Using Discourse Network Analysis to Measure Discourse Coalitions: Towards a Formal Analysis of Political Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Muller
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Policy Domain ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Discourse Coalitions ◽  
Transport Mobility ◽  
Scientific Standards ◽  
Vast Range

AbstractSince the “argumentative turn” in policy analysis, scholars have increasingly focused on discourse as an explanatory factor for the analysis of policy processes. This has resulted in a proliferation of rich and deep qualitative discourse-analytical studies on a vast range of policy controversies. However, these studies have two important shortcomings: firstly, they offer limited opportunities for comparative research, because they lack an objectified and standardized measuring instrument. Secondly, according to some critics, these studies do not meet scientific standards. In order to respond to these shortcomings, this article presents a method based on a combination of content analysis and social network analysis, which can be complementary to qualitative approaches. It is exemplified by a limited case study on two debates within the policy domain of transport mobility in Flanders. The article concludes with a discussion of a number of possible applications of the method within the broader discipline of political science.

Keeping the Vision Alive: The Role of Networks in National Memorial Building A Case Study of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial and the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Amy Probsdorfer Kelley ◽  
John C. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Revolutionary War ◽  
The Other ◽  
Perceived Popularity ◽  
National Mall ◽  
Compare And Contrast

The process to win approval to build a national memorial on the National Mall inWashington, DC is both long and complex. Many memorials are proposed, but few are chosen to inhabit the increasingly scarce space available on the Mall. Through the use of network analysis we compare and contrast two memorial proposals, with an eye toward understanding why one proposal was successful while the other seems to have failed. We conclude that the success of a specific memorial has less to do with the perceived popularity of the person or event to be memorialized, and more to do with how the sponsors use the network of people and resources available to advocate for a given proposal.

Modding Europa Universalis IV: An informal gaming practice transposed into a formal learning setting

2021 ◽  
pp. 204275302110229
Author(s):  
Rhett Loban
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Formal Tool ◽  
Study Participants

This article explores the use of modding as a formal tool for learning history. The article examines data from a formal analysis of Europa Universalis IV (EUIV), a survey of 331 EUIV forum participants and a case study of 18 university participants. Significant quantitative survey data indicated that 45% (149/331) of participants had modified EUIV, and of the 125 participants who responded with comments about modding, a significant number (86/125 responses or 68.8%) explained how they had learnt about history, geography or other subjects through the modding process. Closer analysis of survey and case study responses and mods reveals the variety of ways participants learnt and critiqued history through the modding process. The article discusses the data and the pedagogical affordance of modding in a few steps. First, the article briefly explores the evidence that indicates modding is popular within the EUIV gaming community. In this instance, it examines whether given the popularity of gaming practice, modding might also be seen as a new casual form of engagement with games. Second, the article reviews the modding process in EUIV and examines how both playing and creating mods may be beneficial for learning history. Modding is examined in terms of its pedagogical importance and the unique educational opportunities it may offer that are not otherwise accessible through other forms of game-based learning. Finally, the article explores how and what the case study participants learnt when they were tasked with creating and implementing playable mods to demonstrate their understanding of history. Overall, the article considers the growing importance of mods, how learners can create and represent history using mods and how mods can provide a platform for learners to develop their own critique and analysis of official history.

scholarly journals “Splendid Isolation”: The reproduction of music industry inequalities in Spotify’s recommendation system

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110221
Author(s):  
Tamas Tofalvy ◽  
Júlia Koltai
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
Scale Network ◽  
Splendid Isolation

In this article, we argue that offline inequalities, such as core–periphery relations of the music industry, are reproduced by streaming platforms. First, we offer an overview of the reproduction of inequalities and core–periphery dynamics in the music industry. Then we illustrate this through a small-scale network analysis case study of Hungarian metal bands’ connections on Spotify. We show that the primary determinant of a given band’s international connectedness in Spotify’s algorithmic ecosystem is their international label connections. Bands on international labels have more reciprocal international connections and are more likely to be recommended based on actual genre similarity. However, bands signed with local labels or self-published tend to have domestic connections and to be paired with other artists by Spotify’s recommendation system according to their country of origin.

