Course: __________________

Professor: _________________
Student: _____________________________

Review of Literature Matrix

Study title Research Research Participants and Data analysis Results Strength &/or Similarities Research gap noted
problem and design used sampling design used used highlights weaknesses of the &/or across literature
questions study differences with reviews
your Study
LANGUAGE The study The qualitative Purposive sampling, Thematic The study Strengths: Similarities: A literature review
REVITALIZATION explores how research which involves selecting analysis highlights the identify a gap in the
AND NEW new design participants based on approach used complex social Thorough data Both studies use of theoretical
TECHNOLOGIES: technologies employed in their ability to provide in this study and cultural collection: The study likely utilize frameworks to
Cultures of and electronic this study. rich and informative data allowed the dynamics used a combination of qualitative guide research on a
Electronic mediation can related to the research author to gain involved in in-depth interviews, research particular topic,
Mediation and the be used to problem and questions. a rich and language participant methods to indicating a need for
Refiguring of support In this case, the author nuanced revitalization observation, and gather data and more studies that
Communities language identified individuals and understanding efforts, and the content analysis to generate are theoretically
revitalization communities engaged in of the complex potential for gather rich and diverse insights. This informed.
efforts and language revitalization social and new data on the use of new may include
contribute to efforts and made use of cultural technologies technologies for interviews, Limited diversity in
the refiguring of new technologies for dynamics and electronic language revitalization participant study samples: A
communities. electronic mediation. The involved in mediation to efforts. observation, or literature review
author also aimed to language support these Rigorous data analysis: content highlight a lack of
How do include a diverse range of revitalization efforts. The study used a analysis. diversity in the
communities stakeholders, including efforts, and thematic analysis •Both studies study samples used
negotiate and language activists, how these Also, the study approach, which is a are likely in previous
navigate the use educators, community efforts also emphasizes well-established and interested in research, indicating
of electronic leaders, and government intersect with the need to rigorous method for exploring how a need for more
mediation in officials, in order to gain a the use of new carefully analyzing qualitative language is used studies that include
language comprehensive technologies consider the data. The author also in specific diverse populations
revitalization understanding of the and electronic broader social employed a constant cultural and contexts.
efforts, and how issues at hand. mediation. and cultural comparative method to contexts, and
does this impact implications of ensure the accuracy how it is
community The sample included a these efforts, and reliability of the impacted by
dynamics and total of 78 participants, and to ensure findings. broader social
social with 46 participants in that language Cross-cultural and cultural
relationships? Maharashtra and 32 revitalization is comparison: The study processes.
participants in situated within compared language •Both studies
How does the Graubünden. The author a larger revitalization efforts in interested in in
use of electronic conducted in-depth framework of two very different language use
mediation affect interviews with each language policy cultural contexts (India and
the transmission participant and also and planning. and Switzerland), transmission.
and engaged in participant which provided
preservation of observation, attending valuable insights into Differences:
linguistic and language classes, the broader social and
cultural meetings, and cultural dynamics The focus of
knowledge, and community events to involved in these each study is
what are for gather additional data. efforts. likely to be
the long-term Engagement with quite different.
sustainability of broader social and A Semantic
linguistic and cultural issues: The Analysis
cultural study situates language Towards the
diversity? revitalization efforts Terminologies
within broader of Calatrava’s
How does the sociopolitical and Sugarcane
use of electronic economic contexts, Laborers is likely
mediation including globalization, focused on the
intersect with neoliberalism, and specific
broader language policy, which terminologies
sociopolitical helps to provide a used by farmers
and economic more comprehensive in the specific
processes? understanding of the part of the
issues at hand. Municipality of
 Calatrava, while
Weaknesses: Eisenlohr's
study is
Limited sample size: interested in
While the study broader
included a diverse questions
range of participants, around
the sample size (78 language
participants) was revitalization
relatively small, which and the use of
may limit the new
generalizability of the technologies.
findings.
Focus on specific •The cultural
technologies: The study contexts of each
primarily focuses on study are likely
the use of mobile apps, to be different,
social media platforms, which may
and online resources impact the
for language research
revitalization efforts, questions,
which may not capture methods, and
the full range of findings.
technologies being
used for these •The scope of
purposes. each study is
Limited geographical likely to be
scope: The study different, with
focused on language the Study of A
revitalization efforts in Semantic
India and Switzerland, Analysis
which may not be Towards the
representative of Terminologies
language revitalization of Calatrava’s
 efforts in other cultural Sugarcane
contexts. Laborers
Lack of reflexivity: The focuses
author does not on Jargons used
provide much by specific
reflection on their own group of
positionality and how people, while
this may have Eisenlohr's
influenced the research study is focused
process and findings. on broader
questions of
language
revitalization
and social
change.
2
3
4
References of the Articles

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143900