Roadblocks to Democratization in Post-Gaddafi Libya and the Utilization of Content Analysis
Author:
Odemwingie OSAHON
Co-Authors:
Joseph AIHIE
Abstract:
Research in Social Sciences is carried out in stipulated procedures popularly known asthe research process. The research process amongst other stages, involves datacollection which can be done using any of the research techniques. Among thesetechniques, Interview and Questionnaire are the most commonly used by researchers.These data collection techniques are not only expensive in terms of finance, labour, andtime; they, being obtrusive in nature, also expose researchers to research hazards,precisely when conducting research in conflict plagued areas or with dangerousrespondents like cannibals, drug dealers, militias, ritualists, dictators, etc. The use ofcontent analysis - an objective, unobtrusive, and systematic method of data collectionand analysis by studying and analyzing the manifest contents of communication whichthen form the basis for drawing inferences and conclusions - thus becomesindispensable. This is informed by the fact that content analysis enables researchers toovercome the above challenges associated with the interview and the questionnairetechniques. In the course of this work, content analysis proved very potent in theexamination of roadblocks to democratization in post-Gaddafi Libya. The researcherneed not travel to war-torn and insecure Libya amidst the covid-19 pandemic tointerview or administer questionnaires to respondents. Rather, the relevant contents ofthe BBC and the VOA online news publications pertaining to democratic challenges inpost-Gaddafi Libya, were collected and analyzed based on stipulated rules of contentanalysis.
Publication Year:
2022
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