ABSTRACT This paper raises questions about the reliability of findings arising from an online publishing environment. Focusing on a case study of the Victorian media’s reporting of violence against women, it argues that many studies that are presented as accurate and empirical representations of online media coverage may be questionable. This is because of the increasingly inconsistent and ad hoc nature of the online databases used to collect the content. This raises deep problems surrounding the findings and claims that can be made by media research and the future of empirical media analysis. There are warnings of the inadequacy of standard methods used to collect content and suggestions are made such as, triangulation of different databases and the combination of computational and human methods. However, there is no definitive solution to this problem nor are there set protocols on how to proceed in this area of study. This paper aims to provide the research community with a transparent account of the challenges and decisions made when grappling with the issue of collecting online news content. It is suggested that a more proactive collaboration between newsroom archivists, database services and researchers is needed going forward.

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搜索在线新闻内容：挑战和决策

摘要本文提出了有关在线发布环境中调查结果的可靠性的问题。重点关注维多利亚州媒体对妇女的暴力行为报道的案例研究，它认为许多以在线媒体报道的准确和实证表现形式呈现的研究可能存在疑问。这是因为用于收集内容的在线数据库的不一致和临时性越来越大。这引发了围绕媒体研究和实证媒体分析的未来可以得出的结论和主张的深层问题。有人警告说，用于收集内容的标准方法不足，并提出了建议，例如，对不同数据库进行三角剖分以及将计算方法与人工方法相结合。然而，这个问题没有确定的解决方案，也没有关于如何在该研究领域进行的既定协议。本文旨在为研究社区提供一个透明的帐户，说明在解决收集在线新闻内容问题时所面临的挑战和决​​策。建议在新闻编辑室，数据库服务人员和研究人员之间进行更积极的合作。