Obsahová analýza / formální obsahová analýza / kvantitativní obsahová analýza
Content analysis is one of the basic tools used for quantitative treatment of data. Its theoretical framework was developed mainly in connection with American sociology of communication during the second half of 20th century.
Ilona Dvořáková
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Digital traces occur as a consequence of using digital devices or applications, but they can also be produced intentionally, as in the case of self-tracking activities.
Bernadette Kneidinger-Müller
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Identity, Discourse, and Rehabilitation in Parole Hearings in the United States [PDF]
Research on parole in the United States has primarily followed a deterministic approach, favoring an examination of variables contributing to release.
Lavin-Loucks, Danielle +1 more
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Addressing risk challenges in a changing financial environment: the need for greater accountability in financial regulation and risk management [PDF]
The need for continuous monitoring and regulation is particularly attributed to, and justified by, the inevitable presence of risks and uncertainty – both in terms of certain externalities and indeterminacies which are capable of being reasonably ...
Ojo, Marianne
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Población inmigrante y espacio urbano: Indicadores de segregación y pautas de localización
Dado el importante crecimiento de la población inmigrante en España, es interesante estudiar su distribución sobre el territorio urbano. Desde la estadística se han propuesto diferentes indicadores que tienen una larga tradición, y que permiten ...
Joan Carles Martori +2 more
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Does Language Determine Our Scientific Ideas? [PDF]
SummaryThis paper argues that the influence of language on science, philosophy and other field is mediated by communicative practices. Where communications is more restrictive, established linguistic structures exercise a tighter control over innovations
Callaway, H. G.
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Sociology of daily self-quantification practices : the use of digital data in question
This thesis focuses on the daily practices of quantification through digital devices to highlight individuals’ discourse and usage. Using a sociological and historical perspective on the body quantification and on the legitimation of digital technologies, it seeks to understand how self-measurement fits with trajectories and temporalities.
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Estimating the Middle Class in Pakistan [PDF]
The concept ‘middle class’ is one of the most commonly used terms in the social sciences, including economics, sociology and political science. Despite its frequent use there is, however, no consensus on what the term exactly implies and its meaning ...
Durr-e-Nayab
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Financial Regulation and Risk Management: Addressing Risk Challenges in a Changing Financial Environment [PDF]
Amongst other things, this paper aims to address complexities and challenges faced by regulators in identifying and assessing risk, problems arising from different perceptions of risk, and solutions aimed at countering problems of risk regulation.
Ojo, Marianne
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Institutional entrepreneurs as translators : a comparative study in an emerging activity. [PDF]
This paper analyzes the reasons why some institutional entrepreneurship strategies failed to translate an institution while other succeeded, by paying a specific attention to the interaction between material and discursive dimensions in the translation ...
Déjean, Frédérique +3 more
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