Paradigm(s) Lost? Islands of Critical Media Research in Communication Journals

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ID22693196
AutoresSlavko Splichal (0000-0001-7678-2676, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, autor correspondente), Boris Mance (0000-0002-8864-1683, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Ano2018
Volume68
Fascículo2
Páginas399-414
Data de publicação2018-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/joc/jqx018
OpenAlexW2802038413
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas6

Disputes over critical theory and administrative research have marked media research community for almost eight decades, but have shed little light on the issues that separate them or potentially bind them together. A network analysis of articles as clusters of interconnected concepts published in eight prominent communication journals during the period of seventy years indicates that coexistence of critical theory and empirical social inquiry is feasible. While critical approaches remain peripheral islands in communication and media research, the majority of critical articles published during the seven decades include empirical research. There are critical islands that are specific to empirical environment, distinct from those generated in the non-empirical environment, to the EU-based journals in contrast to the US-based journals, and to different historical periods, but despite major differences, the study also reveals some significant commonalities across the dominant critical currents.

Communication studies · Media studies · Social science · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics