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Hebrew journalism began in June 1856, with the publication of Hammaggid in the East Prussian city of Lyck. In its wake, other Hebrew newspapers began to emerge in Europe (Hammelis, ̣ Hasṣ ef̣ ira, among others), in Palestine (for example, Hallevanon, Ḥavasṣ elet ̣, and Hasṣ evi ̣ ), and elsewhere worldwide. The language of Hebrew journalism underwent numerous changes during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This paper traces changes that occurred in the language of early Hebrew journalism from 1884 to 1920 in three different linguistic categories: (1) the use of wayyiqtoḷ forms – which gradually disappeared from Hebrew journalistic language in the period under consideration; (2) the morphology of foreign words and names – as exemplified by the gradual dominance of the modern forms of the geographical names of Russia and England and of the month of December; and (3) the use of the first person plural suffix pronoun. Relatively widespread throughout the period in question, this usage disappeared over the course of the further development of Hebrew journalistic language. Analysis of these three categories enables identification of trends that shaped Hebrew journalistic language during the revival period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the portrayal of Arab women in both Arab and Western newspapers in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. It aims to uncover concealed ideologies, concepts, and beliefs held by Arab and Western societies regarding Arab women. Employing Fairclough's three-dimensional Approach to Discourse Analysis as a theoretical framework, the analysis considers the dimensions of discourse fragment (text), discursive practices, and the power dynamics inherent in discourse. Additionally, the study adopts a qualitative approach for collecting and analysing the selected data. Four prominent newspapers, namely the Washington Post, Daily Mail, Arab News, and Gulf Times, were chosen for the study. The findings reveal notable disparities in the depiction of Arab women in Arab and Western media. In Arab newspapers, Arab women are often portrayed as empowered, respected, skilled, educated, and capable contributors to economic and social life. They are occasionally depicted as businesswomen and leaders. Conversely, some Western media tend to portray Arab women as oppressed, subjugated, veiled, plagued by inequality, hidden from view, and restricted by religious rules concerning marriage and dress. They are even referred to as literal odalisques. The study concludes that these varied depictions stem from distinct ideologies prevalent in Arab and Western media. The insights derived from this research regarding the diverse portrayals of Arab women and the influence of different ideologies in Arab and Western media can be valuable for academics, government officials, and community organizations seeking innovative perspectives on women's media representation and active participation in society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A large measles outbreak occurred in South Wales in 2012/2013. The outbreak has been attributed to low take-up of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization in the early 2000s. To understand better the factors that led to this outbreak we present the findings of a case-control study carried out in the outbreak area in 2001 to investigate parents' decision on whether to accept MMR. Parents who decided not to take-up MMR at the time were more likely to be older and better educated, more likely to report being influenced by newspapers [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 3·07, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·62–5·80], television (aOR 3·30, 95% CI 1·70–6·43), the internet (aOR 7·23, 3·26–16·06) and vaccine pressure groups (aOR 5·20, 95% CI 2·22–12·16), and less likely to be influenced by a health visitor (aOR 0·30, 95% CI 0·16–0·57). In this area of Wales, daily English-language regional newspapers, UK news programmes and the internet appeared to have a powerful negative influence. We consider the relevance of these findings to the epidemiology of the outbreak and the subsequent public health response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to explore the image of shipping as communicated by selected media. To this purpose, selected press coverage of important maritime events and incidents during the years 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 has been examined. A content analysis of newspaper articles was conducted in order to explore the initial media portrayal of important events (between 2009 and 2012) which have either enhanced or undermined the shipping community's social image. Search included the database of the tabloid with the highest circulation, as well as the databases of other 'quality' and business English language European newspapers for related articles. In total, our research examined the databases of five leading newspapers. The main objective of this research is to determine whether topics that have made the headlines in the maritime media have also attracted the attention of the general media during the first 10 days. Secondly, this research focuses on the ways in which journalists have framed these events at an embryonic stage, elaborating mainly on their primary attitudes towards the shipping industry. Analysis of results leads to the conclusion that the shipping world attracts rather limited reporting by the general