scholarly journals Looking at the bigger picture: A semiotic analysis on online news photographs

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheene Moldez ◽  
Dan Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
News Photographs

A semiotic analysis on cultural meanings of eating horsemeat

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen ◽  
Henna Syrjälä ◽  
Minna-Maarit Jaskari
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Online News ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Drawing on food consumption research and human-animal studies, this paper aims to explore how the meanings related to a living horse may be transferred to those of horsemeat. This is accomplished by constructing a nuanced understanding of how different semantic meaning categories of accepting/avoiding consuming horsemeat relate to each other. Design/methodology/approach The current data are collected from various sources of media discussions, including online news, online discussion forums, blog postings and printed articles, generated in Finland after the year 2013. The data are analysed applying Greimas’ (1987) semiotic square to open up the semantic meaning categories appearing in the media discussions. Findings The semiotic square shows that the meanings of horsemeat arise between the binary oppositions of human-like and animal-like. In this structure, the category of human-like makes eating horsemeat impossible, whereas the category of animal-like makes horsemeat good to eat. The main categories are completed and contrasted by the categories of not human-like and not animal-like. They represent horsemeat as an acceptable food, but only after certain justifications. Research limitations/implications The data are based on Finnish media texts, and therefore, the identified categories are interpreted in this specific cultural context. Originality/value The current semiotic analysis adds to the existing food consumption research by shedding light on the cultural barriers that make something edible or inedible. By so doing, the findings present a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of the horse as a special kind of meat animal and the justifications for eating horsemeat. Consequently, the findings offer new insights concerning changing food consumption behaviours into a more sustainable direction, pointing out the hidden meanings that influence this process.

Online Harassment of Female Journalists in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-166
Author(s):  
Priyanka Kundu ◽  
Md. Mahbubul Haque Bhuiyan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Online News ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Online Harassment ◽  
Female Journalists ◽  
The World ◽  
Depth Interviews

The online harassment of female journalists is a rising concern around the world and also in South Asia. Bangladesh, a South Asian country, recently, has experienced an increasing number of harassments against female journalists online. Various studies explored the online harassment, mostly from the Western perspectives. Scholars have argued that the online harassments may negatively affect the freedom of expression. But little is known about Bangladesh. Drawing upon feminist theory, this study investigated the experiences of online journalists in Bangladesh. The objectives were to explore the nature and forms of online harassment and to find how this experiences of harassments affect the freedom of expression of the victims. Data were collected through content analysis, semiotic analysis of the uncivil comments available in the online news feedback and in-depth interviews. Results of the study indicate that online harassment is a frequent phenomenon where the victim journalists feel vulnerable in the ‘unsafe' online ‘patriarchal' environment.

IDEOLOGICAL STATUS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF POLITICS: ANALYSIS OF CZECH ONLINE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS / VIZUALIOJO POLITIKOS REPREZENTAVIMO IDEOLOGINIS STATUSAS: ČEKIJOS NAUJIENŲ NUOTRAUKŲ, PASKELBTŲ INTERNETE, ANALIZĖ

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Jana Teplá
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Visual Representation ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Online News ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Right

During the first direct Presidential election in the Czech Republic in 2013, Czech newspapers tended to support one of the final candidates. The main aim of this study is to interpret the strategies of photographic representations of the two final candidates in online medium Lidovky.cz, which had publicly declared to support the right-wing candidate, and to compare these strategies. The theoretical context of this research is built upon a visual studies approach to culture. It is mostly inspired by the issues of visual literacy, critical analysis of visual culture, image based research and by the concept of ideologies defined in terms of social knowledge, society and discourse. A semiotic analysis was used for uncovering the patterns of visual representation. Per 2013 m. pirmuosius tiesioginius Čekijos Respublikos prezidento rinkimus Čekijos laikraščiuose vyravo tendencija paremti vieną iš finalinių kandidatų. Pagrindinis šio tyrimo tikslas – interpretuoti ir palyginti dviejų finalinių kandidatų reprezentacijų nuotraukose strategijas interneto medijoje Lidovky.cz, kuri viešai pareiškė palaikanti dešiniojo sparno kandidatą. Teorinis šio tyrimo kontekstas paremtas vizualumo studijų priartėjimu prie kultūros ir yra inspiruotas ginčijamų vizualiojo raštingumo klausimų, vizualiosios kultūros kritinės analizės, įvaizdžiu pagrįsto tyrimo ir ideologijų, apibrėžiamų socialinės žinijos, visuomenės ir diskurso terminais.

