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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Deleuze and Research Methodologies
No full textDeleuzian thinking is having a significant impact on research practices in the Social Sciences not least because one of its key implications is the demand to break down the false divide between theory and practice. This book brings together international academics from a range of Social Science and Humanities disciplines to reflect on how Deleuze's philosophy is opening up and shaping methodologies and practices of empirical research
(Un)filial daughters and digital feminisms in China: The stories of awakening, resisting, and finding comrades
Get PDFThis thesis sets out to understand Chinese feminist struggles in a so-called digital era by looking at the experiences and practices of an emerging generation of digital feminists that came into light in Chinese feminist movements. Conceptually and methodologically, this research took inspirations from an interdisciplinary body of literature including feminist theory, sociology, media and cultural studies, girlhood studies and gender studies. Inspired by online ethnography and feminist participatory methodologies, it combined an online tracking of feminist events on Weibo with semi-structured interviews and social media diary study with 21 Chinese girls and young women.
This thesis explores the embedded and embodied experiences of these participants as they discover and learn about feminism, resist and challenge gender and sexual inequalities, and try to build connections with like-minded people within and beyond the digital sphere. By charting feminist responses and resistance to familial discourses and norms around girlhood and young femininity, I show the emergence of feminist subjectivities of (un)filial daughters that arises from but also comes to reconfigure gender and sexuality within a neoliberal and postsocialist context of patriarchal familism in China. I build upon the concepts of networked counterpublics and networked affects to explore how these (un)filial daughters are networked to carve out spaces for feminist discussion in social media. Employing an affective-discursive analysis, I also tune into how networked feminist resistance and alliances are formed not merely on the basis of how women and feminists talk about these issues but also how they feel
Deleuze and research methodologies
No full textDeleuzian thinking is having a significant impact on research practices in the Social Sciences not least because one of its key implications is the demand to break down the false divide between theory and practice. This book brings together international academics from a range of Social Science and Humanities disciplines to reflect on how Deleuze's philosophy is opening up and shaping methodologies and practices of empirical research. Key features - Contributors from fields throughout the social sciences demonstrate how engaging with Deleuze’s work is reshaping their research process - Questions the relationship between theory and methodology - Explores the conditions under which empirical research is conducted - Considers the effects/affects of researc
“Affect as Method: Feelings, Aesthetics and Affective Pedagogy”
No full textThis title shows how Deleuze's philosophy is shaking up research in the humanities and social sciences. French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and his work is of continuing relevance today. Now, Deleuzian thinking is having a significant impact on research practices in the Social Sciences, particularly because it breaks down the false divide between theory and practice. This book brings together international academics from a range of Social Science and Humanities disciplines to reflect on how Deleuze's philosophy is opening up and shaping empirical research. Contributors from fields throughout the social sciences demonstrate how engaging with Deleuze's work is reshaping their research processes. It questions the relationship between theory and methodology. It explores the conditions under which empirical research is conducted. It considers the effects/affects of research
(En)Gendering Difference: A fourth-wave account of K/S fanfiction as a literature, performance, and community of affect
Get PDFThis study investigates how female and queer Star Trek fans use fanfiction on Kirk and Spock (K/S) being lovers to experience feminist feelings of belonging within fandom spaces. It is based on textual analysis of popular K/S fanfiction texts, fan writer in-depth interviews, fan reader structured short interviews, and observations of writers and readers through textual comments left on K/S fanfictions. The research’s analytic focus explores norms and practices around fans’ dealing with gender, sexuality, literacy and affect through K/S. Situated at the intersection of fourth-wave feminism and fourth-wave fan studies, this thesis draws new insights from an interdisciplinary approach to slash fanfiction practices (literary theory, gender performativity, affective discourse). By conceptualising slash as an affective-discursive, queer feminist gendering practice, the subsequent feelings of belonging to the fandom make visible the relationship between community and identity. Fans develop inclusive discourses as a social practice to provide respite from hegemonic masculinity and heterosexuality, as well as offer reworkings of it. Building on earlier research about fanfiction as literature, gender performativity, and affective gift economies, the findings show Star Trek fans use Kirk and Spock to develop new normative gender and sexuality discourses. Fan writer interviews illustrate how writing K/S uses media literacy to teach discourses of equality and queer positivity. Textual analysis of fanfictions and interviews of writers illustrate how K/S enables specific discourses around ‘good’ queer relationships and ‘true’ (as opposed to harmful) masculinities. Observation of reader-writer interactions in comments left on fanfictions, as well as reader interviews, illustrate how fans experience feelings of belonging to the Star Trek fandom through the use of specific feels culture discourses—based upon an affective gift economy. K/S fans build a network of relationships through writerly practices: this thesis exposes how fandom becomes a site of fighting against social injustices together
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