Thematic Proximity in Content Analysis

This article explains how to calculate thematic proximity within a mixed methods content analysis approach. Thematic proximity of two themes can indicate the presence of meta-themes. Meta-themes are themes which acquire their meaning through the systematic co-occurrence of two or more other themes....

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Main Author:	Andreas Armborst
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:	SAGE Open
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707797

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spelling	doaj-90afc6922a1142d3a57144f866cb5ea22020-11-25T01:25:46ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402017-06-01710.1177/2158244017707797Thematic Proximity in Content AnalysisAndreas Armborst0National Center for Crime Prevention (NZK), Bonn, GermanyThis article explains how to calculate thematic proximity within a mixed methods content analysis approach. Thematic proximity of two themes can indicate the presence of meta-themes. Meta-themes are themes which acquire their meaning through the systematic co-occurrence of two or more other themes. By combining qualitative and quantitative techniques of content analysis, the researcher can reveal these latent text patterns. Using a study on Jihadi media as a showcase, the article describes how to detect meta-themes through content analysis. To this end, the article introduces a novel theme-correlation coefficient that adds valuable information to traditional theme relation metrics. It enables researchers to make new empirical observations in text data.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707797
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description	This article explains how to calculate thematic proximity within a mixed methods content analysis approach. Thematic proximity of two themes can indicate the presence of meta-themes. Meta-themes are themes which acquire their meaning through the systematic co-occurrence of two or more other themes. By combining qualitative and quantitative techniques of content analysis, the researcher can reveal these latent text patterns. Using a study on Jihadi media as a showcase, the article describes how to detect meta-themes through content analysis. To this end, the article introduces a novel theme-correlation coefficient that adds valuable information to traditional theme relation metrics. It enables researchers to make new empirical observations in text data.
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Thematic Proximity in Content Analysis

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