scholarly journals The virus of fear and anxiety: China, COVID-19, and the Australian media

2021 ◽  
pp. 205943642198897
Author(s):  
Wanning Sun
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Commercial Television ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Commercial Media ◽  
Public Broadcaster ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Radio Programs ◽  
China Threat ◽  
Entire Array

This article analyses Australian media’s coverage of China’s efforts to contain COVID-19. The article is a critical discourse analysis of the major news stories, documentaries, opinions, and analyses published in the entire array of Australian media, including both television and radio programs from the taxpayer-funded public broadcaster the ABC, commercial media outlets such as Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper and Nine Entertainment’s The Sydney Morning Herald, and several tabloid papers. By identifying the key themes, perspectives, and angles used in these reports and narratives, this article finds that the more credible media outlets have mostly framed China’s efforts in political and ideological terms, rather than as an issue of public health. In comparison, the tabloid media—including commercial television, shock jock radio, and newspapers—have resorted to conspiratorial, racist, and Sino-phobic positions. In both instances, the coverage of China’s experience is a continuation and embodiment of the “China threat” and “Chinese influence” discourses that have now dominated the Australian media for a number of years.

Constructing undesirables: A critical discourse analysis of othering of Fulani nomads in the Ghanaian news media

2021 ◽  
pp. 175048132098209
Author(s):  
Mark Nartey ◽  
Hans J Ladegaard
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Content Organization

The activities of Fulani nomads in Ghana have gained considerable media attention and engendered continuing public debate. In this paper, we analyze the prejudiced portrayals of the nomads in the Ghanaian news media, and how these contribute to an exclusionist and a discriminatory discourse that puts the nomads at the margins of Ghanaian society. The study employs a critical discourse analysis framework and draws on a dataset of 160 articles, including news stories, editorials and op-ed pieces. The analysis reveals that the nomads are discursively constructed as undesirables through an othering process that centers on three discourses: a discourse of dangerousness/criminalization, a discourse of alienization, and a discourse of stigmatization. This anti-nomad/Fulani rhetoric is evident in the choice of sensational headlines, alarmist news content, organization of arguments, and use of quotations. The paper concludes with a call for more balanced and critical news reporting on the nomads, especially since issues surrounding them border on national cohesion and security.

The People or the Police: Who to Blame? A Study Investigating Linguistic and Textual Devices Journalists Use in Framing News Stories

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2245
Author(s):  
Hamza Ethelb
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The People ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Al Arabiya ◽  
News Event

One news event may be represented differently by different news organizations. Research in news representation remains sparse in Arabic. This article investigates some of the linguistic and textual devices used in journalistic texts. It looks at the way these devices are used to influence public opinion. This gives rise to significance of conducting this research. This study uses these devices within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). For the purpose of this study, four news articles produced by Aljazeera and Al-Arabiya were examined under CDA in order to show how journalists structure their news stories to imply an ideological stance. The analysis showed that Aljazeera and Al-Arabiya represented the people and the police differently, each according to their ideological and political leanings. This resulted in the public having different opinions of the event.

scholarly journals Exploring the Nature of Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Press

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401989369
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Ghauri ◽  
Salma Umber
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
General Public ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
National Agenda ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Press

National press is considered as integral institution in articulation, propagation, and dissemination of the national agenda. The press helps general public in interpreting news stories. This article is set to explore the nature of representation of Islam and Muslims in the editorials of the Australian newspapers during January 01, 2016, to March 31, 2017. This study has employed van Dijk’s ideological square and lexicalization approaches within the critical discourse analysis paradigm to examine editorials from two leading Australian newspapers. The findings showed that both the newspapers The Age and The Australian produced entirely opposite discourses in their editorials regarding Islam and Muslims. The findings have demonstrated that The Age portrayed Islam and Muslims positively and favorably while The Australian constructed Islam and Muslims in a critical and negative way. In the editorial contents of The Age, predominant themes regarding Islam and Muslims were “victimization,” “understanding,” “multiculturalism,” “solidarity,” “cohesion,” and “harmony.” On the contrary, predominant discourse in the editorial contents of The Australian were “securitization,” “Othering,” “violence,” “categorization,” and “stereotyping.”

Corona delta varian news text: critical discourse analysis on TV talkshows’ head line

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahlan Tampubolon ◽  
Kammer Sipayung ◽  
Fenty Debora Napitupulu ◽  
Usman Sidabutar
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Talk Shows ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Public Behavior ◽  
Headline News ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Head Line

Objectives: This study is about the realization of critical discourse analysis on TV talkshows’ headlines about corona delta variant. Methods: The data was gathered by collecting 31 headline news stories about Corona from three TV channels: Metro TV, TV One, and Kompas TV. Result:  The result showed that at the level of micro, the linguistic features used by the three TV channels were dominated by expressing declarative ideas. On the level of macro, the three TV channels used facts as information and statements as information. On the level of meso, it was discovered that the three TV channels used their roles as public behavior influencers, information providers, policy evaluators, and socialization agencies. The conclusion: the ideology of the TV channel influences the way of delivering news CDA, coronavirus delta variant news, TV talk shows.

