Why Be Critical
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Slavko Splichal (0000-0001-7678-2676, University of Ljubljana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-30 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1753-9137.2007.00003.x |
| OpenAlex | W2166172264 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
Almost 60 years ago, Lasswell (1949) asked, “Why be quantitative?” and vigorously argued that “the study of politics can be advanced by the quantitative analysis of political discourse ... [b]ecause of the scientific and policy gains that can come of it” (pp. 40, 52). He suggested that severe “limitations of qualitative analysis,” such as imprecision and arbitrariness, could be overcome by quantification. A decade later, Lazarsfeld (1957, p. 41) pleaded for a more balanced view, suggesting that empirical research cannot only provide “sharper conceptual tools” that would bring to light “new implications of all sorts” (usually championed by representatives of the empirical paradigm; Noelle-Neumann, 1979, p. 144) but also that “the very act of inspecting this classical material brings to our attention ideas which might otherwise have been overlooked” in the process of empirical research. He concluded that “[t]heorizing itself can make progress, and the logic of empirical
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |