In content analysis, researchers examine a class of social artifacts-written documents or other types of messages. Suppose you want to contrast the importance of criminal justice policy and health care policy for Americans in 2004 and 2014. One option is to examine public-opinion polls from these years. Another method is to analyze articles from newspapers published in each year. The latter is an example of content analysis: the _____.

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A. This is an incorrect answer because in the example given, even though published documents in each year are analyzed, the purpose of this analysis is to analyze the communications to contrast the importance of criminal justice policy and health care policy for Americans in 2004 and 2014. Thus, it is an example of content analysis: then analysis of communications.
B. This is an incorrect answer because in the example given, even though published newspapers in each year are analyzed, the purpose of this analysis is to analyze the communications to contrast the importance of criminal justice policy and health care policy for Americans in 2004 and 2014. Thus, it is an example of content analysis: then analysis of communications.
C. This is an incorrect answer because in the example given, even though published articles in each year are analyzed, the purpose of this analysis is to analyze the communications to contrast the importance of criminal justice policy and health care policy for Americans in 2004 and 2014. Thus, it is an example of content analysis: then analysis of communications.
D. The correct answer is "D" because in the example given, even though published documents, articles and newspapers in each year are analyzed, the purpose of this analysis is to analyze the communications to contrast the importance of criminal justice policy and health care policy for Americans in 2004 and 2014. Thus, it is an example of content analysis: then analysis of communications.

In Content Analysis, Researchers Examine a Class of Social Artifacts-Written