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Importance of research about the Internet is growing, since the Internet is becoming more prevalent. It is necessary to figure out what kind of research has been done to determine the direction Internet-related research will pursue in the future. Thematic meta-analysis was done for this study. Four aspects of the articles were analyzed: 1) research topics, 2) a development of agenda, 3) method, and 4) theoretical application. This study contains two comparisons. The first is a comparison between Internet-related articles from two time periods: 2001 – 2005 and 1996 – 2000. The second is between articles in major communication journals and Internet-related journals. In addition, Wimmer and Dominick’s developmental model of research agenda, which contains four phases of new medium’s agenda development, was adapted. The findings are that an Internet-related research agenda has been developed and has passed Wimmer and Dominick’s second phase and entered the third phase, that recent Internet-related research has more firm methods compared with the previous five years, and that more Internet-related studies are using theories, though not many existing theories were used for the articles, which possibly means that new theories are needed to explain new communication tools or phenomena, and that articles in major journals more frequently use quantitative methods than in Internet-related journals. |
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| Woo, Chang Wan. "Internet-related research trend from 2001 to 2005: a thematic meta-analysis of major and Internet-related journals" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL, Nov 15, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p192839_index.html> |
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| Woo, C. , 2007-11-15 "Internet-related research trend from 2001 to 2005: a thematic meta-analysis of major and Internet-related journals" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p192839_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Importance of research about the Internet is growing, since the Internet is becoming more prevalent. It is necessary to figure out what kind of research has been done to determine the direction Internet-related research will pursue in the future. Thematic meta-analysis was done for this study. Four aspects of the articles were analyzed: 1) research topics, 2) a development of agenda, 3) method, and 4) theoretical application. This study contains two comparisons. The first is a comparison between Internet-related articles from two time periods: 2001 – 2005 and 1996 – 2000. The second is between articles in major communication journals and Internet-related journals. In addition, Wimmer and Dominick’s developmental model of research agenda, which contains four phases of new medium’s agenda development, was adapted. The findings are that an Internet-related research agenda has been developed and has passed Wimmer and Dominick’s second phase and entered the third phase, that recent Internet-related research has more firm methods compared with the previous five years, and that more Internet-related studies are using theories, though not many existing theories were used for the articles, which possibly means that new theories are needed to explain new communication tools or phenomena, and that articles in major journals more frequently use quantitative methods than in Internet-related journals. |
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| Internet-related Research Trends 2001-2005 1 Abstract Importance of research about the Internet is growing since the Internet is becoming more prevalent. It is necessary to figure out what kind of research has been done to determine the direction Internet-related research will pursue in the future. Thematic meta-analysis was done for this study. Four aspects of the articles were analyzed: 1) research topics 2) a development of agenda 3) method and 4) theoretical application. This study contains two comparisons. The |
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