Université de Fribourg

Dimensions of diversity : mapping the field of media and communication studies by combining cognitive and material dimensions

Buhmann, Alexander ; Ingenhoff, Diana ; Lepori, Benedetto

In: Communications, 2015, vol. 40, no. 3, p. 267-293

In this study we empirically map the field of media and communication studies (MCS) by focusing on relationships between cognitive dimensions (such as research topics and approaches) on the one hand and material dimensions (such as funding and institutionalization) on the other. Our analysis, which focuses on the field of MCS in Switzerland, identifies two clusters of research institutions...