press. In this respect, contrary to general belief, sensationalism and alarmism were reported only in one case, whereas mostly mixed or even indifferent tones and attitudes by reporters were recognized in all other cases examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anti-Zionism constitutes an important ideological building block of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This article provides insight into the mass communication of anti-Zionism in the English-language Iranian press in order to examine how this ideology is ‘exported’ to an international readership. The article presents the results of an empirical study of two leading English-language Iranian newspapers,The Tehran Times and Press TV. The study uses critical discourse analysis and draws upon tenets of Social Representations Theory from social psychology. The following themes are discussed: (i) resisting social representations of Israeli statehood; (ii) constructing threat: the Zionist regime as a terrorist entity; and (iii) responding to threat: anti-Zionism as a religious duty for the Muslim Ummah. As a ‘mouthpiece’ of Iran, these outlets adopt and encourage a fervently anti-Zionist stance by refusing to recognise the statehood and civilian population of Israel and by constructing the ‘Zionist regime’ as a terrorist threat which should be mitigated collectively by the Islamic Ummah. Implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Saraiki, being the fourth most widely spoken language in Pakistan and being used in some parts of India and Afghanistan, is of significant geographical, historical, and cultural importance. However, it remains neglected in terms of proper documentation and identification of its unique linguistic features. The current study is centered on identifying the lexico-semantic categories of Saraiki nouns and then developing their hierarchical relationships (Miller et al., 1993). This quantitative research is designed to contribute to the process of developing Saraiki WordNet and is related to Natural Language Processing (NLP). A corpus of 3 million words was developed on the basis of data collected from different genres of the Saraiki language, including newspapers, academic essays, literary texts, and religious books. Both expansion and merge approaches were used to analyze the data. A wordlist of 1500 most occurring nouns was extracted from the corpus using Antconc 3.4.4.0, followed by manual tagging in Microsoft Excel 2010. Resultantly, 39 most occurring nouns from the wordlist were used to develop 173 related synsets, and lexico-semantic relationships among these nouns were identified with the help of 30 hierarchies (Miller et al., 1993). This study is limited to areas like Bahawalpur, Multan, and Muzaffarabad. It would be a milestone for Saraiki language learners, SWN development, Saraiki lexical resources, online SL dictionaries, and a guide for researchers.

This cross-cultural study involves a comparison of 55 pairs of global news items in Chinese- and English-language tabloid newspapers collected during a two-month period in 2009. Drawing on Bateman’s Multimodality and Genre (2008), the news articles were analyzed in terms of their base unit realizations, which can be sub-divided into three categories: text-typographic, photo-pictorial and diagram-representational units. The results show that Chinese news tends to employ more photo-pictorial elements, such as photos, icons and arrows, exemplifying the atomization or compartmentalization approach in layout design. Icons and arrows are also argued to have the interpersonal function of building rapport with the audience and the organizational function of helping readers to navigate. English news tends to adopt larger pictures as background, on which other elements are embedded in a more complex manner, exemplifying the graphic composite approach in visual layout. English news also features more text-typographic units because of embedded typographic units, such as capitalized and bold-face fonts, that substitute for the stress patterns in spoken English. Diagrams (such as tables and lists), which serve the function of providing additional information, are more common in Chinese news. It is argued that, although Chinese newspapers exhibit a globalized ‘inverted pyramid’ structure in their written forms, a more fragmented approach of atomization is still preferred in the overall layout of Chinese newspapers. This research highlights the importance of studying the ‘local’ experience of globalization [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Since the early 1990s, Malaysian society has displayed a deepening concern over steady increases in reported cases of child abuse in the country. For many Malaysians, knowledge of this issue comes from the mainstream media. This research analyses media coverage of child abuse in two mainstream English-language daily newspapers throughout 2010. The analysis focuses on how this issue is presented and ‘framed’ in the media. Through the use of simple episodic framing and a distorted focus on extreme cases of child abuse, media coverage internationally obscures the reality of child abuse as it occurs within the context of contemporary social, cultural, religious or political systems. This hinders any genuine understanding of the problem, leading to flawed solutions. We find these international patterns largely replicated in Malaysia. Furthermore, gendered socialization processes in Malaysia make women and mothers principally responsible for family life and there