Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires
In this article, I introduce contextualized repertoire maps as a qualitative approach to the study of news-related media use. With their origins in the sociological analysis of personal networks, egocentric network maps are adapted here to visualize patterns of media use and then contextualized with...
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doaj-85d92aeb9c0f4c9e84c320dae30f7db82020-11-25T02:33:29ZdeuFQS Forum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272020-05-0121210.17169/fqs-21.2.32352102Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media RepertoiresLisa Merten0Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-InstitutIn this article, I introduce contextualized repertoire maps as a qualitative approach to the study of news-related media use. With their origins in the sociological analysis of personal networks, egocentric network maps are adapted here to visualize patterns of media use and then contextualized with qualitative interviews and data collected during participant observation. This integrative approach is illustrated by a study of the routines and practices of news consumption within and around social media platforms. I demonstrate how the mapping exercise can complement other qualitative methods to explore the structure, meaning and processes of cross-media user practices and discuss the scope and limits for visualizing and analyzing the interrelatedness between social media platforms and traditional mass media.http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3235qualitative network researchsocial network analysisnetwork mapsrepertoire mapsintermediariesmedia repertoiresocial mediacross-media news use |
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Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires |
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Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires |
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Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires |
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Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires |
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Contextualized Repertoire Maps: Exploring the Role of Social Media in News-Related Media Repertoires |
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contextualized repertoire maps: exploring the role of social media in news-related media repertoires |
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Forum: Qualitative Social Research |
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2020-05-01 |
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In this article, I introduce contextualized repertoire maps as a qualitative approach to the study of news-related media use. With their origins in the sociological analysis of personal networks, egocentric network maps are adapted here to visualize patterns of media use and then contextualized with qualitative interviews and data collected during participant observation. This integrative approach is illustrated by a study of the routines and practices of news consumption within and around social media platforms. I demonstrate how the mapping exercise can complement other qualitative methods to explore the structure, meaning and processes of cross-media user practices and discuss the scope and limits for visualizing and analyzing the interrelatedness between social media platforms and traditional mass media. |
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qualitative network research social network analysis network maps repertoire maps intermediaries media repertoire social media cross-media news use |
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