scholarly journals Perception of sources of private wealth. A qualitative study of perceptive schemes of Western and Eastern Bloc students

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Pietrzak
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Financial Trading ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Economic Reality

Abstract Over the recent years, money has become one of the most compelling topics in modern societies. Consequently, financial literacy turns out to be an indispensable ability in today’s complex reality. Numerous studies reveal that the level of financial literacy is dependent on the socio-economic context in which the financial experience is formed. Against this background, this study aims to verify how the specific socio-economic context affects the perception of students with regard to the main sources of private wealth in the Western and Eastern Bloc countries. The research problem focuses on the following question: Do students’ perceptions precisely reflect the economic reality in their countries? Data from 115 essays written by students from Poland, Austria, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and Ukraine were analyzed using directed qualitative content analysis. A structured matrix of four predetermined sources of wealth – CEO compensation, financial trading, entrepreneurship, and inheritance – was developed and subsequently compared with students’ observations. As a result, two conceptual models were developed presenting differences in the perceptive schemes of Western and Eastern Bloc students. Then the perceptions were compared with empirical data from the Forbes list of billionaires. This paper provides an example of how essays written by students can become a source of empirical research. Its added value lies in showing the usefulness of directed qualitative content analysis in socio-economic studies.

scholarly journals A Content Analysis of Blog Posts on Angry Library Patrons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Iris Marigold Operario
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Problem Library ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Blog Posts

<p>Research Problem: This exploratory study looks into what is written in blogs regarding angry library patrons. It aims to provide insight on angry library patrons by identifying the themes/issues in the blog posts, the reasons for anger of the library patrons, and to describe the characteristics of the blog post authors. Methodology: A qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the blog posts. The blog search engine Google Blogs was used to search for the relevant blog posts. A sample of 92 individual and organisational blog posts were read and analysed. Results: Three main themes emerged in the analysis of the blog posts: 1) the causes of anger which can either be library-related or due to other patrons; 2) how anger was displayed; and 3) the sentiments of the library staff members towards angry patrons. The blog authors mostly come from North America and have a library background. Implications: Analysing these blog posts provides further insight into angry library patrons which might not otherwise be found in existing anger studies in a library setting and problem library patron research. Uncovering what is said in the blogosphere about angry library patrons will give a picture of a wide range of anger issues which may be relevant for library staff members as they try to better understand angry library patrons. While this study was not able to retrieve as much blog posts from an angry library patron’s perspective as originally planned, a study noting the key difference of opinions between angry library patrons and library staff members could be investigated in the future</p>

scholarly journals Article or advertisement? How legacy and new media are blurring lines and creating new hybrid content through native advertising

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Fernandez-Blance
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Editorial Content ◽  
The Creation

This Master of Professional Communication Major Research Paper (MRP), a pilot study, examines how native advertising is used by new and legacy media publications in an effort to determine whether the lines between advertisement and editorial content have been blurred. The literature reviewed outlines the creation of added-value content through framing, recognition of persuasion attempts and the creation of synergy through contextual similarity. Within this MRP, a qualitative content analysis was conducted on 5 samples of native advertising from legacy publication The New York Times and 5 samples from new media publication BuzzFeed within the 2015 calendar year. The results of the content analysis have indicated that through framing, persuasion and contextual similarity, the lines between advertisement and editorial content in both publications appear to have softened.

scholarly journals Article or advertisement? How legacy and new media are blurring lines and creating new hybrid content through native advertising

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Fernandez-Blance
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Editorial Content ◽  
The Creation

This Master of Professional Communication Major Research Paper (MRP), a pilot study, examines how native advertising is used by new and legacy media publications in an effort to determine whether the lines between advertisement and editorial content have been blurred. The literature reviewed outlines the creation of added-value content through framing, recognition of persuasion attempts and the creation of synergy through contextual similarity. Within this MRP, a qualitative content analysis was conducted on 5 samples of native advertising from legacy publication The New York Times and 5 samples from new media publication BuzzFeed within the 2015 calendar year. The results of the content analysis have indicated that through framing, persuasion and contextual similarity, the lines between advertisement and editorial content in both publications appear to have softened.

