Search term validation in agricultural economics: conceptual background and application
- Author(s)
- Richard Völker, Norbert Hirschauer, Fabienne Lind, Sven Grüner
- Abstract
Agricultural and environmental economists frequently use content analysis of textual data to gain a deeper understanding of public discourses that reflect the conflicting interests and attitudes of various stakeholders with regard to agricultural issues. These discourses encompass topics such as nitrogen leaching, climate change, biodiversity loss, and animal welfare. However, the procedural standards of content analysis established in communication studies are rarely fully adhered to due to a lack of interdisciplinary communication. This paper provides applied agricultural economists with a conceptual background to systematic search term validation to facilitate the transparent generation of high-quality databases for the content analysis of large datasets.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Communication
- External organisation(s)
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universität Rostock
- Journal
- Q Open
- Volume
- 5
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoaf012
- Publication date
- 2025
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 405002 Agricultural economics, 508007 Communication science
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development, Food Science, Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/53baf9c2-4d39-49ad-a163-de836022fdbc