Taking Time Seriously? Theorizing and Researching Change in Communication and Media Studies. (22nd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stanyer, James; Mihelj, Sabina
• Is Part Of: Journal of communication. Volume 66:Number 2(2016:Apr.)
• Page Start: 266
• Page End: 279
• Publication Date: 2016-03-22
• Subjects: Time -- Change -- Communication -- Media; Communication -- Periodicals; Communication and traffic -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; 302.2
• DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12218
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9916

Abstract

Abstract : This article argues that in order to adequately comprehend and explain change, the field needs to engage more completely with the challenges of researching change over time, and ground the theorizing of change more firmly in empirical research. The goal of this article is to foster a more concerted discussion on these issues that will hopefully move research forward. The first part of the article reviews the breadth and diversity of existing empirical approaches to comprehending change over time across the field. The article then identifies some of the problems and oversights of current approaches and discusses possible solutions, drawing both on proposals developed by communication and media scholars and those developed in other disciplines.