Interpreting Text as Discourse or Using Text as Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Krawatzek
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Structural Insights

This chapter presents a new multi-level investigation of discourse that combines network analysis with qualitative content analysis. This book is the first to employ this method for multi-linguistic comparative research. The chapter first develops an understanding of discourse, which seeks to address some of the challenges discourse analysis has faced. It then describes the sources, the sampling procedure, the process of qualitative content analysis, and the logic of the applied coding scheme. A final section introduces details of the discourse network analysis, which combines the unique insight of qualitative interpretation, and the structural insights derived through the rigour of network analysis. This combination can pre-empt some of the concerns that critics have voiced about new quantitative approaches to analysing text. Its added value lies in the identification of clusters in the network, which point to discursive formations that structure meaning.

scholarly journals Personal Change As A Key Determinant Of The Outcomes Of Organisational Transformation Interventions

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thabile Chawane ◽  
L. J. Van Vuuren ◽  
G. Roodt
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Personal Change ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Analysis Technique

The purpose of this study was to investigate the critical role of personal change, and its inherent elements, in determining the outcomes of organisational transformation interventions. The purposeful sampling method was used to involve expert organisational transformation consultants as participants (N=10). A qualitative content analysis technique was applied to infer meaningful explanations to the research problem. It was found that although personal change formed an integral part of transformation interventions, it was not adequately explored and utilized as a crucial and consequential dimension in influencing the results of organisational transformation interventions. The implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Qualitative content analysis for international comparison of data usage agreements

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Haux ◽  
Frank Gabel ◽  
Anna-Lena Trescher ◽  
Helen Whelton ◽  
Geert Van der Heijden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Integration ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Data Usage

ABSTRACT ObjectivesThe multi-country-EU project ADVOCATE (Added Value for Oral Care) involves the analysis of routinely collected oral health care records from health insurance systems in six European countries, including NHS England and NHS Scotland. The data will be stored in a in a central repository using AnalytiXagility which adheres to strict privacy and security standards. Therefore, data usage agreements must be consented with all partners and being subjected to specific regulations in the respective nation. This will result in different aggregation levels for data integration, e. g. one of the partners does not allow the transfer of data that contain a personal identifier. To understand the variety of requirements and limitations in different countries, we performed a qualitative content analysis of the agreements. ApproachA categorisation system for privacy and data protection aspects was developed. The aspects are based on privacy conditions mentioned in guidance documents, the agreements themselves and the project’s proposal. The agreements were examined for textual elements and systematically coded by three reviewers. Compliance between privacy conditions and the agreements was estimated using a nominal scale, whether the context was available in the agreement or not. The software MAXQDA was used for tagging relevant text passages. ResultsThe initial coding scheme contains eight categories on top-level. They include, inter alia, aspects on data access, -preparation, -transmission, and -usage. The top-levels divide in up to four different levels of detail. The coding system was continuously adapted during full-text analysis. Initially, the agreements from the partners of Denmark and Germany were used. Characteristics in the agreements require a fine granularity of sub-categories. The German agreement, for example, names the whole institution as partner, whereas the Danish agreement differentiates in personal roles, each with own responsibilities. ConclusionUndertaking an overview of privacy conditions can be a valuable step in comparing privacy and security requirements in different national regulations. The qualitative content analysis was found a suitable approach for this purpose because it enables the detection of fine characteristics. By using an incremental design, it is possible to adapt the coding system to include additional partners. However, the current coding system has the limitation that heterogeneity between the agreements leads to a fine granularity of categories that hamper the comparability between partners. Despite these problems, the approach allows the comparison of data privacy and supports the development of a data integration process for international harmonisation.

scholarly journals A Content Analysis of Blog Posts on Angry Library Patrons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Iris Marigold Operario
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Problem Library ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Blog Posts

<p>Research Problem: This exploratory study looks into what is written in blogs regarding angry library patrons. It aims to provide insight on angry library patrons by identifying the themes/issues in the blog posts, the reasons for anger of the library patrons, and to describe the characteristics of the blog post authors. Methodology: A qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the blog posts. The blog search engine Google Blogs was used to search for the relevant blog posts. A sample of 92 individual and organisational blog posts were read and analysed. Results: Three main themes emerged in the analysis of the blog posts: 1) the causes of anger which can either be library-related or due to other patrons; 2) how anger was displayed; and 3) the sentiments of the library staff members towards angry patrons. The blog authors mostly come from North America and have a library background. Implications: Analysing these blog posts provides further insight into angry library patrons which might not otherwise be found in existing anger studies in a library setting and problem library patron research. Uncovering what is said in the blogosphere about angry library patrons will give a picture of a wide range of anger issues which may be relevant for library staff members as they try to better understand angry library patrons. While this study was not able to retrieve as much blog posts from an angry library patron’s perspective as originally planned, a study noting the key difference of opinions between angry library patrons and library staff members could be investigated in the future</p>

A Qualitative Content Analysis of Gender Transitions in the Workplace

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie E. Brewster ◽  
Esther N. Tebbe ◽  
Brandon L. Velez
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis
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