Meta-analyses entry in Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication
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A meta-analysis is a statistical summary of the current state of research on a particular topic. Meta-analysis is an important technique to summarize the consensus within scientific scholarship on a topic. This entry summarizes the approaches of 20 meta-analysis studies published within the field of political communication. This scholarship typically uses Google Scholar and Web of Science databases to conduct searches for studies and tends to report on correlation coefficients as effect estimates. The entry concludes by reflecting upon how key trends in the field of political communication are impacting meta-analysis work.
