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The Boundaries of Context : Contextual Knowledge in Research on Networked Discussions. / Bodrunova, Svetlana S.
Networks in the Global World V - Proceedings of NetGloW 2020. ed. / Artem Antonyuk; Nikita Basov. Springer Nature, 2021. p. 165-179 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 181).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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T1 - The Boundaries of Context
T2 - 5th Networks in the Global World Conference, NetGloW 2020
AU - Bodrunova, Svetlana S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Today’s studies of networked discussions may be divided into theory-driven and data-driven, but both lines of research neglect the role of contextual knowledge in assessment of real-world public discourse. As scholars note, without context, data lose meaning and value; however, there is a striking vacuum of scholarly discussion on how to delineate the relevant context for network discussion studies, as well as what procedures of its description in academic publications should be employed. As a mediator between theories and data-driven results, context has a potential of eliminating the opposition between theory- and data-driven research designs. In an attempt to conceptualize context, we suggest to adapt the long-term experience of cognitive linguistics and critical discourse analysis for developing rigorous procedures of selection, assessment, and explicit description of relevant context(s). We bring attention to the paradox that, in online discussion studies, scholars extract sociologically relevant conclusions from the data of non-sociological nature (that is, either text or network structures), and argue it might be fruitful for selection of appropriate contextual background. After meta-reviewing the conceptual papers on online discussion research and using our own experience in such studies of over 7 years, we suggest three types of contexts for network discussions: cognitive, platform-technological, and media/communicative contexts – that need to be taken into account in network discussion studies.
AB - Today’s studies of networked discussions may be divided into theory-driven and data-driven, but both lines of research neglect the role of contextual knowledge in assessment of real-world public discourse. As scholars note, without context, data lose meaning and value; however, there is a striking vacuum of scholarly discussion on how to delineate the relevant context for network discussion studies, as well as what procedures of its description in academic publications should be employed. As a mediator between theories and data-driven results, context has a potential of eliminating the opposition between theory- and data-driven research designs. In an attempt to conceptualize context, we suggest to adapt the long-term experience of cognitive linguistics and critical discourse analysis for developing rigorous procedures of selection, assessment, and explicit description of relevant context(s). We bring attention to the paradox that, in online discussion studies, scholars extract sociologically relevant conclusions from the data of non-sociological nature (that is, either text or network structures), and argue it might be fruitful for selection of appropriate contextual background. After meta-reviewing the conceptual papers on online discussion research and using our own experience in such studies of over 7 years, we suggest three types of contexts for network discussions: cognitive, platform-technological, and media/communicative contexts – that need to be taken into account in network discussion studies.
KW - Cognitive context
KW - Communicative context
KW - Context
KW - Data-driven science
KW - Networked discussions
KW - Research design
KW - Social networks
KW - Technological context
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-64877-0_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-64877-0_11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85102650431
SN - 9783030648763
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 165
EP - 179
BT - Networks in the Global World V - Proceedings of NetGloW 2020
A2 - Antonyuk, Artem
A2 - Basov, Nikita
PB - Springer Nature
Y2 - 7 July 2020 through 9 July 2020
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