scholarly journals The Europe of Brexit: a corpus-assisted discourse study of identities in the press

2021 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Carmen Pena Díaz ◽  
María del Mar Sánchez Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Media Discourse ◽  
The Press ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
Media Power ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Newspaper Articles

Drawing on a what is known as corpus-assisted discourse study (CADS) approach (Baker et al., 2008), this article will research the construction of different identities by means of the language used in two newspaper articles on Brexit from the Spanish El País and the British The Guardian, to examine how these identities are constructed through media discourse at the time following the Brexit referendum (2016-2018). Media discourse surrounding Brexit is examined under the consideration of media power. A comparable corpus made up of original newspaper articles about Brexit was used to carry out the analysis, identifying statistically significant keywords compared with a reference corpus with the aim of providing an example of how the British and Spanish press construct identity.

Ideology, metaphor and persuasion in times of elections: a corpus-based study of British and Spanish economic reports

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 223-246
Author(s):  
María Muelas Gil
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
The Press ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Critical Metaphor Analysis ◽  
The Media ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
The Guardian

Metaphor has been studied as a pervasive and intrinsic discourse tool over the last decades in many different types of discourse (Lakoff and Johnson 1980, Semino 2008, Kövecses 2010, etc.). Considering the strong effect it has on the discourse participants and how it can persuade them towards one side, action, or thought (Charteris-Black 2004, Silaski 2012), it is necessary to study it when the timeframe and the discourse where it is used are ideologically loaded. Based on recent studies on metaphor in economics (Alejo 2010, Herrera-Soler and White 2012, Soares da Silva et al. 2017), metaphor in the press (Koller 2004/2008) and metaphor and ideology (Goatly 2007, Silaski 2012), this article presents a corpus-based study of metaphor in reports of economic affairs in the English and Spanish press during the pre-election week of 2015. The corpus (about 160,000 words) consists of reports published by six newspapers that support different political spheres (left, centre and right): The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph in English, and Público, El País and ABC in Spanish. From a Critical Metaphor Analysis perspective (Charteris-Black 2004), the study starts from the hypothesis that the political stand of each newspaper might condition the metaphors. Indeed, metaphors pointing at certain side of political spheres appear in all the sub-corpora of the study, but in distinctive ways, as will be shown. In any case, critical factors such as cognitive and cultural reasons beyond the political stand of the media in question need to be acknowledged as well, which conveys further and more comprehensive analyses.

scholarly journals Migratory movements in the press of Spanish-speaking countries (2017)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-224
Author(s):  
Luis Guerra Salas ◽  
María Elena Gómez Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Mining Technique ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Press ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
Migratory Movements ◽  
Specific Search

AbstractThe aim of this article is to analyze journalistic texts on migratory movements appeared on the main newspapers of Spanish-speaking countries along 2017. The focus is put on the subjects that the newspapers highlight, the regions selected and the linguistics elections being made. The research has a multidisciplinary approach that uses the concept of representation, as being used in linguistics pragmatics and cultural anthropology. We use the database Factiva® as the starting point to collect the journalistic pieces that we use for our analysis. The search has been refined using linguistic, contextual, geographic and chronological criteria. Two sub-corpora have been built with the texts obtained through the search. One focuses strictly on Spanish press and the second one is related to the Hispanic area (seven newspapers have been chosen to build this corpus, and each one of them represents one of the seven ample dialectal areas of Spanish language). The qualitative analysis is based on the key words of each of these sub-corpora; such key words are stablished from a text-mining technique that offers the most relevant words and sentences of the first 100 texts obtained through every specific search.

The discursive construction of accountability for communicative action to citizens: A contrastive analysis across Israeli and British media discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-632
Author(s):  
Elda Weizman ◽  
Anita Fetzer
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Action ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Discourse Communities ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Online Journalism ◽  
British English ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Daily Telegraph ◽  
The Guardian

Abstract This paper sets up to show how accountability for communicative action is constructed in online journalism as an object of talk, comparing British English and Israeli Hebrew discourse communities. The analysis utilizes a discourse-pragmatic frame of reference supplemented by cognitive semantics and corpus-assisted tools. The discussion draws on data collected from the websites of The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph, Ha’aretz and Ynet. Focusing on self- and other-positioning of commenters and columnists as citizens, we explore how the accountability of the elite for communicative action and the accountability of their actions to citizens are discursively constructed by ordinary persons (in their role as commenters) and by non-ordinary persons (in their role as columnists, including journalists, experts and authors). The analysis indicates conceptual similarities coupled with discursive differences between the discourse communities under study.

scholarly journals Iraq, the Pentagon and the battle for Arab hearts and minds

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Patrick Ensor
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
The Press ◽  
Saddam Hussein ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Hearts And Minds

Two months after ‘liberating’ Iraq, the Anglo-American authorities in Baghdad decided to control the new and free Iraqi press. Newspapers that publish ‘wild stories’, material deemed provocative or capable of inciting ethnic violence, are being threatened or shut down. A controlled press is a ‘responsible press — just what Saddam Hussein used to say about the press his deposed regime produced. In this edition of Pacific Journalism Review, essays by media commentators present several perspectives on the war and its aftermath. Patrick Ensor gives an overview, Louise Matthews provides media context for the war, John Pilger challenges journalists, Mohamed Al-Bendary profiles the pan-Arab satellite boom, and Alastair Thompson and Russell Brown examine the New Zealand media connection. Cartoonists Steve Bell (The Guardian) and Deven (Le Mauricien) add their views. Critical of the ‘embedded’ media, Bell laments: ‘There’s never been a more dangerous time to be a journalist at war.’

scholarly journals A Dislexia do Desenvolvimento nas páginas dos jornais: uma análise das matérias sobre o distúrbio publicadas nos três maiores jornais do Brasil no período 2010 – 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Vera Helena Gomes Wielewicki ◽  
Elerson Cestaro Remundini
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
School Community ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Press ◽  
Newspaper Articles

O presente artigo consiste numa análise das dezesseis matérias sobre dislexia publicadas nos três jornais de maior circulação do Brasil desde 2010, com intuito de verificar como a imprensa tende a abordar o distúrbio e, consequentemente, a que tipo de informações referentes a ele os leitores têm acesso. Este trabalho também teve por objetivo investigar se o conteúdo das matérias tem o potencial de esclarecer questões relacionadas à dislexia, promovendo, assim, uma divulgação responsável do tema. Esta iniciativa se justifica pela premissa de que informar sobre a dislexia é crucial para que a comunidade escolar (professores, alunos e pais) se torne cada vez mais apta a lidar com o problema. O arcabouço teórico desta pesquisa conta com contribuições de Behan (2001), Boder (1983) e Johnson & Myklebust (1983), dentre outros. Com elas foi confrontado o conteúdo das matérias dos jornais O Globo, Folha de São Paulo e O Estadão. Trata-se, portanto, de revisão bibliográfica aplicada para avaliar a acurácia e a relevância das matérias. Os resultados revelaram que, apesar de algumas divergências e pontos negativos, elas, em sua expressiva maioria, apresentam potencial de contribuição para o esclarecimento de questões concernentes à dislexia do desenvolvimento.Palavras-chave: Dislexia do Desenvolvimento; Matérias Jornalísticas; Informação. Developmental Dyslexia in the news: an analysis of newspaper articles about the disorder published in the three largest Brazilian newspapers between 2010 and 2017ABSTRACTThis study is an analysis of sixteen newspaper articles about dyslexia published in the three main Brazilian newspapers between 2010 and 2017, in order to verify how the press tends to approach the disorder and, consequently, what type of information is at the readers’ disposal. This research also aimed at investigating if the content conveyed by the sixteen articles is potentially capable of providing readers with awareness of important aspects of dyslexia, thus spreading information about the disorder in a responsible way. This work is based on the premise according to which providing the population with information on dyslexia is pivotal for enabling the school community (teachers, students and parents) to face the problem. The theoretical framework includes contributions by Behan (2001), Benton (1980) and Johnson & Myklebust (1983), among others. The content of the newspaper articles by O Globo, Folha de São Paulo and O Estadão was then set against the theoretical framework. It is, therefore, a bibliographic review applied in an evaluation of the accuracy and relevance of the articles’ content. The results point that, despite some mismatching and negative aspects, most of the articles present potential contribution for raising readers’ awareness of issues related to the disorder.Keywords: Developmental Dyslexia; Newspaper Articles; Information. La dislexia del desarrollo en las noticias: un análisis de las materias sobre el trastorno publicadas en los tres mayores diarios de Brasil entre 2010 y 2017.RESUMENEl presente artículo consiste en un análisis de las dieciséis materias sobre dislexia publicadas en los tres diarios de mayor circulación de Brasil desde 2010, con la intención de verificar cómo la prensa tiende a abordar el disturbio y, en consecuencia, a qué tipo de informaciones referentes a él los lectores tienen acceso. Este trabajo también tuvo como objetivo investigar si el contenido de las materias tiene el potencial de aclarar cuestiones relacionadas con la dislexia, promoviendo, así, una divulgación responsable del tema. Esta iniciativa se justifica por la premisa de que informar sobre la dislexia es crucial para que la comunidad escolar (profesores, alumnos y padres) se vuelva cada vez más apta a lidiar con el problema. La fundamentación teórica de esta investigación aporta contribuciones teóricas de Behan (2001), Boder (1983) y Johnson & Myklebust (1983), entre otros. Con ellas se confronto el contenido de los artículos de O Globo, Folha de São Paulo y Estadão. Se trata, por lo tanto, de una revisión bibliográfica aplicada para evaluar la precisión y la relevancia de las materias. Los resultados revelaron que, a pesar de algunas divergencias y puntos negativos, en su expresiva mayoría, presentan potencial de contribución para la aclaración de cuestiones concernientes a la dislexia del desarrollo. Palabras-claves: Dislexia del Desarrollo; Materias periodísticas; Información.

