Doctoral Dissertaton Research: Public Discourse and Public Opinion, Perspectives on Single-Parent Families, Working Wives and Mothers and Family Size

博士论文研究：公共话语与舆论、单亲家庭视角、职业妻子和母亲以及家庭规模

• 批准号: 0117613
• 负责人: Sara McLanahan
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-08-01 至 2003-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertaton; Research; Public; Discourse

This project explores public discourse regarding three developments that transformed the American family during the twentieth century. They are the rise in single-parent families, the increase in wives and mothers working outside the home, and the decline in family size. Public discourse on these topics may differ in popular magazines and scholarly journals, and may change with demographic developments and public opinion. The project therefore addresses these central questions: 1) What causes the quantity of media and scholarly discourse on these topics to change over time? 2) How important are demographic trends, conditions within journalism and academia, competition from other social problems, and interaction between scholars and journalists in explaining the changing quantity of this discourse? 3) How does the content of media and scholarly discourse on these topics compare and relate over time? 4) How do changes in the content of media and scholarly discourse relate to changes in public opinion on these topics? Using time-series data to answer the first two questions, and content analysis to answer the second two, the study examines both the quantity and content of public discourse over an entire century.

该项目探讨了有关在20世纪改变美国家庭的三个发展的公开论述。 它们是单亲家庭的兴起，妻子和母亲在家外工作的增加以及家庭规模的下降。 关于这些主题的公众讨论可能在流行杂志和学术期刊上有所不同，并且可能会随着人口发展和舆论而改变。 因此，该项目解决了这些中心问题：1）是什么导致媒体数量和有关这些主题的学术论述的数量随着时间的流逝而改变？ 2）人口趋势，新闻业和学术界内的条件，其他社会问题的竞争以及学者与新闻工作者之间的互动在解释这种话语的变化方面有多重要？ 3）媒体的内容和关于这些主题的学术论述的内容如何随着时间的流逝进行比较和联系？ 4）媒体内容和学术话语内容的变化与这些主题的公众舆论变化有何关系？ 使用时间序列数据回答前两个问题，以及内容分析回答第二个问题，研究研究了整个世纪的公共话语的数量和内容。