Vluchtelingen in beeldDit artikel onderzoekt hoe Vlaamse nieuwsmedia berichten over vluchtelingen in tijden van veel maatschappelijk debat over migratie. De onderzochte televisiezenders VTM en VRT berichten op een evenwichtige manier en creëren over het algemeen geen expliciet ‘wij-zij’-perspectief, ondanks enkele negatieve representatiediscoursen zoals stereotiepe beelden, negatief woordgebruik en het collectiviseren van vluchtelingen. Ook rapporteert openbare omroep VRT meer genuanceerd en uitgebreider dan commerciële zender VTM.

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Van Haelter ◽  
Stijn Joye
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Public Broadcaster

Refugees on screen. A critical discourse analysis of the news discourse about Syrian refugees by the public and commercial broadcaster in Flanders The civil war in Syria, ongoing since 2011, forced 6.7 million people to flee their country (UNHCR, 2019). Applying a critical discourse analysis, this study investigates the representation of refugees by the public (VRT) and the commercial (VTM) broadcaster in Flanders, focusing on September 2015 and December 2018. Our findings show that Flemish news media do not discursively reproduce the established socio-demographic binary of ‘us’ and ‘them’ as they generally tend to avoid portraying refugees as ‘others’. The public broadcaster reports more on the topic and offers more contextualization, resulting in a more nuanced style of reporting. Nevertheless, there are a few implicit articulations of a negative discourse about refugees as both broadcasters occasionally apply negative nomenclature and use stereotypical imagery.

scholarly journals Covering Islam in Western Media: From Islamic to Islamophobic Discourses

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bouchaib Benzehaf
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The West ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
The Media

<p><em>A fundamental role allocated to the media is the shaping of public opinion about topical issues, thus making the act of obtaining accurate and verified information a major challenge.</em><em> </em><em>In this context, Said (1997) argues that coverage of Islam by the media has always been lacking in subjectivity, and Arabs/Muslims have at best been obscured and at worst “othered” and demonized rather than revealed by the media. The 9/11 attacks have re-triggered an explosion of media coverage of Islam and Muslims with the terms "Muslim" and "Terrorist" becoming synonymous in many western countries. The attacks have been exploited to cause a</em><em> social anxiety/panic toward Islam and Muslim cultures</em><em> leading to Islamophobia which is being further reinforced in Trump’s America. Situated </em><em>within the framework of Said’s Orientalism, which helps us </em><em>understand the relationships between the West and the Muslim world and also framed by agenda-setting media theory, which explains how media manipulate public opinion, this paper argues that Islamophobia results from the way the news stories regarding Islam and Muslims are covered. In particular, these stories are media(ated) and thus distorted. The paper borrows tools from critical discourse analysis, particularly global meanings and lexicalization, to analyse selected examples of media(ted) coverage of Islam and Muslim stories from different media sources with the aim of offering</em><em> a holistic review of the scope and nature of the coverage of Islam and Muslims. In light of the results, we suggest</em><em> interfaith dialogue and intercultural education as measures that can bring about understanding and tolerance between different religious communities.</em></p>

scholarly journals Discurso de la violencia política de género en las notas informativas de las elecciones 2018 en Guerrero, México=Discourse of gender-based political violence in news stories about the 2018 electoral process in the State of Guerrero, Mexico.

2021 ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Aleida Leticia Tello Divicino ◽  
Mónica Violeta Morales Jiménez ◽  
Iván Alfredo Islas Flores
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Violencia Politica

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Los resultados que se presentan en este artículo muestran el papel que tiene la actividad periodística en la construcción del discurso acerca de los casos de violencia política de género en Estado de Guerrero, México, en el proceso electoral del año 2018. Se analizaron las notas informativas locales de acuerdo con la propuesta metodológica del análisis crítico del discurso. Los hallazgos demuestran la importancia que la actividad periodística tiene en los procesos electorales y podrían aplicarse en el marco de otras elecciones a nivel federal en México, de otra región o incluso de sociedades con mayor tradición democrática. Asimismo, los resultados muestran la relevancia del discurso periodístico para comunicar las repercusiones de este tipo de violencia contra las mujeres.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The results presented in this article show the role of journalistic work in the construction of the discourse about gender-based political violence cases in the State of Guerrero, Mexico, in the 2018 electoral process. Local news stories were analyzed according to the Critical Discourse Analysis method. The findings demonstrate the importance of journalism activity in the electoral processes at the federal level in Mexico, in another region or even in societies with a longer democratic trajectory. Likewise, the results show the relevance of journalistic discourse to communicate the repercussions of this type of violence against women.</p>

scholarly journals GENDER DOMINATION IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariani Amri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Practice Level ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Discourse Practice

