A standard for (qualitative) diary studies: MeTag app and MeTag analyzer

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Mobile Media & Communication Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI:10.1177/20501579221147599
L. Otto
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The MeTag mobile app and the web-interface MeTag analyzer by Hohman et al. (2022) provide an infrastructure for communication scholars conducting mobile media diaries and are filling a blind spot for (qualitative) diary research in communication science. The software meets high standards of transparency, open science, and accessibility. The user-friendly interface that does not require any coding skills from researchers as well as the detailed documentation (manual and tutorials) make it easy for researchers to conduct mobile media diary studies. While (media) diary studies are an essential part of many social sciences, including communication research, there is to date no standard software solution to conduct (qualitative) media diary studies. There are, of course, handwritten solutions, but the downside of this is well known. Besides accessibility, mobile diary studies carry further advantages even for a less literate sample: The smartphone is portable, and participants have it with them anyway. Some of the media usage reported is happening on the same device as the diary entries. It comes with the opportunity to do audio-based entries for those who are not able or willing to type (long) entries by hand into their mobile device. I will now list some of the characteristics that make the infrastructure a standard tool for media diary studies and fulfill all quality criteria for research software in the social sciences. Please let me elaborate on the mobile app first; that is, the interface where participants conduct their media diary entries.
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(定性)日记研究的标准:MeTag应用程序和MeTag分析仪
Hohman等人(2022)开发的MeTag移动应用程序和网络界面MeTag分析仪为传播学者进行移动媒体日记提供了基础设施,填补了传播科学(定性)日记研究的盲点。该软件符合透明度、开放科学和可访问性的高标准。用户友好的界面不需要研究人员的任何编码技能以及详细的文档(手册和教程),使研究人员可以轻松地进行移动媒体日记研究。虽然(媒体)日记研究是包括传播研究在内的许多社会科学的重要组成部分,但迄今为止还没有标准的软件解决方案来进行(定性)媒体日记研究。当然,也有手写的解决方案,但其缺点是众所周知的。除了可访问性之外,移动日记研究还具有其他优势,即使对文化水平较低的样本来说也是如此:智能手机是便携式的,参与者无论如何都要随身携带。一些媒体使用报告是发生在同一设备上的日记条目。对于那些不能或不愿意在移动设备上手动输入(长)条目的人来说,它提供了基于音频的条目的机会。现在,我将列出一些使基础设施成为媒体日记研究的标准工具的特征,并满足社会科学研究软件的所有质量标准。请让我先详细介绍一下手机应用;也就是说,参与者进行媒体日记条目的界面。
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期刊介绍: Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself.
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