is a tendency to blame and punish mothers for child abuse even when they are not the perpetrators. Internationally, child welfare experts and academics have advised the media to focus reporting on the underlying causes of abuse so that the issue can be better understood and addressed and this advice is pertinent for Malaysia today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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By adopting framing theory, this study examines the coverage of two English- language Chinese newspapers, namely China Daily and Global Times, on the current happenings in Indian held Kashmir (IHK) and escalations on Line of Control (LoC) to cognise Beijing's official perspective as a third key stakeholder of the valley. Content analysis is employed for a statistical analysis of dominant frames used by the Chinese press vis-à-vis the Indo-Pak Kashmir conflict in news reports from August 5 (annulment of Article 370 of the Indian constitution) to September 30, 2019 (last day of the 74th UNGA's session held at the United Nations). Findings suggest that both newspapers used almost similar frames for the Kashmir problem, nevertheless, with a difference in the ratio of coverage. Leadership frame was frequently used in the mediated texts, followed by conflict, peace, and responsibility frames, with primarily „episodic' reportage, which echoed that delays in IHK's resolution will have grave implications for regional stability. The study concludes that dominant frames reinforced by the press tow Beijing's current foreign, or say Kashmir, policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid developments of science and technology, it appears that the best way to get much information is to appreciate some news items, because they are objectively facts and data that are easy for us to comprehend. However, if there is no vague language in newspapers, the reliability and veracity will be reduced to the degree, and the news items will not be trust-worthy at all. So this research paper aims to analyze certain samples selected from some English newspapers by means of Grice's Cooperative Principle so as to demonstrate that vague language can effectively stand out the accuracy of the English newspapers. Consequently, the paper reveals that the vague language helps and strengthens the artistic effects of the news items which cannot be expressed directly by the exact number or detailed information in the English newspapers. In addition, all the readers may benefit from this research paper and have the deep appreciations of the vagueness as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The communication of determinants of health and health outcomes normally executed through academic channels often fail to reach lay audiences. In April of 2010, the results of collaboration between academe and mass media were published in the Hamilton Spectator, one of Canada's 10 largest English-language daily newspapers as a 7-day series. The aim of the collaboration was to describe the disparities in the determinants of health and health status that exists in the City of Hamilton's neighbourhoods in a way that could be easily comprehended by a lay audience. Simple statistics, maps of the City's neighbourhoods, interviews and stories were woven together to communicate these disparities. The reaction to the series was overwhelming. It spawned a new position in the municipal government, was discussed at the Provincial and Federal levels of governments, prompted the local university to alter plans, relocating a new health care centre to the greatest area of need as highlighted by the series, and won several local and national awards. The objective of this manuscript is to describe all aspects of the series, including the specific decisions made, the methods employed and the aftermath of its publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to contribute to existing historiography by studying how the crisis of the First World War prompted the British residents of Florence to define for the first time what it meant to be Anglo-Florentine in a city that was populated by a significant international community. By examining two Anglo-Florentine newspapers, and archival records, it demonstrates how an expatriate community defined itself along sharply nationalistic lines, borrowing from the language of newspapers in Britain, and how its members regarded themselves as being loyal patriots of the British empire, despite living outside its formal and informal spheres of influence. This new identity referenced the expatriate Britons’ attachment to their adopted home, tracing a tradition of Anglo-Italian relations that stretched back to Classical history. It would also have international implications, as Anglo-Florentine patriotism produced the first centre in Italy dedicated to cultural propaganda, the British Institute of Florence, established in 1917, forerunner to later institutes around the world. Though the impact of the First World War on national and cultural identity in Great Britain and her empire has been extensively studied, the effect of the conflict on British expatriates has until now been neglected. This article seeks to address that gap. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper investigates the online news gallery as a site for new genres of multimodal news reporting, and the extent to which such galleries may be used as a method of news storytelling. News media websites are now well established and the relative ease with which multimedia can be incorporated into such websites has led us to question the extent to which galleries exploit the semiotic potential of the web to tell stories in new ways, or even to draw on long established traditions like the photo essay. We draw on two (of three) phases of data collection and analysis in this paper: an exploratory survey of a small number of galleries in established online newspapers; and an international survey of English language online newspapers, investigating the uptake of galleries and other multimedia. To tell a story, or not to tell a story: that is the question, and the answer, as online news gallery authors exploit the potential of galleries to varying degrees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

