Dimensions of diversity: Mapping the field of media and communication studies by combining cognitive and material dimensions

Buhmann, Alexander; Ingenhoff, Diana; Lepori, Benedetto

doi:10.1515/commun-2015-0010

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“…A similar expansion took place for research: for example the number of PhD students increased from less than 10 in the 1990s, to its current rate of about 150. Research also broadened in terms of subject topics, with the emergence of new topics driven by high societal demand, such as public opinion studies, health communication, and electronic communication (Buhmann et al 2015). The organization of the units is highly diverse (Table 1).…”

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“…In a previous work, this approach was adopted to examine institutional units in Swiss communication sciences; profiles have been operationalized in terms of dimensionsdistinguishing between science production, training, education, public and private transfer-and measured through a set of indicators. We were therefore able to display a large diversity of profiles, distinguishing between research and education-oriented units (Probst et al 2011;Buhmann et al 2015). Beyond these results, the specific focus of this paper will be on the change of profiles over time and on their association with resourcing.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework Resource Dependencies and Credibility mentioning

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The dynamics of university units as a multi‐level process. Credibility cycles and resource dependencies

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This paper presents an analysis of resource acquisition and profile development of institutional units within universities. We conceptualize resource acquisition as a twolevel nested process, where units compete for external resources based on their credibility, but at the same time are granted faculty positions from the larger units (department) to which they belong. Our model implies that the growth of university units is constrained by the decisions of their parent department on the allocation of professorial positions, which represent the critical resource for most units' activities. In our field of study this allocation is largely based on educational activities, and therefore, units with high scientific credibility are not necessarily able to grow, despite an increasing reliance on external funds. Our paper therefore sheds light on the implications that the dual funding system of European universities has for the development of units, while taking into account the interaction between institutional funding and third-party funding.

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“…For more in-depth discussions and detailed information on the project and on the construction of the instrument, please refer to previous articles of the authors (Probst, Lepori, & Ingenhoff, 2010;Probst, Lepori, De Filippo, & Ingenhoff, 2011;Lepori et al, 2011;Lepori, Probst, & Ingenhoff, 2012;Buhmann et al, 2015;Wise, Lepori, Ingenhoff, & Buhmann, 2015;Lepori, Wise, Ingenhoff, & Buhmann, 2016;Buhmann, Lepori, & Ingenhoff, 2017).…”

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“…This analysis yielded two clusters of units (see Buhmann et al, 2015). Classical fields of media and communication research (CMCR) is a cluster situated in the more traditional MCS topics such as mass communication, journalism studies or media audiences, reception and effects, referring to the classical theories of MCS.…”

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Evolution of a field: Swiss media and communication studies

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In this paper, we present the evolution of Swiss Media and Communication Studies over the last decade by summarizing the main results from a project funded by the Swiss University Conference (2008–2017). We give an overall picture of the growth in the field (in terms of student numbers, resources and activities), look at diversity in terms of topics (two clusters are identified and presented with respect to various indicators), present changes at the level of individual research units (where we find variance in terms of evolution), give insights into publication patterns (two different publication cultures are found) and describe mobility and career pathways in the field. We observe limited mobility within Switzerland, internal pathways at the level of doctoral students and post-docs, and international mobility, mainly within the same linguistic region, at the professorial level. We conclude that the field has reached a consolidation phase and achieved a rather stable situation, but faces new challenges, with digitalization and the pressure towards homogenization in publication output among the most important.

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“…Hingegen gibt es zur Schweizer Hochschullandschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft sozialwissenschaftlich-empirische Standortbestimmungen in Form von umfassenden «Kartografien» (Buhmann, Ingenhoff, & Lepori, 2015;Lepori, Probst, & Ingenhoff, 2012;Probst, Buhmann, Ingenhoff, & Lepori, 2019;Probst & Lepori, 2007). Diese Arbeiten erstellen anhand von verschiedenen materiellen (z.…”

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«Denn grau ist alle Theorie …» Ein empirisch fundierter Diskussionsbeitrag zur Selbstverständnisdebatte der Schweizer Kommunikationswissenschaft

Oehmer-Pedrazzi

Rohrbach

2022

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Verstärkt wird in den vergangenen Jahren in Fachzeitschriften und auf Tagungspanels über die Identität und das Selbstverständnis der Kommunikationswissenschaft diskutiert und reflektiert. Im Fokus dieser Debatten stehen die Fragen nach dem Gegenstand, den Theorien, den Methoden und damit auch nach der gesellschaftlichen Rolle und Leistungsfähigkeit der Kommunikationswissenschaft in Zeiten der Digitalisierung. Aus Schweizer Perspektive gilt es zudem nach der Rolle verschiedener Sprach- und Kulturräume sowie der stark etablierten Fachhochschulen für das Theorien- und Methodenrepertoire des Fachs und damit nach der Existenz einer Kommunikationswissenschaft «helvetischer Manier» zu fragen. Die Diskussionen werden zumeist durch die jeweilige «Brille» eigener Berufserfahrung sowie präferierter theoretisch-konzeptioneller Ansätze der FachvertreterInnen, jedoch kaum unter Berücksichtigung empirischer Daten geführt. Der vorliegende Beitrag formuliert auf der Basis einer diachronen und quantitativen Analyse von verwendeten Theorien, Methoden und Fachgegenständen an Schweizer kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Instituten Thesen zu den debattierten Fragen und stellt diese zur Diskussion. Analysiert werden studentische Abschlussarbeiten verschiedener Qualifikationsniveaus. Die bisher vor allem theoretisch und erfahrungsbasierte Debatte wird so um empirische Befunde zur «gelebten» Forschungs- und Lehrpraxis angereichert. The disciplinary identity and self-image of communication science have recently been objects of intense discussion and reflection in scholarly journals and conference panels. These debates focus on the questions of the objects, theories, methods, and thus also on the social role of communication science in times of digitalization. From a Swiss perspective, it is also necessary to ask about the role of different language and cultural areas as well as the strongly positioned universities of applied sciences on the subject’s repertoire of theories and methods and thus the existence of a communication science “Helvetian Manner.” So far, these discussions have been led through the lens of researchers’ own professional experience and their preferred theoretical and conceptual approaches. However, they lack empirical data. Based on a diachronic and synchronic quantitative analysis of the theories, methods and objects used at Swiss communication science institutes, this article derives propositions regarding the current debate and submits them for further discussion. The analysis draws on an original sample of graduate theses of different qualification levels. This study thus enriches current discussions with empirical findings on the discipline’s “lived” research and teaching practice.

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Dimensions of diversity: Mapping the field of media and communication studies by combining cognitive and material dimensions

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

The dynamics of university units as a multi‐level process. Credibility cycles and resource dependencies

The dynamics of university units as a multi‐level process. Credibility cycles and resource dependencies

Evolution of a field: Swiss media and communication studies

«Denn grau ist alle Theorie …» Ein empirisch fundierter Diskussionsbeitrag zur Selbstverständnisdebatte der Schweizer Kommunikationswissenschaft

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