Let's get real: a critical semiotic analysis of Irish print media discourses

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
Print Media ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Media Discourses

scholarly journals CARICATURES AND RELIGIO-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN PAKISTANI PRINT MEDIA DISCOURSES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1295-1302
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akber Sajid ◽  
Muhammad Riaz Khan ◽  
Sumaira ◽  
Muhammad Javaid Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Know How ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Media Discourses

Purpose of the study: The research intends to decode semiotic discourses of Pakistani English newspaper daily DAWN from 1st October 2020 to 30th November 2020 to know how to word- picture conjunction works to mirror social reality about two Pakistani religiopolitical parties leaders (Jamait-e Islami & Jamait-ul –ulma Islam, (henceforth JI and JUI)). It also attempts to know how politics is done in the name of religion.   Methodology: The data for the present study was collected from the Pakistani English newspaper Dawn (daily) and analyzed at linguistic and semiotic levels by employing Hodge & Kress's (1997) research model. Besides, Kruger & Casey's (2000) model was operationalized to analyze focus group discussion data at five levels. It was done to validate researchers' semiotic analysis with general perception. Main Finding: The study finds that highlighting the rhetoric of politics is one of the prominent features of print media semiotic discourses. The heads of religiopolitical parties use different visual and verbal practices to disseminate their political ideologies in the name of religion. The use of word-picture conjunction is a more persuasive technique for ideological investment. Application of the Study: This study is significant for the researchers interested in media studies to know how ideologically loaded visual and verbal practices employed in print media discourses help disseminate ideology in and behind lessons. Novelty/Originality of the study: The study is unique because it has critically decoded written and semiotic discourses of the mentioned Pakistani English newspaper related to the PDM anti-government move. It highlights that visual and verbal practices are more persuasive to propagate desired ideology. To the best of researchers' knowledge, this semiotic data has not been researched through this perspective before.

scholarly journals Post 9/11 American Footprints in Pakistani Media: A Critique of Semiotic Discourses of Pakistani Newspapers

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akbar Sajid ◽  
Sajid Waqar ◽  
Rabia Mohsin ◽  
Muhammad Javaid Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The People ◽  
Linguistic Analyses ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Target Readership

This paper highlights the power of image in shaping perception of the people regarding post 9/11 American representation in Pakistani print media discourses.  The study deconstructs the semiotic discourse(s) of Pakistani English newspaper Dawn (daily) from September 2018 to February 2019 to argue that linguistic and semiotic devices and techniques work discursively to shape the readers’ perception regarding American foot-prints in Pakistani print media.  It employs Multimodal Critical Discourse analysis approach by drawing upon Machin (2007), Van Leeuwen framework for recontextualization (2008) and Fairclough’s (2003) for visual and linguistic analyses to lay bare embedded ideologies propagated through word-picture conjunction. The levels of analysis include participants, settings, poses, objects, metaphor, inclusion, exclusion and discourse. Moreover, the researchers have validated the findings of their   semiotic analysis by conducting two focus group discussions among the students of linguistics and other disciplines. The findings reveal that print media semiotic discourses provide an appropriate use of language in graphic form.  The findings reveal that no use of language is ideology free and words and pictures work in conjunction to propagate desired ideology to the target readership. Additionally, the study notices the visible change that has taken place regarding American representation from superordinate to back foot and ready-to-hold dialogue through semiotic discourses of mentioned newspaper.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Politics of Representation: A CSA of Pakistani Print Media Semiotic Discourses

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Sajid Akbar ◽  
Memoona Nazir ◽  
Muhammad Tayyab ◽  
Kiran Shehzadi
Keyword(s):  
Print Media ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Vaccine Production ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Health Ministry ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
Oil Crisis ◽  
Media Discourses

Print media discourses are highly polarized. Different linguistic and meta-linguistic moves are employed to represent the same issue under different socio-political themes. This study decodes the semiotic discourses of two (02) Pakistani English and Urdu newspapers (Dawn & Jang) about the representation of COVID-19 related issues. This has been done to broaden the canvas of the research by including English and Urdu newspapers’ readership.  The time span for data collection ranges from March 15, 2020, to May 15, 2020. The integrated research approach used in the study has been devised by drawing upon Kress (2010) and Krueger (2001) to analyze the data at linguistic and semiotic levels. The findings of semiotic analysis have been validated through focus group discussions on the selected cartoons from English and Urdu newspapers.  The findings of the research reveal that the representation of COVID- 19 related issues varies in English and Urdu newspapers.  The most frequently occurred themes in English newspapers about the representation of covid19 related issues include economic downfall, danger to the worlds’ economy, the clash between America and China, delays in vaccine production, and food and health insecurity at national and international levels. On contrary, the Urdu newspapers highlighted the issues related to corruption, the oil crisis, a satire on the general masses for not observing SOPs, a satire on health ministry, and poverty increase because of lockdown policies. The research contends that semiotic discourses are the best sites for ideological investment and are designed keeping in view the target audience.

scholarly journals America in Pakistani Print Media: A Semiotic Discourse Analysis based Study of Pak-Us Relationship

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akber Sajid ◽  
Muhammad Riaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Qualitative Research Design

Print media semiotic discourses are one of the best sites for ideological investment and their role is very significant in the production and dissemination of certain ideology. The aim of the present study is to critically decode the semiotic discourse(s) of Pakistani English newspaper DAWN (daily) with special reference to the representation of Pak- Us relationship through the analysis of the semiotics discourses. The data for the present research has been collected from the mentioned newspaper. The time span for data collection ranges from October 2018 to December 2018. Out of ten (10) caricatures which represent Pakistan attempting to survive at its own rather than depending on America one was purposively selected for linguistic and semiotic analyses. The study is descriptive and utilizes qualitative research design. For this purpose, the researchers have devised an amended research model by drawing upon Fairclough (1995), Kress (2010) and Kruger’s (2000) research models to analyse linguistic, semiotic and focus group discussions data. The semiotic analysis has also been validated by incorporating the remarks of focus group participants. Based on the analysis of data the study concludes that noting is absolute in politics as far as Pak- Us relations through semiotic discourses are concerned. Additionally, the research reveals that print media semiotic discourses work insidiously to represent socio- political changes by employing linguistic and meta-linguistic devices and techniques.