<p>This study was held at Fajar and Tribun Timur offices in Makassar. This research is described<br />through texts, discourse practice, and socio-cultural practice by using CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis) from<br />Norman Faircloughs’ model. The model includes textual level, discourse practice level, and socio-cultural<br />practice level. The type of this research is qualitative approach. This approach tries to get closer to what is being<br />studied, that is gender domination in Fajar and Tribun Timur daily newspapers. It aims at in-depth and holistic<br />understanding of gender domination in newspapers. Its flexibility is well suited to make interpretation to<br />describe the facts and the phenomena of gender in newspapers as the way they are based on the data found. The<br />research aims; to identify the domination of gender in Fajar and Tribun Timur daily newspapers, to analyse how<br />gender dominations are expressed in those daily newspapers, and to analyse the effect of gender domination on<br />news stories in those newspapers. The result of this research shows that Fajar and Tribun Timur daily are still<br />male dominated discourse in the news-making process which influences the news stories printed in those<br />newspapers. Gender domination in Fajar and Tribun Timur daily newspapers as a discourse has been proven to<br />affect our views on news stories text, news stories production, and socio-cultural practices.</p>

scholarly journals The ANTARA and TEMPO Media’s Framing Strategy Differences in Framing the Omnibus Law Ratification Issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Rize Rahmi ◽  
Sawirman Sawirman ◽  
Aslinda Aslinda
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Present Information ◽  
The Face ◽  
Positive Representation ◽  
Many Sources

In this research, the authors compared the framing strategy used by the ANTARA media and TEMPO media for the issue of the ratification of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation. This research was conducted descriptively with comparative qualitative approach. A qualitative document procedure was applied in collecting the data. Fairclough's framework of Critical Discourse Analysis and the framing analysis model by Pan and Kosicki (1993) were combined to analyze the data. The result of the data analysis is presented in the table and the interpretation form. The result shows that TEMPO's framing strategy is more clearly defined, while ANTARA's strategy is less clear. In building a negative or positive representation, TEMPO Media tries to present information supported by many sources. Then, the use of images in TEMPO news supports the truth of information, while the use of images in ANTARA media improves the quality of information sources. The five news stories from ANTARA media selected in this study always use the face image of the selected informant as a source of news information. AbstrakPada penelitian ini, penulis membandingkan strategi pembingkaian yang digunakan media ANTARA dan TEMPO dalam membingkai isu pengesahan Omnibus Law Cipta Kerja. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara deskriptif dengan pendekatan komparatif kualitiatif. Prosedur dokumen kualitatif diterapkan dalam pengumpulan data. Kerangka analisis wacana kritis Fairclough dan model analisis pembingkaian oleh Pan dan Kosicki (1993) digabungkan untuk menganalisis data. Hasil analisis data disajikan dalam bentuk tabel dan interpretasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi pembingkaian TEMPO lebih jelas, sedangkan strategi ANTARA kurang jelas. Dalam membangun representasi negatif atau positif, TEMPO mencoba menghadirkan informasi yang didukung oleh banyak sumber. Kemudian, penggunaan gambar dalam berita TEMPO mendukung kebenaran informasi, sedangkan penggunaan gambar di media ANTARA meningkatkan kualitas sumber informasi. Kelima berita dari media ANTARA yang dipilih dalam penelitian ini selalu menggunakan foto sumber informasi yang terpilih pada berita.

scholarly journals Revival Of Civil-Military Nexus On Drafting New National Security Policy: Critical Discourse Analysis of Pakistan's Two English Newspapers

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Amna Zulfiqar ◽  
Faiza Khalid ◽  
Maria Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
National Security ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Military Leadership ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
National Security Policy ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Past ◽  
Military Institutions

Over the past few years, Pakistan carried out various publicized battles against militancy and terrorism led primarily by thePakistan military. Due to the changed geostrategic context, civil-military coordination is necessary for developing a new national securitypolicy. Therefore the objective of the present study is to examine civil-military coordination portrayed in the English press of Pakistanfollowed by the most significant event, i.e., the formation of Provincial Apex committees. These committees were formed for strengtheningcollaboration between civil-military institutions to execute NAP in different provinces, consequently the study analyzed news stories of twoEnglish newspapers, i.e., Dawn and The News, by employing the CDA model proposed by Fairclough. Results indicate that Dawn coveredthe image of the Pakistan military by highlighting actions of then COAS for empowering committees in different provinces for fasterexecution on NAP and restoration of IDP’s whereas, The News covered lack of coordination between civil-military leadership on executionof NAP.

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