smoke-free.

What Do They Reflect on?—A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Physical Education Preservice Teachers’ Written Reflections After a Long-Term Internship

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Steffen Greve ◽  
Kira Elena Weber ◽  
Björn Brandes ◽  
Jessica Maier
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Instructional Support ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Classroom Assessment Scoring System ◽  
Low Performance

Purpose: A previous study about a long-term internship implemented in the Master’s program of eleven physical education preservice teachers showed that the preservice teachers had low performance scores in the area of Instructional Support. These results left many questions unanswered, so the written self-reflections of the preservice teachers were investigated. Method and Results: A quantitative content analysis of their written reflections, based on the dimensions of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System K–3, showed that the participants pay little attention to the domain of Instructional Support. A qualitative content analysis showed that the preservice teachers relied on self-made experiences and the advice given by their mentors from school who pay little attention to Instructional Support. Discussion and Conclusion: Instructional Support should be given a higher priority in the context of long-term internships and in accompanying reflective assignments, especially with regard to differentiation and inclusion of all students.

Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Students’ Handbook from a Ghanaian University

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Osei Yaw Akoto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Communicative Functions ◽  
Institutional Communication

In recent times, metadiscoursal devices are increasingly being studied by researchers in Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis and English for Academic and Specific Purposes because of their indispensable role in all forms of communication. Unfortunately, code glosses, one of the metadiscoursal devices, have not received much attention in metadiscoursal studies. To fill this gap, the present study draws on Hyland’s model of code glosses to explore the use of code glosses in the Students’ Handbook of University of Cape Coast. Qualitative content analysis was employed in analysing the data set. The analysis of the text revealed that code glosses helped clarify a proposition by  defining, exemplifying, reformulating and simplifying it  The findings have implications for the theory of metadiscourse, in general, and code glosses, in particular and institutional communication/discourse.

scholarly journals Process of developing education material on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) and diarrhoea prevention and testing its acceptability among tribal mothers

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Angeline Jeyakumar ◽  
Swapnil Godbharle ◽  
Bibek Raj Giri ◽  
Zakir Hussain Mirzaie ◽  
Chandrashekhar Jori
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Fear Appeal ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Education Material ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Diarrhoea Prevention

Abstract The study aimed to develop education material on WaSH practices and assess its content and acceptability. Online survey of 19 posters identified two Marathi posters that were not context- or setting-specific. A three-phased evaluation study was conducted to assess (i) WaSH practices of mothers attending an ANC centre (n = 40) and (ii) performed a quantitative content analysis of education material developed on WaSH (n = 38). Focus group discussions (FGDs) were employed for qualitative content analysis (n = 10). (iii) Acceptability was derived from the scores of quantitative content analysis. Relevance of content and use of fear appeal emerged as significant characteristics using qualitative content analysis. In quantitative content analysis, the maximum score for the domains pertaining to relevance and comprehension was 5 each and for the layout was 3. The mean scores for posters 1 and 2 were 4.34 ± 0.9 and 4.00 ± 1.1 for relevance; and 4.89 ± 0.3 and 4.95 ± 0.2 for comprehension, respectively. Acceptability ranging between 68 and 100% in all three domains for both the posters indicated high acceptability. Maximum acceptability score was obtained for comprehension followed by relevance and layout for both the posters. Tribal populations can benefit from these communication aids that are context- and setting-specific. These can be adopted with relevant cultural modifications to suit similar settings.

14. Textual Analysis*

2020 ◽  
pp. 364-392
Author(s):  
Sandra Halperin ◽  
Oliver Heath
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Political Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses the principles of textual analysis as a means of gathering information and evidence in political research. Textual analysis has generated strong interest as a research method not only in Politics and International Relations, but also throughout the social sciences. In political research, two forms of textual analysis have become particularly prominent: discourse analysis and content analysis. The chapter examines discourse analysis and content analysis and explains the use of documents, archival sources, and historical writing as data. It considers the distinction between discourse analysis and content analysis, as well as the differences between qualitative and quantitative content analysis. It also describes the procedures that are involved in both quantitative and qualitative content analysis.

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