Identifying the Relevance of Research Goals through Collecting Citizens’ Voices on Social Media

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  • Joan Cabré-Olivé University of Rovira i Virgili
  • Ramon Flecha-García University of Barcelona
  • Vladia Ionescu University of Rovira and Virgili
  • Cristina Pulido University of Barcelona
  • Teresa Sordé-Martí Autonomous University of Barcelona

https://doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.2017.2652

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Recent debates on the meaning and use of science are focused on addressing citizens’ needs or concerns of society in different fields. Researchers have developed different methodologies for capturing the relevance of topics to be addressed by research in order to map them. This article proposes a new methodology for identifying the relevance of research goals through collecting citizen’s voices on Twitter and Facebook combing two approaches: top down, starting with already defined research goals priorities, and bottom up, departing from the social media. The article presents the results of the application of this methodology through the research goals of Sustainable Development Goals to identify their relevance and if there are some topics not covered by them. Thus, researchers could integrate this methodology in their daily work and be more in line with the needs expressed by citizens in social media.

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Joan Cabré-Olivé, University of Rovira i Virgili

Postdoctoral Resarcher of Department of Pedagogy at the University of Rovira i Virgili.

 

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Department of Pedagogy - University of Rovira and Virgili

Facultat de Ciències de l'Educació Universitat Rovira i Virgili Campus Sescelades Ctra. de Valls s/n, 43007, Tarragona.

Ramon Flecha-García, University of Barcelona

Professor of the Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona

Vladia Ionescu, University of Rovira and Virgili

Phd Student of the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Rovira and Virgili at the University of Rovira and Virgili.

Cristina Pulido, University of Barcelona

Associate Professor of Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona

Teresa Sordé-Martí, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Professor of Department of Sociology at Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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Cabré-Olivé, J., Flecha-García, R., Ionescu, V., Pulido, C., & Sordé-Martí, T. (2017). Identifying the Relevance of Research Goals through Collecting Citizens’ Voices on Social Media. International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, 6(1), 70–102. https://doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.2017.2652

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