scholarly journals Communication research in Spain: Weaknesses, threats, strengths and opportunities

Comunicar ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (56) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Caffarel-Serra ◽  
Félix Ortega ◽  
Juan-Antonio Gaitán
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Two Phases

This article presents the methodological strategies, results and a critical analysis of the national research project MapCom “The Research Sphere on Communication Studies Social Practices, Map of Projects, Groups, research objects and methods”. We present the results obtained within the first two phases of the research project. The complete sample of objects for analysis was selected within this time span, all doctoral research and research projects were included. We performed a specific analysis of descriptive variables associated to gender, objects of study, funding, more present methodologies, as well as a comparative analysis between research projects and doctoral theses from a perspective of the objects of study and the methodologies implemented. We contextualize the work with a comparative analysis of research in Social Science and Humanities in the same period analysed in Spain. We performed an analysis of the weaknesses, threats, strengths and opportunities which were detected within the analysis, and we propose recommendations aimed at developing a “Strategic Action Plan for Competitive Research in Communication”. The analysis of this research concludes with the observation of similarities between the objects of study, but also of the differences between the objectives of the investigations when we compare doctoral theses and research projects in the analysed period. We also carried out a comparative analysis of the 12 most relevant universities in Spain, in order to identify differences, similarities and research patterns in research teams or groups, associate doctoral programs and universities. Este artículo presenta las estrategias metodológicas, los resultados y un análisis crítico del proyecto de investigación nacional MapCom «El sistema de investigación en España sobre prácticas sociales de Comunicación, Mapa de Proyectos, Grupos, Líneas, Objetos de estudio y Métodos». Se ofrecen los resultados obtenidos de las dos primeras fases del proyecto de investigación en el conjunto del país y muestra total seleccionada de los objetos de estudio, tesis doctorales y proyectos de investigación. Se realiza un análisis específico de variables descriptivas asociadas a género, objetos de estudio, financiación, metodologías más presentes, así como un análisis comparado entre proyectos de investigación y tesis doctorales desde una perspectiva de los objetos de estudio y las metodologías implementadas. El trabajo se contextualiza con un análisis comparativo de la investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades en el mismo periodo analizado en España. Se hace un análisis de las debilidades, amenazas, fortalezas y oportunidades que han sido detectadas y se ofrecen recomendaciones orientadas a desarrollar un «Plan de Acción Estratégico para la Investigación Competitiva en Comunicación». El análisis concluye con la constatación de las semejanzas entre los objetos de estudio, pero también de las diferencias entre los objetivos de las investigaciones cuando se comparan tesis doctorales y proyectos de investigación en el periodo analizado. Se lleva a cabo igualmente un análisis comparativo de las 12 universidades con mayor relevancia en España, con el objeto de detectar diferencias, similitudes y patrones de investigación en grupos de investigación, doctorados asociados y universidades.

Theoretical and Empirical Comparative Analysis on Quantitative and Qualitative Marketing Researches

2015 ◽  
pp. 1712-1730
Author(s):  
Piotr Tarka ◽  
Mirosława Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Methodological Aspects

This chapter focuses on the similarities and differences between quantitative and qualitative marketing research projects and the possibilities of combining them in triangulation. The comparative analysis of both types of the research was conducted on the basis of literature review and the empirical research results, which were obtained from the evaluation of usability of Polish bank website. In the following sections, the authors discuss issues such as: 1) specificity of quantitative vs. qualitative marketing research, with regards to the implemented research projects; 2) methodological aspects of quantitative and qualitative research. They compare the selected research and sampling methods. Also, the problems which may occur with reference to quantitative and qualitative marketing research triangulation on different stages of the research project are discussed. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses of triangulation are analyzed. At the end, the example of quantitative and qualitative triangulation in the research project investigating the usability of websites is presented.

