On Description and Replicability:A Conversation on the Production of Empirical Knowledge
Journalism and communication research needs to attend to the issue of research replicability.In this conversation,we discuss how description is a basic means for the acquisition of empirical knowledge and how replicability is a basic epistemological principle in the production of such knowledge.We then examine the papers published in the 5 top journalism and communication journals in 2023.The results show that,overall,the published empirical studies do not have a high level of replicability,especially the qualitative papers with a humanistic orientation.We analyze and interpret these results through the lens of scientific epistemology.Based on that,we offer some specific recommendations on how to improve the replicability of empirical research so that we can advance journalism and communication scholarship with an orientation toward mutual validation and improved credibility.
Descriptionreplicabilityepistemic reflexivityknowledge productionjournalism and communication research
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