scholarly journals Navigating Theological Resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Grace Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Responsive Design ◽  
Library Websites ◽  
Selection Of

Objectives This study assesses the navigability of a selection of American Theological Library Association and Association of Christian Librarians library websites and measures the extent to which these libraries employ responsive design. Methods This study uses quantitative content analysis.  Results The most frequent navigational path for key content was in the main text of the landing page, either through a direct hyperlink or simply as text displayed on the website. Two-thirds (66%) of the websites were found to be fully functional in their mobile versions, with only 5 (6%) partially functional and 19 (23%) not functional at all. Conclusions Theological libraries should consider their mission and resources when organizing their websites. Additionally, they should strive to include basic customer service and research assistance through their website. Putting key content in the main text of the homepage will make it more available to potential users. Libraries will do well to continue efforts toward responsive design.

scholarly journals Specificity of the coverage of European integration processes in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
I. Tarnavska
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Thematic Area ◽  
Selection Of

The publications of the Ukrainian quality national socio-political newspapers “The Day” and “Dzerkalo Tyzhnya” for the period from 2013 till 2018 are analyzed. The main trends and peculiarities of the coverage of the European Integration Processes in Ukraine are outlined, their thematic areas and methods of the audience attention-focusing techniques are presented in the chronological order. Focusing on the specificity of the reader’s preferences in the analyzed newspapers, considering the peculiarities of the presentation of the material, the author’s preferences, the nuances of the editorial policy of each media, the monitoring of publications has been conducted over the five-year period, being based on the methods of the comparative and quantitative content analysis, which allowed for identification of certain trends and principles of the presentation of topics related to the European Integration processes of Ukraine. Thus, the change in the approaches to information and analytical support of the European Integration Processes depends on the socio-political situation. The fact that the content of the chosen quality media has been selected for the research is indicative hereof. The change in rhetoric, excessive emphasis on certain nuances, the selection of individual facts – all of these print and broadcasting media methods are permanent. The quality resources should avoid the application of such approaches. On the contrary, this study focuses on the significant drawbacks of the current media practice. The obtained results show that there is a further need in deep analysis of the current trends and situation, related to the information and analytical support of the European integration processes in Ukraine and the necessity for further search of the optimal approaches towards this thematic area.

scholarly journals The construction of the Arab-Islamic issue in foreign news: Spanish newspaper coverage of the Egyptian revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 765-787
Author(s):  
Alfonso Corral ◽  
Leen d’Haenens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Foreign News ◽  
International Event

AbstractThe aim of this article is to analyze how the Spanish newspapers covered an international event such as the Egyptian spring from 2011 to 2013. From the perspective of the representation of Arab-Islamic issues, this study carries out a quantitative content analysis on the four reference newspapers in Spain (ABC, El Mundo, El País, and La Vanguardia) to find out whether there was an Islamophobic or Islamophilic treatment during the Egyptian revolution. The results of the 3,045 articles analyzed show that Spanish newspapers were remarkably interested in Egyptian events and that cultural discourses were not relevant in the coverage. However, it is necessary to specify these outcomes by newspaper, because each paper proposed its own take on the matter based on information provided by press agencies.

scholarly journals Commenting, Sharing and Tweeting News

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Almgren ◽  
Tobias Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Salient Features ◽  
Participatory Practices

Abstract Social plugins for sharing news through Facebook and Twitter have become increasingly salient features on news sites. Together with the user comment feature, social plugins are the most common way for users to contribute. The wide use of multiple features has opened new areas to comprehensively study users’ participatory practices. However, how do these opportunities to participate vary between the participatory spaces that news sites affiliated with local, national broadsheet and tabloid news constitute? How are these opportunities appropriated by users in terms of participatory practices such as commenting and sharing news through Facebook and Twitter? In addition, what differences are there between news sites in these respects? To answer these questions, a quantitative content analysis has been conducted on 3,444 articles from nine Swedish online newspapers. Local newspapers are more likely to allow users to comment on articles than are national newspapers. Tweeting news is appropriated only on news sites affiliated with evening tabloids and national morning newspapers. Sharing news through Facebook is 20 times more common than tweeting news or commenting. The majority of news items do not attract any user interaction.

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