| Автор | Mohr, John W. |
| Дата выпуска | 1998 |
| dc.description | The recent cultural turn in American sociology has inspired a number of more scientifically oriented scholars to study the meanings that are embedded within institutions, practices, and cultural artifacts. I focus here on research that (a) emphasizes institutional (rather than individual) meanings, (b) uses a structural approach to interpretation, and (c) employs formal algorithms or quantitative procedures for reducing the complexity of meanings to simpler structural principles. I discuss two core methodological issues—the assessment of similarities and differences between items in a cultural system and the process by which structure-preserving simplifications are found in the data. I also highlight the importance of two-mode analytic procedures and I review some of the perceived benefits and criticisms of this style of research. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Annual Reviews |
| Копирайт | Annual Reviews |
| Название | Measuring Meaning Structures |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.345 |
| Print ISSN | 0360-0572 |
| Журнал | Annual Review of Sociology |
| Том | 24 |
| Первая страница | 345 |
| Последняя страница | 370 |
| Аффилиация | Mohr, John W.; Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9430; email: mohr@sscf.ucsb.edu |
