The application of the content analysis method in information science: a preliminary study in the context of UFMG's theses and dissertations

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Filipi Miranda
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Hamanaka, Raíssa Yuri, Pontes, Tereza Cristina Fernandes, Araújo, Webert Júnio, Maculan, Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/36060
• topic: Análise de conteúdo; Ciência da Informação; Metodologia; Análisis de contenido; Ciencias de la Información; Metodología.; Content analysis; Information Science; Methodology

It presents a mapping on the application of the content analysis method in the theses and dissertations of the School of Information Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The objective of the study is to verify which themes of Information Science apply the method of content analysis and how their techniques are being applied. The methodology applied was content analysis, specifically the thematic categorical analysis technique. The results showed that most studies that apply the content analysis method use it as a complementary method, usually during the analysis of data from interviews or documents. They also point out that the most used content analysis technique is the thematic categorical analysis.