Ethno-Semantic Texture of News Headlines: A Case Study of a Syrian Drowned Toddler

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Baseel A. AlBzour
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New York Times ◽  
News Daily ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Daily News ◽  
News Agencies ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
The Impact

<p class="1"><span lang="X-NONE">The present study does processually explore the ethnosymanticity of some journalistic texts that supposedly report and narrate the same appallingly saddening incident <em>vis-à-vis</em> a traumatizing tragedy of a three year toddler who passed away as an inflatable boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on September, 2<sup>nd</sup> 2015. The researcher closely examines the textual semantics of these texts and tries to relate how such texture can affect the meaning network conveyed or perceived by virtue of incorporating the impact of such texts strictly within their ethnographic dimensions and <em>vice versa</em>. Therefore, this paper exclusively endeavors to unveil and stress how socio-cultural and socio-political aspects of the Syrian crisis, in general and the Toddler’s Kurdish ethnicity, in particular, have been ethnosemantically presented as this incident unbelievably resonated across news agencies both nationally and internationally, thus exhibiting how such authentic texts may contextually serve to intentionally mobilize and steer the public opinion not only of the general public but also ones that the political elites may adopt as well once the tragedy gets manipulated to maneuver socioculturally and sociopolitically. The news agencies the researcher has referred to as a source of data are alphabetically the <em>ABC News, Daily Mail,</em></span><em><span lang="X-NONE"> Daily News</span><span lang="X-NONE">, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, New York Times</span></em><span lang="X-NONE"> and<em> The Washington Post</em>.</span></p>

Exploring the Determinants of Broadway Show Success

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivas K. Reddy ◽  
Vanitha Swaminathan ◽  
Carol M. Motley
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Differential Impact ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Ticket Prices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Better Than

This study investigates the determinants of success of an experiential good: Broadway shows. The authors focus on the sources and types of information used in the selection of an artistic event and discuss the impact of critics’ reviews on the length of a show's run and attendance. In addition, the authors empirically determine the influence of other variables, such as previews, newspaper advertising, ticket prices, show type, talent characteristics, and timing of opening. The results indicate that New York newspaper theater critics have a significant impact on the success of Broadway shows. It is also found that the newspaper critics have a differential impact, with the critic from the New York Times yielding nearly twice as much influence as critics from the Daily News or the New York Post. Theater critics, it appears, are not only predictors but influencers as well. Among the various show types, musicals appear to fare better than other categories of shows. Previews have a significant impact on the attendance, but not on the longevity, of Broadway shows. Advertising also has a significant impact on both longevity and attendance. However, the characteristics of the key talent do not have a consistently significant influence on show success. In addition, ticket prices do not have a significant relationship with either longevity or attendance. The results indicate that there is an overwhelming impact of information sources, particularly the influence of critics’ reviews, on the success of Broadway shows. The authors discuss the implications of these results for the theater industry.

News Sources and Power Elites in News Coverage of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Smith
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
News Sources

Analysis of sources named in six months' coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Anchorage Daily News suggests that the majority of sources who were named by more than one news organization represented powerful institutional elites. Sources representing three of those elites perceived the story in substantially different ways, and indicated substantially different levels of satisfaction with how it was reported. However, the degree to which various groups of sources were satisfied with how the spill was reported was not a function of their degree of media access.

Gender Differences in coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics by the Los Angeles Times and New York Times

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Pratt ◽  
Kris Grappendorf ◽  
Ginger Leblanc ◽  
Amy Grundvig
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Los Angeles Times

scholarly journals Assessing inequality, irregularity, and severity regarding road traffic safety during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Lin ◽  
Feng Shi ◽  
Weizi Li
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
Accident Data ◽  
The Impact

AbstractCOVID-19 has affected every sector of our society, among which human mobility is taking a dramatic change due to quarantine and social distancing. We investigate the impact of the pandemic and subsequent mobility changes on road traffic safety. Using traffic accident data from the city of Los Angeles and New York City, we find that the impact is not merely a blunt reduction in traffic and accidents; rather, (1) the proportion of accidents unexpectedly increases for “Hispanic” and “Male” groups; (2) the “hot spots” of accidents have shifted in both time and space and are likely moved from higher-income areas (e.g., Hollywood and Lower Manhattan) to lower-income areas (e.g., southern LA and southern Brooklyn); (3) the severity level of accidents decreases with the number of accidents regardless of transportation modes. Understanding those variations of traffic accidents not only sheds a light on the heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 across demographic and geographic factors, but also helps policymakers and planners design more effective safety policies and interventions during critical conditions such as the pandemic.

scholarly journals Separated by a common language: How Breitbart and The New York Times produce different meanings from common words

Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 026339572110129
Author(s):  
Federico Mor ◽  
Erin J Nash ◽  
Fergus Green
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
Linguistic Relativity ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Common Language ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Multilingual Societies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Negotiation