While the study of the ethical use of new technologies in journalistic work is imperative given the widespread use of such technology, such studies are few and far between, particularly for the developing world. This paper provides results of an exploratory, qualitative study of Indian journalists’ views about the ethical use of new computer and Internet-based technologies for news gathering and reporting in India. New digital technology was widely accessible to the respondents, but not all journalists were given the tools by their employers. Opinions about ethical news practices using new technology were mixed and revealed a few grey areas. English language national newspapers tended to indicate that their standards were strict and that ethical violations, exacerbated by new technology, occurred mostly in vernacular newspapers. On the whole, respondents had not heard often of other organizations or individuals committing unethical practices such as plagiarism and lack of attribution using new technology. Still, some beliefs indicated uncertainty about ethical practice or breach of ethical principles. The findings of this study have implications for journalism education and on-the-job training of Indian journalists, as well as for formulating ethical codes of journalism, particularly with regard to new media. Indian codes focus more on the roles journalists should play in society and do not provide very specific tactical guidance for everyday news gathering. Coupled with lack of training, this creates a situation where perceptions about journalistic ethics are sometimes vague and variant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - Adaptation to climate change requires that the population at risk and decision makers in various sectors become aware of the possible detrimental impacts in order to take whatever action is needed, especially in highly vulnerable countries and regions. In order to assess the climate change and impact awareness in a particularly vulnerable area - the Indian city Hyderabad, located within a semiarid region - we wanted to learn more about the local climate discourse, in particular the daily newspaper coverage of climate change and weather extremes. Methodology/approach - After having looked at the Indian climate change discourse (CCD) in general, based on literature review, we were studying the local public CCD, based on the in-depth analysis of two English language daily newspapers, and three Telugu (the dominant local language) daily newspapers, covering the period of 2008-2009. This qualitative and quantitative analysis was completed by two expert interviews with local journalists. Findings - We find that the more recent Indian CCD has shifted if compared to the dominant argumentation pattern of the period before, as reported in other analyses. While the former discourse was characterized by the scheme "the poor/developing countries suffer from anthropogenic climate change caused by the industrialized countries," the recent Indian CCD has become more differentiated, taking into account both impacts elsewhere, and, most notably, conceding a (limited) responsibility of countries like India. On a local level, while reports on weather extremes are very common, we find that local newspapers of Hyderabad do not provide a link between these extreme events and (global) climate change. Research limitations - Our discourse analysis could only cover a short time period of a local CCD, leaving open the questions of (a) its further development, and (b) how things might stand in other places in India. Furthermore it would be necessary to complement our study by analyses of the impact of mass media reporting on people's attitudes and behavior. Originality/value of paper - Given the importance of public participation in adaptation measures, it is crucial to know if and how the wider public and the majority of the nonexpert public administration (which needs to be involved) understands the causes, potential impacts, and possible adaptive action in the face of climate change. This chapter provides a necessary (though not sufficient) element for that assessment. The findings can help to identify weaknesses, and thus to give hints how to improve the adaptive capacity in places like Hyderabad (India). