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How to Conduct AI-Assisted (Large Language Model-Assisted) Content Analysis in Information Science and Cyber Security Research

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Publicado en:Electronics vol. 14, no. 20 (2025), p. 4104-4126
Autor principal: Whitty, Monica Therese
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MDPI AG
Materias:
Language
Data analysis
Qualitative analysis
Validity
Science
Large language models
Hypotheses
Social networks
Content analysis
Cybersecurity
Discourse analysis
Researchers
Audit trails
Natural language processing
Ethics
Generative artificial intelligence
Chatbots
Validation studies
Information science
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Resumen:The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionised natural language processing, providing unprecedented capabilities in text generation and analysis. This paper examines the utility of Artificial-Intelligence-assisted (AI-assisted) content analysis (CA), supported by LLMs, as a methodological tool for research in Information Science (IS) and Cyber Security. It reviews current applications, methodological practices, and challenges, illustrating how LLMs can augment traditional approaches to qualitative data analysis. Key distinctions between CA and other qualitative methods are outlined, alongside the traditional steps involved in CA. To demonstrate relevance, examples from Information Science and Cyber Security are highlighted, along with a new example detailing the steps involved. A hybrid workflow is proposed that integrates human oversight with AI capabilities, grounded in the principles of Responsible AI. Within this model, human researchers remain central to guiding research design, interpretation, and ethical decision-making, while LLMs support efficiency and scalability. Both deductive and inductive AI-assisted frameworks are introduced. Overall, AI-assisted CA is presented as a valuable approach for advancing rigorous, replicable, and ethical scholarship in Information Science and Cyber Security. This paper contributes to prior LLM-assisted coding work, proposing that this hybrid model is preferred over a fully manual content analysis.
ISSN:2079-9292
DOI:10.3390/electronics14204104
Fuente:Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database