scholarly journals Image of Muslim Women and Media Discursivity: A Case Study of the Washington Post’s Discourses

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Fatima Farooq ◽  
Muhammad Akbar Sajid ◽  
Fasiha Maryam
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Number Game

Print media representation about Islam and Muslims has never been ideology free especially post 9/11. A war of words has ever been there between non-Muslim west and Muslims. The dichotomy of Otherisation divides the world into two poles i.e. good vs. evil. Similarly, the present research critically decodes discourse of articles published in an American newspaper i.e. ‘The Washington Post’ about representation of Muslim women. The data has been collected from the newspapers’ articles which appeared from June 2019 to December 2019. The study employs Fairclough’s (1993) model of Critical Discourse Analysis. The analytical categories of the mentioned model include representation, metaphor, lexicalization, back/fore grounding, in/out group and number game. The data has been analysed at the levels of word, sentence and discourse. The analysis of the data reveals that Muslim women are represented stereotypically through the discourse of the articles of the mentioned newspaper   as oppressed, narrow minded, hijabbed, and deviation from norm. Moreover, according to western perception and representation of this American newspaper they are contriving to harm civilized West by introducing new system of caliphate to disturb the activities of civilized world. The study concludes that print media discourses act as distorting prism to represent a desired version of reality about Islam and Muslim women to shape the mindset of the target audience accordingly.

scholarly journals Politics, Ideology and Print Media: A CDA of Newspapers’ Headlines

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akbar Sajid ◽  
Behzad Anwar ◽  
Muhammad Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
News Item ◽  
Political Event ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Existing Data

The present study critically decodes the headlines of Pakistani-English newspapers to locate linguistic spin employing different political ideologies in the desired manner by the controlling groups. The headlines which appeared in the daily ‘Dawn’ and ‘Nation’ newspapers during the year 2014 have been categorised into various themes such as theme of politics, nationalism, internationalism, terrorism, and economics but in the present study, the researchers have only focused on the headlines carrying the topic of politics. In this regard, two headlines from each newspaper about the theme of politics have been randomly selected and analysed by employing Dijk’s (2006) analytical framework of critical discourse analysis (CDA). Additionally, the existing model of Dijk has been amended in accordance with the nature of the existing data. Therefore, four headlines from each newspaper randomly selected carrying political themes have been analysed to explore how different discursive techniques employed in the coinage of newspaper headlines (mis)represent the same political event differently. The researchers have investigated the print media coverage of the same event in both the newspapers’ headlines to lay bare how different discursive techniques are employed to represent the same news item by different ideological groups to propagate desired political ideologies. The findings of the study highlight that different discursive moves are used by print media to represent the same event differently to propagate desired ideology. That is how print media discourses represent certain people belonging to in/out-groups.

scholarly journals Hajj 2013: The Western Media Discourses

rahatulquloob ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Sidra Shahid ◽  
Nauman Sial
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Online News ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Western Media

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and is the largest religious gathering on the globe. Every year, over two million Muslims make their way to Mecca to perform Hajj. The current study attempted to explore the themes that were dominant in the print media discourses of United Kingdom and United States about holy event Hajj. The study also tried to find out that how the Western print media constructed the identity of Muslims holy event. The qualitative discourse analysis has been used as a research design for this study. The two UK English dailies i.e. Daily Mail and The Guardian, and one online news publication IBTimes while two US English dailies i.e. Los Angeles Times and USA Today, and one online publication Huff Post have been selected for this purpose. A total of 20 news items from the year 2013 have been selected for the analysis. The results indicated that there was no significant difference in the assortment of themes by print media of UK and US. The Western media used the discourses of sectarianism and terrorism, and also highlighted the issues of Muslim sects. The results also revealed that the Western newspapers presented the importance of Hajj, but they also associated the gathering of Muslims with fears and threats.

Inventing Indigeneity

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Mimasha Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
The Creation

Centered on the texts of performance, the first chapter critically analyses the nature of keywords in the text to understand the processes of influence that were at work in the sphere of print media. A semiotic analysis of the texts and the keywords has helped understand how the stories—historical, social, mythological, as well as contemporary—contributed in the creation of what may be called a collective memory among the audiences.

scholarly journals Reporting Conflict: Appraising Journalists’ Voice in Pakistani Newspaper Discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tazanfal Tehseem ◽  
Sarwat Jabeen ◽  
Abdul Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Subjective Evaluations ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Media Discourses

This paper aims at evaluating journalist voice in the Pakistani print media discourse. Journalists are supposed to make valuefree reporting, but the analysis of  newspaper texts shows that the journalists appraise and the news reports voice newspapers’ stance  (Bednarek, 2006). Therefore, media discourses always present a particular left or rightwing stance loaded with subjective evaluations (White and Thompson, 2008). While previous studies have focused on reportage phenomena of different news genres and perspective comparisons with a primary focus on language in the context of politics for an ideology, this paper explores evaluative patterns - based on the appraisal framework (Martin and White, 2005) of discourse analysis developed within Systemic Functional Linguistics (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2014) with a focus on appraisal domains of attitude, engagement and graduation - in Pakistani news reporting to find a reporter voice. The analysis shows that the said news reporting is not value free.

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