Talk:Journal of Interpretation Research

Related discussion
There's a discussion related to the focus of this journal at Talk:List of environmental journals. Contributions welcome. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 12:05, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Environmental social science
I added back the ESS category, because the vast majority of research in the field is conducted using well-established social science methodologies.

For example, these three studies were published in a representative open-access issue of the journal from 2010:


 * A qualitative thematic analysis of park interpretation in Canada
 * A mixed methods qualitative and quantitative study of visitors' responses to interpretive signs at a national park in the United States
 * A quantitative analysis of learning and attitude change in raft-trip participants at a natural area in the United States

Additionally, these studies, when conducted with the National Park Service, are generally part of the NPS' Social Science Branch as per the NPS' social science research plans. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 20:06, 20 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Works for me, thanks. This journal, like the environmental communication field more generally, must be a crossover of both the ecological humanities and environmental social sciences. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 20:33, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, which is why I left the humanities cat in place. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 22:49, 20 May 2013 (UTC)