scholarly journals Weber's contribution to content analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Željka Manić
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Press ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Spirit Of Capitalism ◽  
Sociological Society

The subject of this paper is Max Weber's contribution to content analysis as a sociological research procedure. Content analysis gained the legitimacy of the sociological method of research in the middle of the 20th century, and Weber occupies a significant place in its history. He used the basic idea of content analysis in "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" (1904-1905). Weber drew conclusions about the institutionalised form of social communication in the past by studying its recorded content. He analysed the content of protestant catechisms to establish whether, in working with believers, pastors encouraged ethical attitudes conducive to the development of the capitalistic spirit. Later, at the first meeting of the German Sociological Society (1910), Weber proposed undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the content of the press, which did not receive the support of sociologists. His proposal represents the first methodologically designed attempt to give content analysis a place among sociological research procedures. The aim of this paper is to present Weber's contribution to content analysis. His contribution is considered through an analysis of the application of the basic idea of this procedure in 'The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism' and through advocating its use in speech at the first meeting of the German Sociological Society.

scholarly journals The Relevance of Inequality Research in Sociology for Inequality Reduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237802312110201
Author(s):  
Thomas A. DiPrete ◽  
Brittany N. Fox-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Large Scale Change ◽  
The Subject

Social inequality is a central topic of research in the social sciences. Decades of research have deepened our understanding of the characteristics and causes of social inequality. At the same time, social inequality has markedly increased during the past 40 years, and progress on reducing poverty and improving the life chances of Americans in the bottom half of the distribution has been frustratingly slow. How useful has sociological research been to the task of reducing inequality? The authors analyze the stance taken by sociological research on the subject of reducing inequality. They identify an imbalance in the literature between the discipline’s continual efforts to motivate the plausibility of large-scale change and its lesser efforts to identify feasible strategies of change either through social policy or by enhancing individual and local agency with the potential to cumulate into meaningful progress on inequality reduction.

scholarly journals Methodology of studying art: sociology, culturology, and art history

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Evgenii Aleksandrovich Popov
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Scientific Fields

This article describes the capabilities of methodology of studying art in the three interrelated scientific fields – sociology, culturology, and art history. Emphasis is placed on determination of the key criteria of comprehensive approach towards the analysis of art: each of the three scientific fields may have its own unique criteria for such analysis, but there also universal criteria that allow most fully assessing the essence and purpose of art, considering the general trends of its development in modern reality. The subject of this research is the methodology of comprehensive analysis of art using the instruments of sociology, culturology, and art history. The main conclusions are as follows: 1) disclosure of the content of the methodology of studying art; 2) determination of various criteria for comprehensive analysis of art within the framework of sociology, culturology, and art history; 3) demonstration of capabilities of using certain criteria in analyzing the essence of art and artworks; 4) focus on the social dimension of art, touching upon the heuristic value of the methods of applied sociological research; 5) characteristics of the capabilities of studying the symbolic nature of art in the context of culturology; 6) assessment of the development trends of the methodology of modern art history.

scholarly journals Constructing ‘suspect’ communities and Britishness: Mapping British press coverage of Irish and Muslim communities, 1974–2007

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henri C Nickels ◽  
Lyn Thomas ◽  
Mary J Hickman ◽  
Sara Silvestri
Keyword(s):  
Press Coverage ◽  
State Security ◽  
Central Concern ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
British Press ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Negative Stereotyping

There exist many parallels between the experiences of Irish communities in Britain in the past and those of Muslim communities today. However, although they have both been the subject of negative stereotyping, intelligence profiling, wrongful arrest and prejudice, little research has been carried out comparing how these communities are represented in the media. This article addresses this gap by mapping British press coverage of events involving Irish and Muslim communities that occurred between 1974 and 2007. The analysis shows that both sets of communities have been represented as ‘suspect’ to different degrees, which the article attributes to varying perceptions within the press as to the nature of the threat Irish and Muslim communities are thought to pose to Britain. The article concludes that a central concern of the press lies with defending its own constructions of Britishness against perceived extremists, and against abuses of power and authority by the state security apparatus.

scholarly journals HEALTHY EATING IN THE PRESS: using Morin-Chartier’s content analysis in a Brazilian newspaper

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-45
Author(s):  
Mariella Silva de Oliveira-Costa ◽  
Deivson Rayner Teixeira da Costa ◽  
Lise Renaud ◽  
Ana Valéria Machado Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
The Body ◽  
Section Study ◽  
Single Text ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject