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the important role that business media play in corporate life, scarce attention has been paid to the role of media in the construction and popularization of corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this article, we understand media as a key infomediary and examine how the business press has framed and presented CSR over the last 10 years. Based on a content analysis of how CSR is presented in two English-language business newspapers with an international readership, we develop a framework for understanding the role of business media setting the corporate CSR agenda. The results show that business media contribute to the construction of what CSR means in corporate practice by creating links between CSR and certain corporate activities, between CSR and arguments that strengthen the view of CSR as a business case, and between CSR and certain spokespersons. These links contribute to create a notion of what CSR stands for, what it means in practice, and why it is important that one should pay attention to. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the course of history, language and power have had an inextricable relationship that has enabled the ideological domination of some people/s over others. In fact, the main problem for the citizens is to understand the origins and reasons of a conflict and to discriminate between factual information and their beliefs. The present article will look at liminality and conflict from a linguistic perspective by analyzing the function of language and power in the escalation of the conflict between India and Pakistan in December 2008. The study will carry out an analysis of the language of newspapers during the days of the pre-conflict stage (27-31 December) between these countries. The article will analyze the information that appeared on the front pages of four of the most popular English newspapers in India and Pakistan (on-line edition). The aim of this analysis is to assess the role of the written media in the construction of the cognitive scenario of the conflict, and its function in the creation of an ideological basis to justify the ignition of a conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Translation Studies, research on media and translation is dominated by questions of audiovisual translation such as dubbing or subtitling. The larger field of the position of translation in the media in general, the awareness of the use of translation in newsrooms, is much less present in research (with the important exception of the Warwick project on 'Translation in Global News'). Earlier research has shown that translation as such is hardly problematized in media newsrooms, but conceived as an integral part of the transediting process. This article presents a case study of newspapers in Belgium (both in Dutch and in French), in particular regarding the selection of international news and the role of language and translation in the selection process. It is shown not only that the countries dealt with in the international news differ greatly in the Dutch-language and the French-language daily newspapers (which can be seen as a political statement in Belgium), but also that there are striking correlations between the countries covered and the linguistic origin of the main press agencies used. On the basis of these findings, one can assume that the role of language and (the absence of) translation in the information selection process seem to be important framing and agenda-setting factors in newsrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined the coverage of women's and men's varsity sport teams in the English- and French-language student newspapers at the University of Ottawa, Canada, during three academic years from 2004 to 2007. The analysis revealed unique findings, considering that previous research on campus print media had shown an enduring disparity of coverage featuring female athletes. In contrast, our descriptive statistics exposed few differences in the number or length of published articles and photographs of male and female athletes. In fact, female athletes tended to receive more coverage. Men's sports, however, were featured more often on the front page of the newspapers. A textual analysis of the coverage shows that sportswomen were not sexualized and were rarely trivialized. In general, rather than representing sportswomen as gendered subjects, the student-run newspapers discursively constructed them as 'just athletes'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is unique in two ways: 1) it explores the little-known discourse site of English-language Arab newspapers; and 2) it applies quantitative methods to a large amount of data to uncover patterns that show how these newspapers reproduce, resist and/or challenge the discourse that stems from a dominant Euro-centered culture. The article focuses on a corpus of 422 'hard' news texts that address the events and issues known as the 'Prophet Muhammad cartoons controversy'. The analysis of the data is approached via the contextual linguistic paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). An important model in this study is derived from Mills' (1995) concept of 'signals of affiliation' which is here adapted specifically to the context of Arab newspaper discourse production. Central to the investigation is a computer-assisted quantitative frequency and concordance analysis of the corpus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article presents an analysis of the media representation of Islam and Muslims within South African newspapers in response to the events of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent Afghanistan War. English-language daily newspapers from South Africa are cited in their photographic coverage of the events and their thematic and social connotations are discussed. The historical and contemporary differences between the popular depiction of Islam in South Africa are outlined, highlighting the common association of violence to Muslims.

