Death Cults and Dystopian Scenarios: Neo-Nazi Religion and Literature in the USA Today

In this article, I investigate the literary representation of the religious convictions and political strategy of neo-Nazi ideologues who are influential in rightwing authoritarian movements in the USA today. The reason that I do this is because in contemporary fascism, the novel has replaced the political manifesto, the military manual and proselytizing testimony, since fiction can evade censorship and avoid prosecution. I read William Luther Pierce’s Turner Diaries and Hunter together with his text on speculative metaphysics and religious belief, Cosmotheism. Then, I turn to Harold Covington’s Northwestern Quintet with The Brigade, reading this with Christian Identity and his own conception of Nazi religious tolerance. Finally, I look at OT Gunnarsson’s Hear the Cradle Song, reading this together with discussions of racism in Californian Odinism. I propose that what this literature shows is that the doctrinal differences between the three main strands of neo-Nazi religion—Cosmotheism, Christian Identity and Odinism—are less significant than their common ideological functions. These are twofold: (1) the sacralization of violence and (2) the sanctification of elites. The dystopian fictions of fascist literature present civil war scenarios whose white nationalist and genocidal outcome is the result of what are, strictly speaking, supremacist death cults.

Is the Biggest Hindrance to Educational Success “Virtually” Solved?

It started with a simple little filler in USA Today 25 years ago. It showed a broken student desk with cobwebs on it and offered data on “average yearly absences” in Japan, Germany, and the United States. Assessing my own data, I verified that they were on point and proceeded to discuss why this was a major hurdle for our kids and what could be done. Now, 25 years later, I am revisiting this topic, but through the virtual lens, including new data.

Kashmir Conflict: Reflections in Media after Abrogation of Special Status

The paper is a brief analysis of the various discussions and news reported in media of four countries, after the abrogation of Art. 35(A) and Art. 370. The paper also discusses the historical genesis of the Kashmir dynamics and how the Kashmir conflict has assumed different perceptions and distinction amid the international community. The paper tries to present the depiction of Kashmir, after abrogation, to the international audience within the bilateral dimension between India and Pakistan. Adhering to the principle of neutrality, the paper presents some of the factual topics of discussion after the abrogation of the special status of Kashmir under Art. 370 and Art. 35A. The paper analyzes the news and debates in Chinese CGTN TV and Global Times; select American print media Washington Post, New York Times, and USA Today; the India Today TV and Pakistan’s Geo News and ARY News. The paper shows how the contents vary according to the suitability of the particular countries’ priority and policies.

A Corpus Assisted Comparative Study of Metadiscourse Markers in Opinion Articles of American and Pakistani Newspapers

Writers often use metadiscourse markers to express their messages compellingly and persuasively. The current research explores the frequency of metadiscourse markers in Pakistani and American Newspapers using corpus linguistics methods. Opinion articles from both The News and The USA Today were collected, cleaned, and analyzed using the AntConc software. The primary focus of the research was on two interpersonal features: hedges and boosters. The findings of the study suggest that American writers tend to use more metadiscourse markers than Pakistani writers do. The findings also suggest that the frequency of hedges is higher than that of boosters in both Pakistani and American articles. The findings also suggest that writers prefer to use hedges to convey doubt, uncertainty, and lack of confidence. On the other hand, writers prefer to use boosters when writing about facts that make their writing style more confident and assertive.

Representations of climate in the English-speaking press: building a metaphorical interdiscourse

La presse représente, par essence, un discours intertextuel composé de citations explicites, mais également de références plus implicites qui la placent dans un interdiscours complexe. En particulier, il est admis que les médias s’inspirent largement les uns des autres, créant entre différents articles, genres et publications des liens intertextuels et interdiscursifs qui sont susceptibles d’évoluer dans le temps. La présente étude se propose d’analyser ces liens et, plus particulièrement, ceux constitués par les métaphores appliquées au domaine du climat telles qu’elles sont employées dans la presse généraliste anglophone. La métaphore, qu’elle soit pédagogique ou constitutive d’une théorie, est ici définie comme une projection d’un domaine vers un autre créant une analogie qui permet de mieux comprendre le domaine spécialisé concerné. Le phénomène qui nous intéresse ici est celui de la circulation des métaphores entre presse et discours spécialisé et, au sein du discours de presse, entre journaux, aires géographiques et périodes de temps. Afin de comprendre ce phénomène, un corpus d’articles de presse portant sur le changement climatique publiés dans le Daily Telegraph, le Guardian, le New York Times et USA Today entre 2014 et 2017 a été constitué. Celui-ci est comparé à un corpus de Earth Negotiation Bulletins, rapports issus de la COP21 en 2015. Les métaphores liées au domaine du climat ont été identifiées et analysées notamment à l’aide du logiciel WMatrix et de son outil d’identification des domaines sémantiques. Il apparaît ainsi que les journaux s’inspirent des textes spécialisés, mais n’abordent pas nécessairement les métaphores de la même manière. La période, l’aire géographique et la ligne éditoriale des journaux influencent également l’usage des métaphores.

The Use of Infographics in Online Newspapers

Infographics is the representation of data and information using graphics. The use of infographics attracts the attention of users and explains complex information quickly and clearly. This study explores the new trends of using infographics in two different models of Arabic and English online newspapers that are Al Bayan website and USA Todaywebsite. An analysis of infographics that have been published in these both online newspapers was conducted. The dominant type of infographics used in both online newspapers is type-based graphics. USA Today used more types-based graphics. KEY WORDS: infographics, visual storytelling, online journalism, new media.

REGISTER IN DISCUSSION GENRE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT THROUGH AFFECT EVALUATION

Purpose of the study: This data exploration is to seek the level and also the sort of unhappiness expression as a part of effect used in the news texts as a register included in discussion genre taken from 2 news texts of New York Times, 2 news texts of BBC, 1 news text of The Guardian 1, 1 news text of Bloomberg 1, 1 news text of USA Today and 1 news text of Fox News. Methodology: The data is explored with the appraisal theory by using domain and component analysis. The effect measured is focused on unhappiness: misery and unhappiness: antipathy. The data source used here are international news which the text is written with discussion genre. Main Findings: The findings report that the unhappiness: antipathy is much more found (43 data) than the unhappiness: misery (34 data). The data found are: 8 data of unhappiness: antipathy and 27 data of unhappiness: misery in New York Times 1; 5 data of unhappiness: antipathy and 2 unhappiness: misery in BBC 2; 2 data of unhappiness: antipathy and 2 data of unhappiness: misery in The Guardian; 6 data of unhappiness: antipathy in Bloomberg; 8 data of unhappiness: antipathy and 3 data of unhappiness: misery in BBC 1; 10 data of unhappiness: antipathy in USA Today; 2 data of unhappiness: antipathy in Fox News; 2 data of unhappiness: antipathy in New York Times 2. Applications of this study: This data exploration is a benefit in the linguistic study to find the implicit meaning taken from the news texts. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of this exploration is investigating unhappiness value in texts with the genre of discussion which can construct a new theory of genre.