Mass Communication Research and the Invisible College Revisited: The Changing Landscape and Emerging...

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Title: Mass Communication Research and the Invisible College Revisited: The Changing Landscape and Emerging Fronts in Journalism-Related Studies;
Authors and Corporations: Chang, Tsan-Kuo, Tai, Zixue
In: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 82, 2005, 3, p. 672-694
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SAGE Publications
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description: 672-694
ISSN: 1077-6990
2161-430X
DOI: 10.1177/107769900508200312
published in: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Language: English
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Collection: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<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>