Moving beyond numerals: a meta-analysis of research methods and theoretical application in media gatekeeping studies
| dc.contributor.author | Ojebuyi, B. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ojebode, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T09:36:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T09:36:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2006-280-x | |
| dc.identifier.other | ui_art_ojebuyi_moving_2011 | |
| dc.identifier.other | JOLAE Journal of Arts and Education 5(1), pp. 165-181 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3886 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Halygraph (Nigeria) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Quantitative method | en_US |
| dc.subject | Qualitative approach | en_US |
| dc.subject | Content analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Theoretical frameworks | en_US |
| dc.title | Moving beyond numerals: a meta-analysis of research methods and theoretical application in media gatekeeping studies | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |