Dr. Daniel C. Hallin is Distinguished Professor of Communication Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and a member of the Executive Committee for the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance Project (JRP). Hallin is known for his work on comparative analysis of media systems. In this keynote, he reflects on the kinds of issues that arise in the effort to use large N research projects using standardized measures for comparative analysis of media systems and the relation of this kind of research to the historical-institutional tradition. He also discusses issues related to the complexity of media systems, the importance of context, and the importance of keeping in mind definitions of concepts that are rooted in different research traditions, illustrating these points in part using the JRP data he collected on the case of the United States.
