Studying Similarities and Differences in Higher Education Organisations Based on Their Websites -- Comparative Methodological Approaches and Research Potential

Autor/inn/en	Lažetic, Predrag
Titel	Studying Similarities and Differences in Higher Education Organisations Based on Their Websites -- Comparative Methodological Approaches and Research Potential
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23 (2020) 1, S.75-90 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2019.1672286
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Web Sites; Information Dissemination; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Research; Governance; College Administration; College Environment; School Culture; Strategic Planning; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Research Methodology; United States; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Web-Design; Informationsverbreitung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschulumwelt; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; USA; Kanada
Abstract	This article discusses the possible ways in which visual research methodologies can be extended and applied to study similarities and differences in higher education institutions (and systems) in the context of the visual and digital turn in social science methodologies. The article focuses on the methodological potential of the institutional website analysis as a fruitful approach in comparative higher education research. The article futher focuses on two specific comparative methodological issues: different purposes of comparisons and different organisational aspects which can be compared. The review of the current state of research based on university websites found that the analyses are largely cross-sectional and focused on issues related to institutional identities and positioning of individual self-identities towards institutions as well as on representations of different types of students. Organisational aspects of structure and hierarchies, disciplinary differences, leadership and management cultures, organisational aesthetics as well studies which focus on the representation of non-student groups of university members, are rare and represent potential research frontiers. Most of the reviewed articles are guided by linear causal explanation logic, while other comparative purposes like a better description, critique and provision of alternative explanations are less present and potentially could lead to a better understanding of higher education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01