scholarly journals Análisis de esquemas de metadatos para catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Milton Campoverde Molina ◽  
Jenny Vizñay Durán ◽  
Silvia Vintimilla Jara
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Virtual Machine ◽  
Average Level ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Dublin Core ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Este artículo revela el análisis comparativo de los esquemas de metadatos MARC21, MODS, DUBLIN CORE y OPAC en la catalogación y publicación de tesis y proyectos de investigación en el repositorio DSpace. Inicia con la elaboración y aplicación de una encuesta a los administradores bibliotecarios de las instituciones: Universidad de Cuenca, Universidad del Azuay, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana y la Biblioteca Municipal de la ciudad de Cuenca, con el fin de determinar el esquema de metadatos empleado en la catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación. Luego se realiza la instalación de una Máquina Virtual bajo el sistema operativo Ubuntu, utilizando la herramienta tasksel se instalan los requisitos previos a la instalación de DSpace, configuración del repositorio DSpace y publicación de los contenidos de tesis y proyectos de investigación dentro del repositorio. Se concluye que el metadato que predomina dentro de los repositorios DSpace es el Dublin Core y es el que mejor se adecua para la catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación, en las pruebas con estudiantes y profesores en los tres aspectos: técnico, de uso y funcional. El esquema de metadato Dublin Core en el repositorio DSpace es calificado como excelente, presentando un nivel medio de complejidad en el registro de documentos. ABSTRACT This article reveals the comparative analysis of metadata schemas MARC21, MODS, DUBLIN CORE and OPAC in cataloging and publication of thesis and research projects in the DSpace repository. It begins with the development and implementation of a survey to library administrators of the following institutions: University of Cuenca, Azuay University, Catholic University of Cuenca, Salesian University and the Municipal Library of the city of Cuenca, in order to determine the schema metadata used in cataloging thesis and research projects. Then a virtual Machine was installed under the Ubuntu operating system. By using the tasksel tool the prerequisites are installed previous to the installation of DSpace, DSpace repository configuration and publication of the contents of thesis and research projects within the repository. It is concluded that the metadata that prevails within the DSpace repositories is the Dublin Core and it is the one best fits for cataloging thesis and research projects, in tests with students and teachers in the three aspects: technical, use and functional. The Dublin Core metadata schema in the repository DSpace is rated as excellent, having an average level of complexity in registration documents.

Theoretical and Empirical Comparative Analysis on Quantitative and Qualitative Marketing Researches

2015 ◽  
pp. 137-155
Author(s):  
Piotr Tarka ◽  
Mirosława Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Methodological Aspects

This chapter focuses on the similarities and differences between quantitative and qualitative marketing research projects and the possibilities of combining them in triangulation. The comparative analysis of both types of the research was conducted on the basis of literature review and the empirical research results, which were obtained from the evaluation of usability of Polish bank website. In the following sections, the authors discuss issues such as: 1) specificity of quantitative vs. qualitative marketing research, with regards to the implemented research projects; 2) methodological aspects of quantitative and qualitative research. They compare the selected research and sampling methods. Also, the problems which may occur with reference to quantitative and qualitative marketing research triangulation on different stages of the research project are discussed. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses of triangulation are analyzed. At the end, the example of quantitative and qualitative triangulation in the research project investigating the usability of websites is presented.

scholarly journals Navigating methodological perspectives in Doctoral research through creative practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirstine Riis ◽  
Camilla Groth
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Over Time

Academic research in crafts, conducted by crafts persons from an insider perspective and through practice-led approaches, is still just emerging and ways of conducting research is developing with each research project. Through this article, we try to navigate the field from a doctoral candidate’s perspective, presenting the research field and some central issues commonly confronted with in regards to epistemology, methodology and methods. We exemplify the arguments made through our own doctoral projects to make our points more concrete. The article discusses the methodological perspectives of these research projects, how and why they developed and changed over time and influences posed by outer circumstances. We especially point to the challenges and opportunities of practice-led research in crafts and highlight the relevance and type of contribution to be had and its meaningfulness for the practice field and related education.

Drawing birdsong: A comparative analysis between the electronic and the human

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-332
Author(s):  
Harriet Carter
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Manual Methods ◽  
A Site

This research project explores the different ways in which mechanical and manual methods of drawing provide a visual encounter with birdsong. Bruyninckx (2018) has documented historical comparisons of spectrogram analysis and manual music-based graphic transcription in the field of ornithology. Moving away from the field of ornithology in the context of artist research, this project provides a comparative analysis of drawing processes between machine and human. Specifically, between a spectrogram depicted in Audacity®, manual notations and printmaking from encounters with birdsong recordings in the natural landscape. This research aims to explore how drawing from encounters with birdsong in the landscape informs how experiences with sound are visually interpreted. In doing so, I highlight the limitations of and similarities between the two different modalities of drawing. Specifically, I compare drawing processes in the mechanical empiricism of the spectrogram and manual gestures created during moments of perceived embodied experience. The comparative analysis considers how each drawing process articulates the complexity and ephemerality of birdsong. It investigates whether it may be lost or conversely made tangible through the different forms of transcription and composition. Whilst phenomenological theory often underpins investigations exploring embodied experiences, it was not feasible to include it into a research project of this size. Instead, there is potential to build on aspects of phenomenology in future research. In doing so, it can expand on the drawing methods and findings of embodied encounters with the natural landscape. This project has stemmed from my doctoral research that interrogates transposition between the auditory and visual through natural and musical interpretations of birdsong. Transposition as a site of an embodied encounter is explored via my painting practice.

Playing with Positionality?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kingston
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civil War ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Associational Life ◽  
Political Dynamics ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

The chapter outlines how researchers take on different roles and positionalities as they adapt to the field, moving, for instance, from that of an “outsider” laden with externalized theoretical assumptions and having few contacts with and knowledge of the research site to one approaching, to varying degrees, that of a “pseudo-insider.” Indeed, the argument here is that researchers make choices when moving from outsider to insider roles (and between them), contingently adapting their positionality in the hope to better understand the political dynamics that underlie research projects. The setting is post-civil war Lebanon and the research project revolves around an examination of the micropolitics of civil society and associational life in this re-emerging but fragmented polity.

Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-115
Author(s):  
Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell ◽  
Emily Reeve ◽  
Anne Cumming ◽  
Ian A. Scott ◽  
Sarah N. Hilmer
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Strategic Action

scholarly journals Utilising Mood Boards as an Image Elicitation Tool in Qualitative Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 136078042199348
Author(s):  
Simon Spawforth-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Visual Method ◽  
Data Collection Method ◽  
Elicitation Methods ◽  
And Gender

The use of image elicitation methods has been recognised in qualitative research for some time; however, the use of mood boards to prompt participant discussion is currently an under-researched area. This article explores the use of mood boards as a data collection method in qualitative research. Used in design disciplines mood boards allow designers to interpret and communicate complex or abstract aspects of a design brief. In this study, I utilise mood boards as being part creative visual method and part image elicitation device. The use of mood boards is explained here in the context of a research project exploring masculinity and men’s reflexivity. In this article, I consider the benefits of utilising this method in researching reflexivity and gender before offering a critical appraisal of this method and inviting others to explore how mood boards might enhance research projects involving elicitation.

scholarly journals Exploring language attitudes in ELF research: Contrasting approaches in conversation

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 74-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomokazu Ishikawa ◽  
Sonia Morán Panero
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Ontological Position ◽  
Linguistic Phenomenon

AbstractWith reference to two recent doctoral research projects on ELF, the present article examines the characterisation of language attitudes as either stable or variable evaluative phenomena, and provides a detailed account of methodological practices that may be favoured from each ontological position. The durability of language attitudes is more specifically conceptualised as a stable (but not enduring) construct directed to a linguistic phenomenon in one thesis, and as variable and emergent forms of evaluative social practice around a language-related issue in the other. With these two different approaches in conversation, the authors consider the extent to which stability and variability of language attitudes may be two sides of the same coin, and question whether it is safe to assume a priori the inferability of stable language attitudes from the observation of evaluative practice. This article evidences the need for ELF researchers working in this area to contemplate what and how it is being researched in the name of language attitudes while having awareness of possible alternatives in any given study.

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