Diversity of Methodological Approaches in Social Sciences
Example of the Analysis of Media and Online Information
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Diversity of Methodological Approaches in Social Sciences
Example of the Analysis of Media and Online Information
About this book
As with many rapidly evolving areas, research on pluralism in media and information makes use of appropriate interdisciplinary approaches that consider diverse and interdependent factors. These considerations include new economic constraints, journalistic production, networked technologies, online social interactions, new forms of discourse, consumer preferences and practices, and the specificities of information markets. This book presents and assesses several methodological approaches that have proven to be valuable in the study of transformations in media and information. Some are well-known in social sciences (e.g. qualitative analysis by interviews), whereas others come from different disciplines and remain rare and original (e.g. agent-based modeling). By focusing on various dimensions of the media and information pluralism, this book pulls together methods based on network analysis, agent-based modeling and sociosemiotics, as well as qualitative and legal approaches. Each of the five chapters introduces a specific method and its relevance for the analysis of a particular research question.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Overview: Media, Information Pluralism and Methodological Choices
- Chapter 1. Online Platforms and Analysis of Community Dynamics
- Chapter 2. Echo Chambers and Opinion Dynamics: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach
- Chapter 3. Diversity of Sources and Pluralism of Journalistic Framing: A QualitativeâQuantitative Sociosemiotic Approach
- Chapter 4. Interviews as a Research Method for Understanding Online Information Pluralism
- Chapter 5. Media and Information Pluralism Through the Lens of Law
- List of Authors
- Index