The Effect of Searching Versus Surfing on Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Online News

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Wise ◽  
Hyo Jung Kim ◽  
Jeesum Kim
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Skin Conductance Level ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Online News ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Information Need ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Rate Acceleration

A mixed-design experiment was conducted to explore differences between searching and surfing on cognitive and emotional responses to online news. Ninety-two participants read three unpleasant news stories from a website. Half of the participants acquired their stories by searching, meaning they had a previous information need in mind. The other half of the participants acquired their stories by surfing, with no previous information need in mind. Heart rate, skin conductance, and corrugator activation were collected as measures of resource allocation, motivational activation, and unpleasantness, respectively, while participants read each story. Self-report valence and recognition accuracy were also measured. Stories acquired by searching elicited greater heart rate acceleration, skin conductance level, and corrugator activation during reading. These stories were rated as more unpleasant, and their details were recognized more accurately than similar stories that were acquired by surfing. Implications of these results for understanding how people process online media are discussed.

ANALISIS WACANA PADA BERITA NONTON FILM SAKINAH, MAHASISWA UIN YOGYAKARTA BERI PUJIAN (ANALISIS MIKROSTRUKTURAL)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Resdianto Permata Raharjo ◽  
Maranita Anjarsari
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Online News ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study aims to describe 1) the form of cohesion contained in the news Watching Sakinah Movies, UIN Yogyakarta Give Praise Students and 2) describing the forms of coherence contained in the news Watching Sakinah Film, Students of UIN Yogyakarta Give Praise. The subjects used in this study were news of watching Sakinah film, UIN Yogyakarta students giving praise, and the objects used were sentences containing grammatical cohesion, a form of lexical cohesion. The approach used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The data in this study are sentences in the news of Watching Sakinah Movies, This student is a method of literature study. While the method of data analysis in this study is descriptive method analysis method, the method used to analyze and describe cohesion markers and analyze markers of coherence. Test The results of the study show that in the news of watching Sakinah films, UIN Yogyakarta Beri Pujian students have varied markers of cohesion and coherence in the Tebuireng Online news discourse. Cohesion markers were found to reference (3), substitution (1), ellipsis (2), conjunction (3), collocation (1), and markers of coherence found cause-effect relationships (2), relationship coherence suggestions — goals (1), coherence temporal relations (1), and coherence of causal relationships (1).

Role of The Halal Industry in Recovering the National Economy in Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-214
Author(s):  
Cucu Susilawati
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Online News ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Halal Food ◽  
Vigorous Growth ◽  
Business Sectors

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia is attacking not only public health but also the economy. The presence of Covid-19 has many important impacts on developed countries. There are at least four industries most impacted by this pandemic, including households, MSMEs, companies and the financial industry. However, the halal industry is believed to be more resilient to the Covid-19 pandemic. This durability is because of the principles attributed to the halal sector, namely the importance of fairness, balance and openness. The author’s goal is therefore to carry out more in-depth research on the role of the halal industry in supporting the national economy, which is under pressure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This type of study is a literature review with a material analysis approach that explores the conditions of the halal industry in Indonesia in depth. The material received is as books, published information, and online news. The findings of this study reveal that there are three halal business sectors that are believed to be more vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic in order to facilitate national economic recovery. Halal finance, halal food and halal fashion industries are among them. Halal finance from both the banking sector and the Islamic stock market has proved to be more robust than the mainstream financial sector. Besides guaranteed halal food, its wellbeing is also guaranteed, and halal fashion is now on the rise as Muslim fashion is increasingly innovative and global. We believe the three of them to have experienced vigorous growth, and also to continue to draw customers. And also after the Covid-19 pandemic, these three sectors could survive. Thus the halal industry also contributes to Indonesian economy.

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