This paper evaluates if Morin-Chartier’s content analysis, when adapted to Portuguese, can successfully be applied to texts on health and diet published in a Brazilian newspaper. This is a cross-section study. The texts were collected from the Brazilian newspaper O Dia between January 2014 and July 2015. Texts written on the subject of health and diet were analyzed, and specific software was used to evaluate how often they appeared in various categories. The method demonstrably categorizes and classifies different subjects within a single text, and thus helping to minimize any errors. A total of 1.668 information units were extracted from a collection of 341 journalistic texts. These information units focused on the effects foods have on the body and recommendations for which foods to consume. Most of these foods were in natura but there were some ultra-processed as well. The texts are taken from the Brazilian press, and the sources, when identified, are specialists on the subject. The texts are written with the intent to promote health.A pesquisa avalia a aplicabilidade do método canadense de análise de conteúdo de Morin-Chartier em textos sobre saúde e alimentação, apresentados pelo jornal popular brasileiro O Dia, entre janeiro de 2014 e julho de 2015. A análise se baseia no registro das unidades da informação na imprensa que tratam sobre o tema alimentação, e avaliação de sua frequência em diferentes categorias com produção e uso de software específico. O método possibilitou que diferentes assuntos no mesmo texto fossem categorizados e classificados distintamente, minimizando falhas. Dos 341 textos jornalísticos coletados, extraiu-se 1.668 unidades da informação, observando enfoque em recomendações e efeitos dos alimentos, com maior presença dos in natura em detrimento dos ultraprocessados. A origem dos textos é nacional e as fontes, quando identificadas, são especializadas, em sua maioria. O engajamento dos textos é favorável à saúde. La investigación adapta al português y evalua la aplicabilidade de um método canadiense de análisis de contenido de Morin Chartier, en textos sobre salud y alimentación presentados por um periódico popular brasileño, O Dia, entre enero de 2014 y julio de 2015. La análisis es basada en el registro de las unidades de información que hablan del tema alimentación, e evaluación de su frecuencia de diferentes categorías con producción y uso de software específico. La metodología posibilita que diferentes temas en un mesmo texto sean categorizados y clasificados distintamente, minimizando fallas. De los 341 artículos, se observó 1.668 unidades de la información, observando el foco en las recomendaciones y efectos de los alimentos, com más frecuencia de los alimentos naturales. La origen de los textos es brasileña, y las fuentes identificadas son en gran parte, especializadas; el engajamento de los textos es favorable a la salud.

scholarly journals The Image of Sultanate of Oman in the Contemporary Algerian Arabic Press

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ahmed Djehlane
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

This study tried to dive in the archives relating to Oman in the Algerian contemporary press, (1986-2016), and its goal is to look for the Oman presence in the Algerian press, and its role in consolidating of Algeria's Oman relations in the past and present. Based on the above, we have attempted in this study to analyze the subject - after a systematic approach- in the following topics: 1. Introduction to the interesting of Algerian journalists about Oman in modern-day. 2. Algerian press and the contemporary cultural scene in Oman. 3. Algerian press and document the views of the Algerian and Omani on topical issues. Among the findings of the research is the extrapolation of the huge amount of Algerian press material covered by the period of study. That the reasons of Omani-Algerian relationship extend in the depths of history, back to the second century AH, and she has stimulated the efforts of the press pioneers in Algeria and Zanzibar this relation and contributed to its consolidation in this modern age. The study also concluded that the image of the Sultanate of Oman in this press embodies a mosaic of high cultural characteristics. The first is: Oman's adherence to its religious and Arab identity. The second is: his struggle for his freedom and his struggle against colonialism throughout history. The third is: the wrapping of the Omani people around their political leadership and their pride in their scientists. The fourth: the sense of citizenship and co-existence and the entrenchment of the right to difference. The fifth: focus in the renaissance on the humans before the structures, and finally, the image of the Sultanate of Oman in short is: "Is the originality of history, the renaissance of the future, and a worthy example to study and follow-up".

scholarly journals Does Entrepreneurship Make You Happier? A Comparative Analysis between Entrepreneurs and Wage Earners

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 9997
Author(s):  
Rafael Ravina-Ripoll ◽  
María-José Foncubierta-Rodríguez ◽  
Eduardo Ahumada-Tello ◽  
Luis Bayardo Tobar-Pesantez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Wage Earners

Currently, age is characterized by implementing business management models based on precarious work and a massive reduction in jobs. This article aims to analyze the degree of happiness perceived in Spanish entrepreneurs, as opposed to that perceived by the employees, and if that happiness is associated with certain sociodemographic variables (such as gender, level of studies, and income level). For this purpose, a brief literature review of the economy of happiness is carried out, considering studies regarding the happiness–entrepreneurship connection over the past few years. With data provided by the Sociological Research Center (C.I.S.) barometer survey, we work in two phases: (1) descriptive and inferential on possible associations between the variables, and (2) the calculation of probabilities through logistic regression. The main result shows that the entrepreneurs with employees are happiest. When the null hypothesis is rejected, the categories that seem to show the most happiness are those with higher education and those in the highest income ranges analyzed. Among the main limitations in this work is the scarcity of bibliographic production on the subject matter of this paper. This paper helps to cover part of this gap.

