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Décoder les séries télévisées
Louvain-La-Neuve: De Boeck, 2e éd. (2017), 282 pp.
"Il suffit d’allumer son petit écran pour s’en rendre compte : les séries télévisées monopolisent les chaînes. Présentes dans la grille des programmes et objets de discussion dans la presse depuis les années 1950, elles sont devenues récemment un phénomène majeur, passionnant autant l
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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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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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"This ESOMAR/GRBN Guideline on Mobile Research is intended to support researchers, especially those in small and medium-sized research organisations, in addressing legal, ethical and practical considerations when conducting research using mobile devices. It explains how to apply the fundamental prin
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis
INTRAC (2017), 5 pp.
"Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a methodology that enables the analysis of multiple cases in complex situations. It can help explain why change happens in some cases but not others. QCA is designed for use with an intermediate number of cases, typically between 10 and 50. It can be used i
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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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Tracer Studies
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"In a tracer study, data is collected and analysed repeatedly over time. For monitoring and evaluation purposes, tracer studies are often designed to track changes at individual level, following a development intervention. However, they might also focus on other units of analysis such as communities
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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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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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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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Qualitative Medienfoschung: Ein Handbuch
Konstanz: UVK, 2nd ed. (2017), 642 pp.
"Auf die theoretischen Grundlagen qualitativer Medienforschung folgen in einem zweiten Teil die wichtigsten Fragen zum Forschungsdesign. Kern des Buches sind dabei die verschiedenen Erhebungsmethoden, wie Inhaltsanalyse, Interview, Gruppendiskussion, Beobachtung, Experiment oder szenisches Spiel. We
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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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Site internet: Audit et stratégie
Bruxelles: De Boeck (2017), 208 pp.
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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Focus Group Discussions
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"Focus group discussions are facilitated discussions, held with a small group of people who have specialist knowledge or interest in a particular topic. They are used to find out the perceptions and attitudes of a defined group of people. Focus group discussions can be applied at any stage of the pr
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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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"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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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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The Sage Handbook of Social Media Research Methods
London: Sage (2017), 709 pp.
"The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods offers a step-by-step guide to overcoming the challenges inherent in research projects that deal with 'big and broad data', from the formulation of research questions through to the interpretation of findings. The handbook includes chapters on spec
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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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