Effects research has stalled into staid reproduction of predictable results

Evidence

The entire enterprise has degenerated into mere academicism: the solemn repetition of the indubitable. Our commitments are no longer advancing but impeding inquiry, reproducing results of such studied vagueness and predictability that we threaten to bore one another to death. The surest sign of this state of affairs is the long-term retreat into method at the expense of substance, as if doing it right guarantees getting it right. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 402

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 402
• XREF: connects to: Theoretical progress means gaining new problems, not resolving old ones — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 268; The thesis remains untested despite available experimental designs; Performativity shifts analysis from model accuracy to model use effects — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 1239

Related

• The thesis remains untested despite available experimental designs (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• Theoretical progress means gaining new problems, not resolving old ones #complicates (0.55) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 268