%0 Journal Article %1 lang_discipline_2013 %A Lang, Annie %D 2013 %J Commun Theory %K disciplinarity general intellectual internalist media-effects sociology-of-science %N 1 %P 10--24 %R 10.1111/comt.12000 %T Discipline in Crisis? The Shifting Paradigm of Mass Communication Research %V 23 %X This article analyzes the Kuhnian paradigmatic status in the field of mass communication. It is suggested that the field's first paradigm, Media Effects, is in a state of crisis rather than a preparadigmatic state or a state of normal science. Finally, this article proposes a description of the current paradigm-in-crisis, suggests ways in which conceptions of the fundamental nature of what we are studying may be shifting, and proposes the elements of a new paradigm which may be emerging in the field.

@article{lang_discipline_2013, abstract = {This article analyzes the Kuhnian paradigmatic status in the field of mass communication. It is suggested that the field's first paradigm, Media Effects, is in a state of crisis rather than a preparadigmatic state or a state of normal science. Finally, this article proposes a description of the current paradigm-in-crisis, suggests ways in which conceptions of the fundamental nature of what we are studying may be shifting, and proposes the elements of a new paradigm which may be emerging in the field.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Lang, Annie}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/200b1a15097fec2f48234cc05849036ce/jpooley}, doi = {10.1111/comt.12000}, interhash = {3ed3d7a9c5b56c47cb6d06a470a73a92}, intrahash = {00b1a15097fec2f48234cc05849036ce}, journal = {Commun Theory}, keywords = {disciplinarity general intellectual internalist media-effects sociology-of-science}, number = 1, pages = {10--24}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Discipline in {{Crisis}}? {{The Shifting Paradigm}} of {{Mass Communication Research}}}, volume = 23, year = 2013 }