scholarly journals Surveying the Surveyors: An Analysis of the Survey Response Rates of Librarians

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Vander Kooy
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Survey Response ◽  
Ongoing Study ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Established Fact

It is a well-established fact that the most widely employed research method by librarians is surveys. Given this fact, this ongoing study seeks to identify exactly how likely librarians are to respond to surveys and what, if any, circumstances will increase the likelihood they will respond. Using a quantitative content analysis, relevant literature from three separate LIS databases – Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (EBSCOhost), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost), and Library & Information Science Abstracts (ProQuest) – is currently being gathered and evaluated. Preliminary findings indicate trends regarding LIS research purposes, methodology, and subjects. Il est bien établi que la méthode de recherche la plus utilisée par les bibliothécaires est l’enquête. Compte tenu de ce fait, cette étude en cours cherche à identifier exactement dans quelle mesure les bibliothécaires sont susceptibles de répondre aux sondages et quelles circonstances, le cas échéant, augmenteront la probabilité qu'ils y répondent. À l'aide d'une analyse quantitative du contenu, la littérature pertinente provenant de trois bases de données LIS distinctes - Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (EBSCOhost), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost), et Library & Information Science Abstracts (ProQuest) - est en cours de collecte et d'évaluation. Les résultats préliminaires indiquent des tendances concernant les objectifs, la méthodologie et les sujets de la recherche en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information.

scholarly journals Content Analysis: A Reevaluation Of Known Parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Biriowu, C. S. ◽  
◽  
Chris- Biriowu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Depth Direction ◽  
Quantitative Content

In Nigeria, the majority of content analysis research tends to tilt towards the dominant quantitative method. This technique now seems overly used, overspent, and unoriginal. This paper reviews content analysis as an empirical research method that is used to study the content of text in order to make inferences that are based on findings. The plethora of quantitative content analysis research writings are predominantly on the study of newspapers with research objectives that rotate around depth, direction, frequency and prominence. This paper in a bid to critique this overly used method of writing, provided description of Content Analysis as a research method, explained the goals/objectives of content analysis as well as underscored the various qualitative methodological types. Furthermore, the uses of content analysis in relation to text were explained. This paper concluded that the content analysis research method is under-used and that there is an abundance of communication branches where the research method needs to be applied.

Social capital in social work disaster preparedness plans: The case of Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1054-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merja Rapeli
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Preparedness Plan ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Micro Level

The aim of this study was to find out what can be learned from Finnish social work preparedness to develop future interventions and use of social capital in disasters. The data consisted of municipalities’ social sector’s disaster preparedness plan documents. Quantitative content analysis was used as the research method. The analysis was based on the concept of social capital and its forms of bonding, bridging, and linking. The results show that micro-level social work and bonding social capital were emphasized. Bridging and linking social work to disaster-related structures should be developed and social capital enhanced pre and post disasters.

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.

scholarly journals The construction of the Arab-Islamic issue in foreign news: Spanish newspaper coverage of the Egyptian revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 765-787
Author(s):  
Alfonso Corral ◽  
Leen d’Haenens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Foreign News ◽  
International Event

AbstractThe aim of this article is to analyze how the Spanish newspapers covered an international event such as the Egyptian spring from 2011 to 2013. From the perspective of the representation of Arab-Islamic issues, this study carries out a quantitative content analysis on the four reference newspapers in Spain (ABC, El Mundo, El País, and La Vanguardia) to find out whether there was an Islamophobic or Islamophilic treatment during the Egyptian revolution. The results of the 3,045 articles analyzed show that Spanish newspapers were remarkably interested in Egyptian events and that cultural discourses were not relevant in the coverage. However, it is necessary to specify these outcomes by newspaper, because each paper proposed its own take on the matter based on information provided by press agencies.

scholarly journals Commenting, Sharing and Tweeting News

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Almgren ◽  
Tobias Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Salient Features ◽  
Participatory Practices

Abstract Social plugins for sharing news through Facebook and Twitter have become increasingly salient features on news sites. Together with the user comment feature, social plugins are the most common way for users to contribute. The wide use of multiple features has opened new areas to comprehensively study users’ participatory practices. However, how do these opportunities to participate vary between the participatory spaces that news sites affiliated with local, national broadsheet and tabloid news constitute? How are these opportunities appropriated by users in terms of participatory practices such as commenting and sharing news through Facebook and Twitter? In addition, what differences are there between news sites in these respects? To answer these questions, a quantitative content analysis has been conducted on 3,444 articles from nine Swedish online newspapers. Local newspapers are more likely to allow users to comment on articles than are national newspapers. Tweeting news is appropriated only on news sites affiliated with evening tabloids and national morning newspapers. Sharing news through Facebook is 20 times more common than tweeting news or commenting. The majority of news items do not attract any user interaction.

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