Tracing tears and triple axels: Media representations of Japan’s women figure skaters

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 620-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle H. S. Ho
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Figure Skating ◽  
Figure Skaters ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Heuristic Device ◽  
National Boundaries

Anticipating the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this article uses the triple axel jump, one of the most challenging moves in women’s figure skating, as a heuristic device to track representations of Japanese skaters Ito Midori and Asada Mao in the New York Times and Asahi Shimbun. Ito and Asada are two of only six women to have landed triple axels at international figure skating competitions. Employing affect and feminist theories, I argue that constructions of the skaters’ bodies are not just gendered and heteronormative, but also sexed, raced, and affective. Using discourse analysis, I trace how media representations of Ito and Asada redraw global color lines and national boundaries in sport and negotiate different femininities, underscoring excessive feelings and physical appearance. Contributing to feminist sport studies and transnational feminist cultural studies, this comparative analysis offers new perspectives on women’s sports in Japan and athleticism’s relation to race, femininities, and national identity.

A corpus-based study of representation of Islam and Muslims in American media: Critical Discourse Analysis Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 174804852098744
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Qiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Strong Conclusion ◽  
American Media

Media representations have significant power to shape opinions and influence public response to communities or groups around the world. This study investigates media representations of Islam and Muslims in the American media, drawing upon an analysis of reports in the New York Times over a 17-year period (from Jan.1, 2000 to Dec. 31, 2016) within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis. It examines how Islam and Muslims are represented in media coverage and how discursive power is penetrated step by step through such media representations. Most important, it investigates whether Islam and Muslims have been stigmatized through stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. The findings reveal that the New York Times’ representations of Islam and Muslims are negative and stereotypical: Islam is stereotyped as the unacclimatized outsider and the turmoil maker and Muslims as the negative receiver. The stereotypes contribute to people’s prejudice, such as Islamophobia from the “us” group and fear of the “them” group but do not support a strong conclusion of discrimination.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of War Metaphors in COVID-19 Reports in New York Times and China Daily

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Yanmei Xiao
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Critical Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Trade War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
China Daily

This paper analyzed the use of war metaphors in COVID-19 news reported by the New York Times (NYT) in comparison to the China Daily from the 1st of February 2020 to the 29th of February 2020. Based on self-selected corpus from these two newspapers, a study was conducted to compare the contrasting lexis between NYT and China Daily, as well as to analyze the reasons for their differences using the Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA). It was found that China Daily preferred using war metaphors in COVID-19 reports and war-related words such as “fight,” “combat,” and “battle.” These words appeared frequently which demonstrated that Chinese people were fighting against the pandemic. However, these words were far less used in the NYT reports compared to China Daily and the use of these words were more related to the election, trade war, etc. This reflected their focus which was more on the impact of COVID-19 on politics and the economic sector.

scholarly journals Ageism and Perceptions of Vulnerability: Framing of Age During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 134-134
Author(s):  
Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha ◽  
Jordan Broussard ◽  
Jacki Magnerelli
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
News Article ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Media representations of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences have shaped people’s fears, anxiety, and perceptions of vulnerability. Social scientists have examined the consequences of how information is “framed.” Framing theory asserts that issues can be portrayed differently by emphasizing or de-emphasizing aspects and information. According to Lakoff (2004) the impact of a message is not based on what is said but how it is said. Theories of framing focus on how the media frames issues, which then structure and shape attitudes and policies. A news article serves as a frame for an intended message. The purpose of this project is to analyze the ways that “age” has been framed during the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the most dominant frames in terms of COVID-19 coverage is how the pandemic has been analyzed through the lens of age and framed in terms of age discrimination. Method: A thematic analysis of New York Times and Washington Post news articles addressing older adults and illness vulnerability was conducted. The results of news articles appearing in these prominent newspapers indicated that the perceptions of older men and women tended to focus on the relationship between age and vulnerabilities to severe consequences from Covid-19. The frames in which these new articles were presented indicated ageist tones and messages that had the potential to either reinforce or lead to age stereotyping and discrimination.

Specters of Islam

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanzeen Rashed Doha
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
The Media ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
Psychological Disposition

In this paper, I trace historical developments in Islamist politics and mainstream feminism in relation to media representations of Muslim women. By examining articles in The New York Times (NYT) published between 1979 and 2011, I suggest that secular representations of Islam, both in the media and feminist discourse, propagate what I call ‘anti-Islamism.’ By constructing a periodization based on signature events within contemporary Islamist history (what I term an ‘Islamist periodization’), I identify tactical shifts within the larger, global strategy of anti-Islamism. As a conceptual frame, anti-Islamism moves beyond articulations that either conceptualize Islamophobia as a behavioral-psychological disposition created through misinformation, or as a structural form of racial bigotry. Instead, anti-Islamism describes a consistent effort to counter and negate Islam’s world-making aspirations. Ultimately, I deduce that feminism as a political and epistemic project (with three major exceptions) is necessarily incompatible with Islamic orthodoxy – an incompatibility reinforced by media representations.

