@article{mohr_measuring_1998,
	title = {Measuring {Meaning} {Structures}},
	volume = {24},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.345},
	doi = {10/bd3tpf},
	abstract = {The recent cultural turn in American sociology has inspired a number of more scientifically oriented scholars to study the meanings that are embedded within institutions, practices, and cultural artifacts. I focus here on research that (a) emphasizes institutional (rather than individual) meanings, (b) uses a structural approach to interpretation, and (c) employs formal algorithms or quantitative procedures for reducing the complexity of meanings to simpler structural principles. I discuss two core methodological issues—the assessment of similarities and differences between items in a cultural system and the process by which structure-preserving simplifications are found in the data. I also highlight the importance of two-mode analytic procedures and I review some of the perceived benefits and criticisms of this style of research.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2018-12-19},
	journal = {Annual Review of Sociology},
	author = {Mohr, John W.},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {345--370},
}

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