Investigating communication networks contextually

Qualitative network analysis as cross-media research

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ID2653791
AutoresAndreas Hepp (0000-0001-7292-4147, University of Bremen), Cindy Roitsch, Matthias Berg (0000-0001-8532-8651)
Ano2016
Volume32
Fascículo60
Data de publicação2016-06-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedieKultur Journal of media and communication research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0900-9671 • E-ISSN: 1901-9726
EditoraDet Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7146/mediekultur.v32i60.21614
OpenAlexW2462974434
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

This article introduces the approach of contextualised communication network analysis as a qualitative procedure for researching communicative relationships realised through the media. It combines qualitative interviews on media appropriation, egocentric network maps, and media diaries. Through the triangulation of these methods of data collection, it is possible to gain a differentiated insight into the specific meanings, structures and processes of communication networks across a variety of media. The approach is illustrated using a recent study dealing with the mediatisation of community building among young people. In this context, the qualitative communication network analysis has been applied to distinguish 'localists' from 'centrists', 'multilocalists', and 'pluralists'. These different 'horizons of mediatised communitisation' are connected to distinct communication networks. Since this involves today a variety of different media, the contextual analysis of communication networks necessarily has to imply a cross-media perspective

Appropriation · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Triangulation · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Artificial Intelligence