Content Analysis: general considerations, relations with the research question, the possibilities and limitations of the method

Authors

  • Ricardo Bezerra Cavalcante Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei
  • Pedro Calixto UEMG
  • Marta Macedo Kerr Pinheiro UFMG

Keywords:

Pesquisa qualitativa, Análise de Conteúdo, Metodologia

Abstract

There are different techniques for organizing and analyzing data in qualitative research and Content Analysis of these possibilities in applied social sciences. Content Analysis is composed of several techniques which tries to describe the content delivered in the communication process, whether through speech or text. Thus, Content Analysis consists of systematic procedures that provide a survey of indicators (quantitative or not) allowing the execution of inference of knowledge. This paper has proposed working on a literature review focusing on the characteristics of the method, its relations with the research question, limitations and application possibilities. To do so, proceeded to read systematically, and to endless discussions on the various surveys conducted from the use of content analysis as research method.

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Author Biographies

Ricardo Bezerra Cavalcante, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei

Doutorado em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei - Campus Centro Oeste, Brasil.

Pedro Calixto, UEMG

Mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Professor da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Marta Macedo Kerr Pinheiro, UFMG

Doutora em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Docente permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Published

2014-04-30

How to Cite

Cavalcante, R. B., Calixto, P., & Pinheiro, M. M. K. (2014). Content Analysis: general considerations, relations with the research question, the possibilities and limitations of the method. Informação &Amp; Sociedade, 24(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/ies/article/view/10000

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Artigos de Revisão