TY - JOUR

T1 - Applying thematic analysis to analyse press coverage in cross-country comparative research

T2 - A qualitative study protocol

AU - Herzog, Christian

AU - Kelly, Peter

N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is part of the CODIP project which is funded by the Quality Initiative Teacher Training (Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung), a joint initiative of Federal Government and the German states. The financial means were provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Support code: 01JA2002). We also acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Leuphana University Lüneburg. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2023/6/21

Y1 - 2023/6/21

N2 - The aim of this exploratory study is to investigate similarities and differences in how the press report on school education and policy in England and Germany. For the purpose of analysing relevant regional and national press coverage, we will create four data sets. Inspired by Bourdieu’s theories of the state and work in relation to news media, and applying thematic analysis, we will investigate which specific contents are reported and how issues are covered. To provide contextual information we will also survey who is given voice in the data and which article types are prevalent. Time frame and sample size for this study are determined by balancing the partly conflicting goals of (a) paying due attention to the exploratory ethos of the investigation, (b) analysing a relatively large number of articles, and (c) working with a manageable size of the data set. On the basis of the empirical findings, we will draw conclusions about the relationship between educational policy and the press, adopting a cross-country comparative perspective.

AB - The aim of this exploratory study is to investigate similarities and differences in how the press report on school education and policy in England and Germany. For the purpose of analysing relevant regional and national press coverage, we will create four data sets. Inspired by Bourdieu’s theories of the state and work in relation to news media, and applying thematic analysis, we will investigate which specific contents are reported and how issues are covered. To provide contextual information we will also survey who is given voice in the data and which article types are prevalent. Time frame and sample size for this study are determined by balancing the partly conflicting goals of (a) paying due attention to the exploratory ethos of the investigation, (b) analysing a relatively large number of articles, and (c) working with a manageable size of the data set. On the basis of the empirical findings, we will draw conclusions about the relationship between educational policy and the press, adopting a cross-country comparative perspective.

KW - Digital media

KW - Empirical education research

KW - Media and communication studies

KW - Thematic analyses

KW - secondary data analysis

KW - press coverage

KW - cross-national comparative research

KW - sample size

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U2 - 10.1177/16094069231179433

DO - 10.1177/16094069231179433

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 22

SP - 1

EP - 6

JO - The International Journal of Qualitative Methods

JF - The International Journal of Qualitative Methods

SN - 1609-4069

ER -