K. Macmillan et S. Mclachlan, Theory-building with Nud.ist: Using computer assisted qualitative analysisin a media case study, SOC RES ONL, 4(2), 1999, pp. NIL_135-NIL_151
We examine Nud.ist software in terms of its etheory-buildingi properties in
order to access the extent to which Nud. ist can be used, not only to deve
lop content categories, but also to develop a research method using two pot
entially incompatible approaches.
The methods, content analysis and discourse analysis, were used in a single
case study on education news in the press. Our case study, on how news abo
ut education issues gets constructed and framed by the national press into
generalized themes and narratives, was initially informed by an extensive c
ontent analysis of the news over a twelve month period. Having identified v
ariations in press coverage, we then collected large quantities of media te
xt on education issues, using Nud. ist to organize and to recode the subseq
uent data. Having categorized the news extracts our aim was to then explore
whether Nud. ist could assist a discourse analysis of the text.