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- Title
A Network Analysis of the Teachers and Graduate Students' Research Topics in the Field of Mass Communication.
- Authors
Yung-Nan Yu; Ming-Shu Yuan
- Abstract
The completion of a master's thesis requires the advisor's guidance on topic selection, data collection, analysis, interpretation and writing. The advisory committee's input also contributes to the work. This study conducted content analysis and network analysis on a sample of 547 master's theses from eight departments of the College of Journalism and Communications of Shih Hsin University to examine the relationships between the advisors and committee members as well as the connections of research topics. The results showed that the topic "lifestyle" have attracted cross-department research interests in the college. The academic network of the college is rather loose, and serving university administration duties may have broadened a faculty member's centrality in the network. The Department of Communications Management and the Graduate Institute of Communications served as the bridges for the inter-departmental communication in the network. One can understand the interrelations among professors and departments through study on network analysis of thesis as to identify the characteristics of each department, as well as to reveal invisible relations of academic network and scholarly communication.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC dissertations; ACQUISITION of data; HERMENEUTICS; REPORT writing; TECHNICAL writing
- Publication
Journal of Library & Information Studies, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
1606-7509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6182/jlis.2013.11(1).131