What is it about?
This article analyzes and interprets the EME in its on-line form covering all issues and articles to date in its 20 years of publication. It provides an overview of the publication's evolution, coverage, range, and author characteristics. There are also interpretations and future directions suggested.
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Why is it important?
The article is important because it blends the applied behavioral science approach of appreciative inquiry with the digital object interviewing from media ecology. It also examines the on-line form of the journal as a data-base as well as what simple counts and percentages can reveal about the respective editorial terms, media landscape, disciplinary breadth, attention to sponsoring organization mission, and contributor demographics. Data is depicted in a number of basic tables where explanation and inferences are offered. The accompanying text provides a narrative or storyline of the journal to date and indicates future possibilities.
Perspectives
The article's preparation was quite arduous as it involed much data entry and review of over 650 articles spanning the 20 years of the journal's publication so far. All the work proved satisfying in the way the article finally came together. Hopefully, the result will be useful to researchers in terms of method as well as to readers, future authors and editors regarding what the journal has addressed in the past and what could be considered in the years ahead.
Fred Cheyunski
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This page is a summary of: An Explorations in Media Ecology appreciative inquiry: Onward and upward, Explorations in Media Ecology, December 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/eme_00103_1.
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Resources
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An early article combining applied behavioral science and media ecology application
A cybernetic session for re-mapping communication environments and how technology is reshaping our media landscape or “a boogie woogie bugle ploy for helping our companies see
Another example of applied behavioral science and media ecology use
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