Deadly divide: Malawi’s policy debate on HIV/AIDS and condoms

Abstract

Condoms, HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Science, Content analysis, Policy sciences, National Assembly,

Debated agronomy: public discourse and the future of biotechnology policy in Ghana

“…An effective content analysis depends on the ability to identify these policy claims and supporting data. Similar to previous research, we paid attention to connecting words such as “hence”, “thus” and “because” in identifying policy claims and substance (Mkandawire et al, 2011). …”

“…Manual content analysis involves scrutinising all material text containing claims and counterclaims relating to the topic of interest (Mkandawire, Luginaah, & Bezner-Kerr, 2011). Policy debate typically comprises a claim and supporting data, which is either explicit or implicit (Howland et al, 2006).…”

“…Codes are assigned to a particular text or medium of communication depending on the researcher’s interest (Mkandawire et al, 2011). For the purpose of this study, arguments were analysed in three inter-connected levels.…”

“…Emphasis was put on validity and rigour in data analysis. For instance, the inter-coder reliability technique was applied with two authors individually coding the same articles and comparing the results for consistency (see Mkandawire et al, 2011). Coded messages were then embedded onto original text to ensure that the derived meaning was not out of context.…”

Management challenges of urban biosolids: narratives around facility siting in rural Ontario

“…Howland, Larsen, and Prelli (2006) described content analysis as a methodology for data collection and analysis of the rhetorical landscape of policy formation, which allows the policy scientist to describe the social processes surrounding public policy debate. Howland, Larsen, and Prelli's (2006) framework is versatile in that while it was originally developed to analyse the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty, other researchers have also adapted it in a varied range of environmental and social contexts; examples include Bengston et al (2009) andMkandawire, Luginaah, andBezner-Kerr (2011). As a method for gathering and analysing text, content analysis has been known to both create new knowledge and directly influence social policy (Neuman and Robson 2008;Hesse-Biber, Nagy and Leavy 2004;Laswell 1971).…”