Quantitative communication research: review, trends, and critique

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Trends in quantitative communication research are reviewed. A content analysis of 48 articles reporting original communication research published in 1988-1991 and 2008-2011 is reported. Survey research and self-report measurement remain common approaches to research. Null hypothesis significance testing remains the dominant approach to statistical analysis. Reporting the shapes of distributions, estimates of statistical power, and confidence intervals remain uncommon. Trends over time include the increased popularity of health communication and computer mediated communication as topics of research, and increased attention to mediator and moderator variables. The implications of these practices for scientific progress are critically discussed, and suggestions for the future are provided.

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• Extent: Seite(n): 69-84
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Review of Communication Research, 1

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ; Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Forschungsplanung ; quantitative Methode ; Forschungsansatz ; empirische Forschung ; Kommunikationsforschung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Levine, Timothy R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Spanien
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12840/issn.2255-4165_2013_01.01_003
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-329016
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln