Dimensions of diversity: Mapping the field of media and communication studies by combining cognitive and material dimensions

Alexander Buhmann; Diana Ingenhoff; Benedetto Lepori

doi:10.1515/commun-2015-0010

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Dimensions of diversity: Mapping the field of media and communication studies by combining cognitive and material dimensions

Alexander Buhmann , Diana Ingenhoff and Benedetto Lepori

Published/Copyright: September 2, 2015

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From the journal Communications Volume 40 Issue 3

Abstract

In this study we empirically map the field of media and communication studies (MCS) by focusing on relationships between cognitive dimensions (such as research topics and approaches) on the one hand and material dimensions (such as funding and institutionalization) on the other. Our analysis, which focuses on the field of MCS in Switzerland, identifies two clusters of research institutions representing distinct strands of research in the field. Results show how these two strands differ in terms of their resource base, institutional positioning and recognition, teaching and transfer activities, as well as activities of scientific production. Similarities and differences in these dimensions serve to explain the general evolution of the field.

Keywords: research activities in media and communication studies; subject topics; scientific output; organizational structures and resources; meta-discourse on media and communication studies

Published Online: 2015-9-2

Published in Print: 2015-9-1

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research activities in media and communication studies; subject topics; scientific output; organizational structures and resources; meta-discourse on media and communication studies