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"En el primer capítulo, “Formar para investigar la comunicación en Bolivia”, se expone los propósitos y alcances del trabajo realizado junto a una contextualización de la problemática abordada. En el segundo, “Panorama diagnóstico de la formación universitaria para la investigación com
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Video Ethnography in Practice: Planning, Shooting, and Editing for Social Analysis
Los Angeles: Sage (2017), xix, 139 pp.
"Video Ethnography in Practice is a brief guide for students in the social disciplines who are required to produce an ethnographic video, the most significant new methodological technique in 21st century social analysis. The authors, both accomplished videographers, cover the basic techniques of cre
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Surveys and Questionnaires
INTRAC (2017), 5 pp.
"Surveys and questionnaires are designed to collect and record information from multiple people, groups or organisations in a consistent way. Surveys and questionnaires can be used on their own as data collection tools. They are also an essential part of some more complex data collection and analysi
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Using Machine Learning to Analyse Radio Talk in Uganda: Opportunities for Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Action
UN Global Pulse; Pulse Lab Kampala (2017), 23 pp.
"This report outlines the methodology and processes of the Radio Content Analysis Tool, a prototype developed by Pulse Lab Kampala to analyse public radio content in Uganda and explore its value for informing development of UN projects and programmes on the ground. It distills the technology behind
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"Ideally, a survey should gather data on every single person in the target population. For example, a survey about learning outcomes at a small school could track the test scores of every student. Collecting data on everyone in the target population is the best case scenario, since it ensures that e
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Inhaltsanalyse: Theorie und Praxis
Konstanz: UVK, 9., überarb. Aufl. (2017), 295 pp.
"Dieses seit Jahren bewährte Lehrbuch ist eine theoretisch fundierte Anleitung zur praktischen Durchführung von Inhaltsanalysen. Neben der Beschreibung von konventionellen Verfahren entwickelt Werner Früh eine „integrative Inhaltsanalyse“, die eine analytisch-deduktive mit einer interpretativ
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Manuel d'observation des médias pendant la période électorale: Un guide d'observation à l'attention des médias et des missions d'observation électorales
Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2017), 131 pp.
"Ce manuel a pour but d’accompagner les missions d’observation électorale dans leur mission de surveillance des contenus médiatiques et des discours politiques, la qualité du discours des acteurs politiques et le comportement des médias dans une période clé de la vie démocratique. Il donn
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Randomised Control Trials
INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.
"In a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) different units are randomly assigned to separate groups. One group receives a development intervention and the other does not. Changes in the two groups over time are then compared to accurately measure the effect of the intervention. RCTs have been much debated
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Measurement Matters: Difficulties in Defining and Measuring Children’s Television Viewing in a Changing Media Landscape
Media International Australia, volume 163, issue 1 (2017), pp. 67-76
"Audience measurement techniques currently fail to provide a clear picture of trends in children’s television viewing because of the diversification in devices on which television content can be viewed. It is argued that understanding how children engage with television content is undermined by co
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Site internet: Audit et stratégie
Bruxelles: De Boeck (2017), 208 pp.
Die Beobachtung als Methode in der Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft
Konstanz: UVK, 2., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2017), 168 pp.
Quasi-Experimental Approaches
INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.
"Experimental approaches work by comparing changes in a group that receives a development intervention with a group that does not. The difference is then attributed to the intervention. In a full experimental approach, units are randomly allocated to two groups – one that receives the intervention
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Measuring journalism safety. Methodological challenges
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 129-140
"The effectiveness of any measures taken to address the problems of journalism safety ultimately depends on our ability to understand the complex nature and dynamics of risk to journalists. Mapping the scale of the problem through the systematic collection of data on threats over time is therefore a
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Inhaltsanalyse
Konstanz: UVK, 3., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2017), 292 pp.
"Patrick Rössler führt Schritt für Schritt und anhand einer Beispielstudie in das Handwerk der quantitativ-standardisierten Inhaltsanalyse ein. Ein Muster-Codebuch mit entsprechenden Kategorien dient dabei als Prototyp für eigene Untersuchungen. Die dritte Auflage wurde grundlegend überarbeitet
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The Ultimate Guide to Effective Data Collection
Key Guides
socialcops (2017), 44 pp.
"What is the purpose of your survey? What data are you looking to collect? How can you best collect that data? What sort of survey and research methodology should you use? How should you write the questions in your survey? Who should you survey? This ebook is designed to take you through these quest
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Integrative Framing Analysis: Framing Health Through Words and Visuals
London: Routledge (2017), x, 170 pp.
"Much of framing scholarship focuses either exclusively on the analysis of words or of visuals. This book aims to address this gap by proposing a six-step approach to the analysis of verbal frames, visual frames and the interplay between them—an integrative framing analysis. This approach is then
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Photography and Video
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"Photography and video can be used as data collection methods. They can also be used to help analyse or communicate information. Photography and video can be used as monitoring and evaluation tools on their own, or in combination with other methodologies. They can both be applied as participatory te
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"Sampling is a process that enables information to be collected from a small number of individuals or organisations within a project or programme, and then used to draw conclusions about a wider population. There are many different sampling methods. Quantitative analysis tends to require large, rand
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Secondary Data Sources
INTRAC (2017), 2 pp.
"Sometimes, information is used for planning, monitoring or evaluation that has previously been collected by other people or organisations for their own purposes. This is known as secondary data. There are many potential sources of secondary data. Secondary data can be used at any stage of a project
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Conducting Mobile Surveys Responsibly
Rome: World Food Programme (WFP) (2017), 22 pp.
