Title: | Mass Communication Research and the Invisible College Revisited: The Changing Landscape and Emerging Fronts in Journalism-Related Studies; |
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Authors and Corporations: | , |
In: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 82, 2005, 3, p. 672-694 |
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SAGE Publications
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 672-694 |
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ISSN: |
1077-6990
2161-430X |
DOI: | 10.1177/107769900508200312 |
published in: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to chart the changing landscape of mass communication research in journalism-related studies over the past two decades and, second, to determine the contemporary form and content of the invisible college in the field through its intellectual configuration and structural interaction. A simple citation count is inadequate; the analysis of co-citation networks should be a better indication of the field's effort to build on its theoretical foundation. The findings suggest that there is some sort of theoretical and methodological convergence in contemporary journalism-related studies. </jats:p> |