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Moving beyond numerals: a meta-analysis of research methods and theoretical application in media gatekeeping studies
This study investigates trends in media gatekeeping research, specifically in terms of research methods and theoretical application. Through a meta-analysis, 128 media gatekeeping-related studies purposively drawn from communication-based journals (published between 2000 and 2008) were content analy...
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| 720 | |a Ojebuyi, B. R. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Ojebode, A. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2011-06 | ||
| 520 | |a This study investigates trends in media gatekeeping research, specifically in terms of research methods and theoretical application. Through a meta-analysis, 128 media gatekeeping-related studies purposively drawn from communication-based journals (published between 2000 and 2008) were content analysed. The findings reveal a progressive drift from quantitative method (38.3%) towards qualitative method (57.0%): a deviation from previous submissions that communication researchers prefer quantitative method to qualitative approach (Berg, 2001; Abawi, 2008). However, results confirm the previous findings that majority of communication studies are not theory-driven (Kim and Weaver, 2002) as only 44(34.4%) of the articles examined had theoretical frameworks. The study encourages more theoretical applications and synthesis of methods in media gatekeeping research. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 2006-280-x | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_ojebuyi_moving_2011 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a JOLAE Journal of Arts and Education 5(1), pp. 165-181 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3886 | |
| 653 | |a Quantitative method | ||
| 653 | |a Qualitative approach | ||
| 653 | |a Content analysis | ||
| 653 | |a Theoretical frameworks | ||
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