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Content Analysis and the Algorithmic Coder: What Computational Social Science Means for Traditional Modes of Media Analysis

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To deal with ever-larger datasets, media scholars are increasingly using computational analytic methods. This article focuses on how the traditional (manual) approach to conducting a content analysis—a primary method in the study of media messages—is being reconfigured, assesses what is gained and lost in turning to computational solutions, and builds on a “hybrid” approach to content analysis. We argue that computational methods are most fruitful when variables are readily identifiable in texts and when source material is easily parsed. Manual methods, though, are most appropriate for complex variables and when source material is not well digitized. These modes can be effectively combined throughout the process of content analysis to facilitate expansive and powerful analyses that are reliable and meaningful.

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THE ANNASL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2015

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English

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978-1-5063-1463-1

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Volume 659, May 2015, pages 307-318

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Content Analysis
Computational social science
Computational content analysis
Hybrid content analysis

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