Women, Power, and Photography in the New York Times Magazine

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Sultze
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Women And Power ◽  
Advertising Content ◽  
Significant Factors

This case study is a cultural analysis of The New York Times Magazine 2001 special photography issue on women and power. Drawing from semiotic and feminist theories and critical frameworks, the author analyzes the magazine's treatment of the topic of gender and power, and compares it to existing concerns about stereotyped portrayals of women in mass media. The author argues that significant factors are prohibiting the magazine's treatment of the topic from being a significantly new or reconfigured vision: tensions between the magazine's editorial and advertising content, as well as a recurring emphasis on the importance of physical attractiveness and passivity, even for powerful women. In light of these findings, the author considers existing critical perspectives on how restricted depictions of women might begin to be changed.

The Dan Rather Maxim: Collective identity and news coverage of human rights and international law

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Major
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
National Identity ◽  
International Law ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
News Media ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Drone Warfare

This article examines the influence of national identity on coverage of human rights and international law. Based on a content analysis of New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today’s coverage of torture at Abu Ghraib and the Obama administration’s expansion of drone warfare, it is argued that the news media largely protects the American identity by ignoring or marginalizing considerations of human rights and international law, despite these issues being central to the events. This research posits that the news media adheres to the Dan Rather Maxim named after long-time CBS news anchor, Dan Rather, who noted that in times of conflict the press tends to ‘follow the flag’. In other words, national identity informs and ultimately skews coverage of conflicts. This article adds to the existing scholarship on social and national identity biases in the news by giving primacy to international law and human rights frames during controversial periods. The content analysis finds that the actions of US political actors and institutions do not receive ample treatment when viewed through the lens of human rights and international humanitarian law.

Specters of Islam

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanzeen Rashed Doha
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
The Media ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
Psychological Disposition

In this paper, I trace historical developments in Islamist politics and mainstream feminism in relation to media representations of Muslim women. By examining articles in The New York Times (NYT) published between 1979 and 2011, I suggest that secular representations of Islam, both in the media and feminist discourse, propagate what I call ‘anti-Islamism.’ By constructing a periodization based on signature events within contemporary Islamist history (what I term an ‘Islamist periodization’), I identify tactical shifts within the larger, global strategy of anti-Islamism. As a conceptual frame, anti-Islamism moves beyond articulations that either conceptualize Islamophobia as a behavioral-psychological disposition created through misinformation, or as a structural form of racial bigotry. Instead, anti-Islamism describes a consistent effort to counter and negate Islam’s world-making aspirations. Ultimately, I deduce that feminism as a political and epistemic project (with three major exceptions) is necessarily incompatible with Islamic orthodoxy – an incompatibility reinforced by media representations.

‘Human’ or ‘objective’ faces of science? Gender stereotypes and the representation of scientists in the media

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Mitchell ◽  
Merryn McKinnon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Media ◽  
Female Scientists

This article examines contemporary representations of female and male scientists in The New York Times with a particular emphasis on stereotypes related to gender and science as a profession. The selected series of profiles is approximately proportional in its representation of women in science and generally gives a rounded and diverse picture of their subjects. Traditionally ‘masculine’ characteristics (e.g. individual drive and brilliance) as well as ‘feminine’ communal skills (e.g. collaboration, communication and teamwork) are attributed to both male and female scientists. Nevertheless, textual and image analyses reveal that some differences remain in the treatment of male and female subjects, particularly in the unequal focus on combining family and career. This research identifies progress in media representations of scientists in comparison to previous studies. However, there is still room for improvement, especially in the representation of scientists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Modernist Nationalism: Statism and National Identity in Turkey

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayhan Akman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
French Mandate ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Arab People

A few years ago, the New York Times featured an article on the ancient city of Antioch and its modern-day inhabitants. Having lost its ancient grandeur a long time ago, Antioch (Antakya) is described as today a place that “even most Turks consider … [to be] remote and undistinguished.” The article features interviews with two members of the same family: the 110-year-old Ali Baklaci and his 20-year-old grandson Hasan Negruz. An old-timer who lived through the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, subsequent French mandate and eventual incorporation into Turkey in 1939, Ali Baklaci is unequivocal regarding his identity. In a matter-of-fact manner, he declares, “We cannot forget our origins. We are Arab people.” The grandson, Hasan Negruz, however, has a different view. While Negruz is “one of many local youths who have taken advantage of Syria's offer of free education,” the article informs us, “the experience did not turn him into a pan-Arabist.” Instead, Negruz formulates his identity in a way that is remarkably different from his grandfather's: “I am an Arab who is also a citizen of Turkey, and that's fine. I like being Turkish because this country is more modern than the Arab countries.”

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