Counterhegemony in the Media under Rafael Correa’s Citizens’ Revolution

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Kitzberger
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Open Process ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Power ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Radical Transformation

The Citizens’ Revolution, the political process initiated in Ecuador with the presidential inauguration of Rafael Correa in 2007, initiated a radical transformation in the media comparable to other progressive governmental experiments in the region. The political process led by Correa has pursued a change in power relations and ownership, the introduction of regulation, the demystification of the established media discourse, and an abandonment of the market as a guiding principle in the media. From the perspective of the equitable redistribution of media power, however, it is still an open process whose outcome is uncertain. La Revolución Ciudadana, el proceso político iniciado en el Ecuador con la investidura presidencial de Rafael Correa en 2007, inició una transformación radical en los medios de comunicación comparables a otros experimentos gubernamentales progresistas de la región. El proceso político liderado por Correa ha buscado un cambio en las relaciones de poder y la propiedad, la introducción de la regulación, la desmistificación del discurso de los medios establecidos, y un abandono del mercado como principio rector en los medios de comunicación. Desde la perspectiva de la redistribución equitativa de poder de los medios, sin embargo, sigue siendo un proceso abierto cuyo resultado es incierto.

The Power and The Truth. A Film. A National Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 171-194
Author(s):  
Ion Indolean ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
National Project ◽  
The Press ◽  
Political Film ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Nicolae Ceausescu ◽  
The Way ◽  
Newspaper Articles

"This article tries to understand what type of film is approved by the Nicolae Ceauşescu regime and how it is promoted, through various propaganda channels. In this sense, we choose to discuss the film made by the artistic couple Manole Marcus - Titus Popovici, The Power and The Truth (1972), and we resort to a content analysis to understand the way it was made. We are also interested in the echoes of the film in the press of the time and how with the help of newspaper articles the authorities inoculate the idea that this film is the most important cinematographic achievement of the moment, a benchmark for political productions to be made from that point on. Keywords: Cinematography, Political Film, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Manole Marcus, Titus Popovici, Propaganda "

scholarly journals Graphic-Stylistic Expressivity in Media Discourse

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01151
Author(s):  
Marina Yu. Ryabova
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Theory ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Educational Purpose ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Expressive Function ◽  
On Line ◽  
Communicative Context ◽  
The Guardian

The article deals with the analysis of graphic-stylistic means of the language, such as punctuation, functioning in modern English based on the language material of literary and media texts (on-line site of The Guardian). The aim of the paper is to reveal some actual functional characteristics of punctuation marks compared with their traditional syntactic and stylistic usage. The linguistic analysis is conducted within the methodology of semantic and syntactic interpretation and description. The following new functional usage of punctuation marks is described: the playing (ludic) function (creating an ironic, comic or parody effect in communication) and the expressive function emphasizing the semantics of an element in a communicative context. The importance of the undertaken analysis is to show the necessity of studying the English punctuation functions from the point of view of modern theory of communication and media linguistics as well as with an empirical educational purpose of teaching the English grammar.

Racist discourse in the years of the Greek financial crisis: Evidence from the Greek press

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Lees ◽  
Antonis Alfieris
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Press ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Racist Discourse ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Newspaper Articles

In the wake of Greece’s economic crisis, expressions and acts of racism have become noticeably more prevalent, particularly in light of the rise of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. Two significant topics in public discourse that gave rise to expressions of racism were the amendment of the Greek citizenship law, which came into effect in 2010 and was heavily debated in the run up to the 2012 Greek general elections, as well as the perceived increase in immigration at the start of the refugee crisis. By investigating newspaper articles from Greek newspapers of different political affiliations during the period around the Greek general elections of 2012, we intend to provide examples of how racism was constructed in the language of the press at the time and analyse this against the background of the economic crisis in Greece.

John Bull and the American Revolution: The Transatlantic Afterlives of Arbuthnot's Character

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Leah Orr
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
British Government ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
The Press ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Eighteenth Century Britain ◽  
Newspaper Articles

AbstractHow did the character John Bull come to be so widely recognized as a stand-in for the British government or people? John Arbuthnot created the character in 1712 in a series of five pamphlets criticizing the British role in the War of the Spanish Succession, and for fifty years the character was mentioned only in references to Arbuthnot. In the late eighteenth century, John Bull began to appear in newspaper articles relating to other political contexts, eventually appearing in satires on all manner of British policies and characteristics, from taxes and the economy to xenophobia and imperialism. This essay argues that the American colonists adapted the character to their own purposes. This analysis contributes to the understanding of the content, political engagement, and spread of the press in eighteenth-century Britain and America. It also reveals one way that writers about British national identity and its symbolism accounted for an increasingly diverse global empire that could not be represented adequately by a single figurehead.

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