scholarly journals Visualising Ostia’s Processional Landscape Through a Multi-Layered Computational Approach: Case Study of the Cult of the Magna Mater

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 444-467
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Based Modelling ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Layered Approach ◽  
Religious Landscape ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractOstia, the ancient port of Rome, had a rich religious landscape. How processional rituals further contributed to this landscape, however, has seen little consideration. This is largely due to a lack of evidence that attests to the routes taken by processional rituals. The present study aims to address existing problems in studying processions by questioning what factors motivated processional movement routes. A novel computational approach that integrates GIS, urban network analysis, and agent-based modelling is introduced. This multi-layered approach is used to question how spectators served as attractors in the creation of a processional landscape using Ostia’s Campo della Magna Mater as a case study. The analysis of these results is subsequently used to gain new insight into how a greater processional landscape was created surrounding the sanctuary of the Magna Mater.

scholarly journals A New Methodology to Study Street Accessibility: A Case Study of Avila (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Manuel Curado ◽  
Rocio Rodriguez ◽  
Manuel Jimenez ◽  
Leandro Tortosa ◽  
Jose F. Vicent
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Centrality Measures ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Street Network ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Combine Network ◽  
The City

Taking into account that accessibility is one of the most strategic and determining factors in economic models and that accessibility and tourism affect each other, we can say that the study and improvement of one of them involved the development of the other. Using network analysis, this study presents an algorithm for labeling the difficulty of the streets of a city using different accessibility parameters. We combine network structure and accessibility factors to explore the association between innovative behavior within the street network, and the relationships with the commercial activity in a city. Finally, we present a case study of the city of Avila, locating the most inaccessible areas of the city using centrality measures and analyzing the effects, in terms of accessibility, on the commerce and services of the city.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Coordination of Emergency Response Team through the Social Network Analysis. Case Study: Oil and Gas Refinery

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iraj Mohammadfam ◽  
Susan Bastani ◽  
Mahbobeh Esaghi ◽  
Rostam Golmohamadi ◽  
Ali Saee
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Response Team ◽  
Gas Refinery

Sports Journalism: Self-Censorship, Ethics and Lived Experience in the Digital Era.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tom Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Homogeneous Sample ◽  
Sports Journalism ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Qualitative Approaches

This thesis examines the major ethical issues experienced by UK sports journalists in the course of their practice in the modern digital media landscape, with a particular focus on selfcensorship. In tandem, it captures the lived professional experience of sports journalists in the digital era. My own professional experience is considered alongside the experiences of interviewees and diary-keepers. Initially, an exploratory case study of the work of investigative journalist David Walsh is used to highlight key ethical issues affecting sports journalism. A Kantian deontological theoretical perspective is articulated and developed. Qualitative approaches, specifically Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and autoethnography, are then used to provide an original analysis of the research objectives, enhanced by philosophical analysis. Ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews are conducted with a homogeneous sample of UK sports journalists, while diaries kept by three different journalists provide another seam of data. Reflective logs of my own work as a sports journalist provide the basis for autoethnographic data. The main log runs for two-and-half years (2016- 19) with a separate additional log covering the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. The semistructured interviews, diaries, autoethnography and case study are synthesized. The thesis explores how social media has introduced a host of ethical issues for sports journalists, not least the handling of abuse directed at them. Social media emerges as a double-edged sword. One of its most positive functions is to raise the standard of some journalists’ output due to the greater scrutiny that reporters feel they are under in the digital era, but at its worst it can be a platform for grotesque distortion and for corrupting sports journalists’ decision-making processes. Self-censorship of both facts and opinions emerges as a pervasive factor in sports journalism, a phenomenon that has been intensified by the advent of social media. Sports journalists show low engagement with codes of conduct, with the research suggesting that participants are on occasion more readily influenced by self-policing dynamics. This project captures vividly sports journalists’ personal involvement and emotional investment in their work, and reconsiders the ‘toy department’-versus-watchdog classification of sports journalists. The thesis concludes with recommendations for industry, including the introduction of formal support for sports journalists affected by online abuse.

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