Not everything is changing: on the relative neglect and meanings of continuity in communication and social change research

IF 5.4 3区 材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
Olivier Driessens
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Abstract

One of the central interests of media and communication research is how technologies and communication media are involved in social and cultural change. Often such studies are rather one-sided because they disregard questions of continuity, which can lead to inadequate analyses and exaggerated claims of change. Three categories of reasons for this bias towards change are identified through a literature review. Crucially, since continuity remains an undervalued concern, we lack sophisticated theorizations and analytical approaches to study it adequately. In response, this article presents a taxonomy of continuity based on a thematic analysis of 74 articles in leading communication journals. The five observed dimensions of continuity offer scholars the vocabulary and a conceptual framework to study continuity more systematically as a complex and multi-dimensional issue. This contribution serves as a starting point towards building a theory of change and continuity, and suggestions for necessary future work are given.
并非一切都在变化:论传播与社会变迁研究中对连续性的相对忽视及其意义
媒体和传播研究的核心兴趣之一是技术和传播媒体如何参与社会和文化变革。这种研究往往是片面的,因为它们忽视了连续性问题,这可能导致分析不足和对变化的夸大。通过文献综述,确定了这种偏向变革的三类原因。至关重要的是,由于连续性仍然是一个被低估的问题,我们缺乏复杂的理论和分析方法来充分研究它。作为回应,本文基于对主流传播期刊上74篇文章的主题分析,提出了一种连续性分类法。连续性的五个维度为学者们提供了词汇和概念框架,使他们能够更系统地将连续性作为一个复杂而多维的问题来研究。这一贡献是建立变革和连续性理论的起点,并对未来必要的工作提出了建议。
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry
CiteScore
10.30
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6.20%
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1368
期刊介绍: ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.
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