We build on the work by Peled and Bonotti to illuminate the impact of linguistic relativity on democratic debate. Peled and Bonotti’s focus is on multilingual societies, and their worry is that ‘unconscious epistemic effects’ can undermine political reasoning between interlocutors who do not share the same native tongue. Our article makes two contributions. First, we argue that Peled and Bonotti’s concerns about linguistic relativity are just as relevant to monolingual discourse. We use machine learning to provide novel evidence of the linguistic discrepancies between two ideologically distant groups that speak the same language: readers of Breitbart and of The New York Times. We suggest that intralinguistic relativity can be at least as harmful to successful public deliberation and political negotiation as interlinguistic relativity. Second, we endorse the building of metalinguistic awareness to address problematic kinds of linguistic relativity and argue that the method of discourse analysis we use in this article is a good way to build that awareness.

scholarly journals SUITABLE? THE RHETORICAL AND LIFE COURSE IMPLICATIONS OF SERENA WILLIAMS AND THE CATSUIT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S537-S537
Author(s):  
Brianne M Stanback
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Life Course ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Sports Illustrated ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract Rhetorical inquires have shown connections between representation and power, workplace fashion and development of ethos, and the rhetoric of glamour through women’s fashion and dress. One element absent from that conversation is how the life course, which typically differs for women because of existing power structures advantaging men, may impact the experience of women as they age, their choice of dress, and the rhetorical implications of those decisions. To explore dress and rhetoric from a life course perspective, this project traces the evolution of Serena Williams’ work apparel across her professional tennis career to the catsuit worn at the 2018 French Open, which is the focus of the project. Press reports on the 2018 catsuit by Nike, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Business Insider, BBC Sport, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, interviews given by Williams, and the television documentary, Becoming Serena, will be analyzed for their treatment of Williams’ work attire and the life course. Responses to the catsuit emphasize attitudes about gender, race, and class, either discounting or ignoring the life course implications such as motherhood and changes in health status. Despite professional success, responses about the catsuit may reflect that Williams faces the same jeopardies, and invisibility, common to many women as they age, and the rhetorical perspective provides new methodological and pedagogical possibilities for instruction in aging.

The War Beat, Pacific

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Casey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Chicago Tribune ◽  
Pacific War ◽  
Daily News ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Military

From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of highly courageous correspondents covered America’s war against Japan. Based on a wealth of previously untapped primary sources, War Beat, Pacific provides the first comprehensive account of what these reporters witnessed, what they were allowed to publish, and how their reports shaped the home front’s perception of some of the most pivotal battles in American history. In a dramatic and fast-paced narrative, the book takes us from MacArthur’s doomed defense on the Philippines and the navy’s overly strict censorship policy at the time of Midway through the bloody battles on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Tarawa, Saipan, Leyte and Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, detailing the cooperation, as well as conflict, between the media and the military as they grappled with the enduring problem of limiting a free press during a period of extreme crisis. At the heart of this book are the brave, sometimes tragic stories of reporters like Clark Lee and Vern Haugland of the Associated Press, Byron Darnton and Tillman Durdin of the New York Times, Stanley Johnston and Al Noderer of the Chicago Tribune, George Weller of the Chicago Daily News, Keith Wheeler of the Chicago Times, and Robert Sherrod of Time magazine. Twenty-three correspondents died while reporting on the Pacific War. Many more sustained serious wounds. War Beat, Pacific shows how both the casualties and the survivors deserve to be remembered as America’s golden generation of journalists.

scholarly journals Image of Hugo Chavez Created by US Mass Media in Context of Venezuela 1998 Presidential Elections

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
N.S. Pivovarova
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Hugo Chavez

This paper investigates the features of the US mass media approaches in creating the image of Hugo Chavez on the eve of the Venezuela 1998 Presidential Elections. The paper studies the historical context, which influenced the creation of Chavez's image. The socio-economic and political development of Venezuela in those days is analyzed. The key traits of Chavez’s image highlighted during the period under study, as well as the emotional background of the publications, are analyzed. Although both the domestic and foreign historiography has paid a most sufficient attention to the history of Venezuela, the biography and political activity of Hugo Chavez, his image as a presidential candidate in the 1998 Venezuela elections remains unexplored. This work aims to fill this gap. The paper systematically examines the materials of the three major US newspapers, namely, the “New York Times”, the “Wall Street Journal”, and the “Los Angeles Times”, published from July to December, 1998. The established methodologies of document analysis and quantitative content analysis are applied. The study leads to the conclusion that the USA mass media created a negative image of Hugo Chavez during the pre-election period, implementing understatements and a negative emotional background in their publications.

When Journalism Met the Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 379-393
Author(s):  
Mike Dillon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Media ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital World ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Cast Doubt

American news organizations have long been criticized for failing to anticipate, appreciate and exploit the Internet as it became a fact of daily life in the mid-1990s. This chapter explores and analyzes the lack of planning that stymied the development of journalism on the Web and cast doubt on the viability of traditional public-service journalism with its enduring values of accuracy, fairness and advocacy. Specifically, the essay documents and analyzes the online debuts of two venerable “old media” news outlets (The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times) and two “new media” Web news outlets (Salon and Slate) in the mid-1990s by exploring the claims they made about their aims, purposes and expectations as they introduced themselves to the public via their salutatory editorials. It is a cautionary tale for a digital world that reconfigures itself in ever-quickening cycles.

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