%0 Journal Article %1 chang_mass_2005 %A Chang, Tsan-Kuo %A Tai, Zixue %D 2005 %J Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly %K citation-analysis intellectual internalist journalism sociology-of-science %N 3 %P 672--694 %R 10.1177/107769900508200312 %T Mass Communication Research and the Invisible College Revisited: The Changing Landscape and Emerging Fronts in Journalism-Related Studies %V 82 %X The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to chart the changing landscape of mass communication research in journalism-related studies over the past two decades and, second, to determine the contemporary form and content of the invisible college in the field through its intellectual configuration and structural interaction. A simple citation count is inadequate; the analysis of co-citation networks should be a better indication of the field's effort to build on its theoretical foundation. The findings suggest that there is some sort of theoretical and methodological convergence in contemporary journalism-related studies.

@article{chang_mass_2005, abstract = {The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to chart the changing landscape of mass communication research in journalism-related studies over the past two decades and, second, to determine the contemporary form and content of the invisible college in the field through its intellectual configuration and structural interaction. A simple citation count is inadequate; the analysis of co-citation networks should be a better indication of the field's effort to build on its theoretical foundation. The findings suggest that there is some sort of theoretical and methodological convergence in contemporary journalism-related studies.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Chang, Tsan-Kuo and Tai, Zixue}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a4e4166fe103586fcf7b1972b031fd86/jpooley}, doi = {10.1177/107769900508200312}, interhash = {2a6efa4421f8ba7430be588acdd70c64}, intrahash = {a4e4166fe103586fcf7b1972b031fd86}, journal = {Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly}, keywords = {citation-analysis intellectual internalist journalism sociology-of-science}, month = jan, number = 3, pages = {672--694}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Mass {{Communication Research}} and the {{Invisible College Revisited}}: {{The Changing Landscape}} and {{Emerging Fronts}} in {{Journalism}}-{{Related Studies}}}, volume = 82, year = 2005 }