Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?
The latest on the dissertation is that I’ve been furiously reworking the methodology section to better conform to what I’m actually doing, and I’m hoping to start submitting final draft versions of chapters in the next few weeks. I’m shooting for defense this spring.
The new version of the methodology discusses an interpretive analysis of the output of semantic network analysis software, instead of simply presenting the output of the SNA software as the findings. I’ll hopefully post some more updates as the semester progresses.
I’m also using a different software than Leximancer, which I originally used for my conference presentations. I’m now using a combination of Wordij and UCInet. Wordij (the link for the site is apparently not working) runs the text files and generates statistical information, then produces files that can be used by UCInet to output graphical representations of the word networks.
I’ll provide screenshots later.
In the meantime, you might be interested in the book Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a Media Age, which includes a chapter on blogs and emerging Christian communities by Katharine Sarah Moody. She mentions the research I’ve been doing, and a link to this blog.
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Hi Bryan, Glad to see you’re out and about here again! Thanks for plugging the book too. Also glad that the end is in sight for your thesis!!! I’m hoping to submit before the end of February, so fingers crossed of us both! x