Measuring Meaning Structures
Measuring Meaning Structures
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测量意义结构
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1998
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J. Mohr
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J. Mohr
最近美国社会学的文化转向激发了许多更以科学为导向的学者去研究嵌入在制度、实践和文化产物中的意义。我在这里着重于(a)强调制度（而不是个人）意义的研究，(b)使用结构方法进行解释，以及(c)使用正式算法或定量程序将意义的复杂性降低为更简单的结构原则。我讨论了两个核心方法论问题——评估文化系统中项目之间的相似性和差异性，以及在数据中发现保留结构的简化过程。我还强调了双模式分析过程的重要性，并回顾了这种研究风格的一些公认的好处和批评。
The recent cultural turn in American sociology has inspired a number of more scientifically oriented scholars to study the meanings that are embedded within institutions, practices, and cultural artifacts. I focus here on research that (a) emphasizes institutional (rather than individual) meanings, (b) uses a structural approach to interpretation, and (c) employs formal algorithms or quantitative procedures for reducing the complexity of meanings to simpler structural principles. I discuss two core methodological issues—the assessment of similarities and differences between items in a cultural system and the process by which structure-preserving simplifications are found in the data. I also highlight the importance of two-mode analytic procedures and I review some of the perceived benefits and criticisms of this style of research.