The Last Controversy over Ritual Murder? The Debate over the Paintings in Sandomierz Cathedral

2003 ◽  
pp. 483-490
Author(s):  
Anna Landau-Czajka
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Ritual Murder ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Press ◽  
Religious Paintings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Church Doctrine

This chapter addresses a series of religious paintings in the Sandomierz Cathedral, one of which depicts a ritual murder. In 2000, a debate began over what should be done with a painting whose message was so clearly and unambiguously antisemitic. Should a depiction of ritual murder be on display in a church even though Church doctrine has long recognized that Jews never killed children for matzah? On the other hand, should works of art be censored? If they are illegal or immoral, should they be removed? The subject of the painting in Sandomierz Cathedral soon ceased to be merely a local issue when discussion of it filled the Polish press for several weeks. The main problem seemed to be that the myth of ritual murder, though it should by now have been relegated to the past along with that of the existence of witches, was a subject whose interest, in Poland at least, was by no means confined to historians and folklorists. This should come as no surprise, since the issue of ritual murder was still taken seriously by the press in the period between the two world wars. Despite official Church prohibitions, accusations against the Jews were still being made during that period.

scholarly journals Sociology's Global Challenge

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitri Della Faille ◽  
Neil McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociological Work

Issues related to globalization are central to most contemporary works in sociology, no matter the specialization. During the past two decades, sociologists have investigated the effects of globalization on most aspects of social life and the extent and variety of the research and literature on the subject have been widely commented upon. This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Sociology represents a modest attempt to stimulate a discussion of the relation sociology itself has with globalization. These papers examine the contemporary transformations of the organization of sociological work and the production of sociological research and discourse in the context of the growing interaction of local, national, regional, and global networks. Résumé. Les questions liées à la globalisation sont centrales dans la plupart des travaux contemporains en sociologie et ce, peu importe la branche de spécialisation. Durant les deux dernières décennies, les sociologues ont examiné les effets de la mondialisation sur la majorité des aspects de la vie sociale. Le nombre et la variété de la recherche et de la littérature sur le sujet ont été abondamment commentés. Ce numéro spécial des Cahiers canadiens de sociologie est une modeste tentative visant à susciter une discussion à propos de la relation entre la sociologie et la globalisation. Les articles de ce numéro examinent les transformations contemporaines dans l’organisation du travail sociologique, mais aussi dans la production de la recherche sociologique et de son discours dans le contexte d’une augmentation des interactions entre réseaux locaux, nationaux, régionaux et globaux.

The Growth of the Environment as a Political Issue in Britain

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Brookes ◽  
A. G. Jordan ◽  
R. H. Kimber ◽  
J. J. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Times

Various commentators have expressed their subjective impressions that ‘the environment’ emerged suddenly as a political issue. That the number of groups, journals and books relating to ‘the environment’ has dramatically increased is indisputable. What is not clear, however, is whether the increase has been in the awareness of relationships between problems which could then be subsumed under the general heading ‘the environment’ or whether increased attention has been paid to the component problems. It is possible that the interest in issues such as water pollution, resource conservation and air pollution was of long standing and that the only change was a growing popularization of the label ‘environmental’ by those who wrote about the subject in the press. The object of this study is to test the latter hypothesis by means of a content analysis ofThe Times.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF SERVICES IN AVIATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kornélia Mészáros ◽  
◽  
Mariann Feketéné Gergely ◽  
Márton Czikkely ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

The actuality of the topic was the fact that nowadays, the aviation has become an important part in connecting people. It is enabling it to reach almost anywhere all over the world. With the entry of low-cost airlines, aviation has become available to a larger segment, which has stimulated the industry. During the elaboration of the subject, it became a fact that inquiry of the entire supply chain of an airline also requires information that companies are reluctant to share with the outside world. So, the paper is examining the value chain according to the information available. It is involved to well-known European airline to the investigation - a low cost airline. Over the past few decades, the negative changes in the global climate have been increasingly occupied by people; that’s why it is prompting companies around the world to take the issue more seriously and impact of their company’s ecological footprint. The research provides a comprehensive analysis of the value chain of the aviation, focusing on sustainability, illustrating the complexity of the airline supply chain. While current forecasts make positive predictions for civil aviation, changes in environmental impacts could radically change this sensitive industry at any time.

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