This article is a study of visual, verbal and visual-verbal communication on the home pages of three English-language online newspapers from different national cultures. Important similarities in the visual-verbal structure of news stories and home pages between the three newspapers are identified. Each newspaper demonstrates a similar tendency towards atomization of news texts with which readers interact over short time scales, and a tendency towards greater consistency in the visual-verbal design of news across longer timescales. A genre-specific visual grammar for online newspaper home pages is emerging in response to the demands of the new medium and historical and social trends in news reporting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Processes of defining citizenship become particularly exposed in a media context, since this is an arena where a broad range of actors get their voice heard. The aim of this contribution is to explore the claims-making activities by different actors in stories about the Roma in Finnish newspapers. I want to elucidate the access to the mediated space and provide some examples of how citizenship claims are raised and contextualised. The empirical study is based content analysis and qualitative text analysis of articles from 1990–2003 in both the largest Finnish-language and the largest Swedish-language daily newspapers (Helsingin Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet). While Romani voices do have the possibility to contest dominant views in newspaper stories related to the Roma, this article argues, firstly, for a diversified coverage on Romani issues and, secondly, for increasing dialogue between a broader group of actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ethnic minority populations prefer cancer information that is respectful of their customs and beliefs about health and illness. Community newspapers are an important source of cancer information for ethnic groups. Our purpose is to evaluate the cultural sensitivity of cancer information in mass print media targeting ethnic minority readership. We assessed for cultural sensitivity 27 cancer articles published in English-language ethnic newspapers (Jewish, First Nations, Black/Caribbean, East Indian) in 2000 using the Cultural Sensitivity Assessment Tool (CSAT). We found that the overall average CSAT score of 27 cancer articles was 2.71. (Scores [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper surveys May Fourth newspaper culture in Shanghai in order to highlight the politics of transnational networks and news flows. The issue of newspaper identity is murky because of Shanghai newspapers' heavy reliance on translation and on news agencies, and because Chinese newspapers made strategic use of foreign registration and ownership. The surface language of newspapers could be equally strategic. Japanese published Chinese newspapers, and Chinese published newspapers in English. Through close examination of one Chinese-language newspaper, the Shangbao, together with the recently-opened papers of the Russian Jewish American journalist George Sokolsky, the author outlines some of the ambiguities of transnational human networks (involving Chinese, long-term expatriate foreigners, and overseas Chinese) and news flows that invested Chinese newspaper culture during a period of growing nationalism. In the semi-colonial city of Shanghai, these networks were marked by linguistic and racial hierarchies that generated strategic alliances and publication strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this work is to investigate the evolution of the Turkish language through an analysis of the newspapers’ articles published between the Late Ottoman and the Early Turkish Republican Eras. To conduct this analysis, this work focuses on the etymology of words used in the newspapers’ articles. We decided to focus on newspapers for two main reasons. On the one hand, press emerged in the Turkish cultural context with the aim to inform people about subjects of public interest (e.g., politics, economy, culture). Consequently, newspapers needed to adopt a language register that could be understood by a wide audience. On the other hand, we decided to focus on the language of newspapers since the latter represent one of the most effective means through which language spreads among speakers. Concerning this matter, we analysed articles from newspapers published in the Late Ottoman Era such as Tasvir-i Efkâr, İkdam and Tercüman-ı Hakikat, as well as others from the Early Republican Era such as Cumhuriyet, Akşam and Milliyet. Articles included in this analysis were published between 1864 and 1936. Through the analysis of these examples, the scope of this work is to find an answer to the question on whether there are common features in Turkish language between the Late Ottoman and the Early Republican Eras. Moreover, this paper aims to understand the impact of the language reform on the evolution of Turkish.

Since the advent of the NWIO debate, the Western media have been under attack over the perceived emphasis on negative news when dealing with Third World countries. This paper seeks to determine the degree of bias between Western and Third World media in their reporting of each other, and examines the role of culture in perceiving/selecting news of one kind over another. The study covers four elite English‐language daily newspapers from the US, UK, India and Nigeria. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Market-based and press-freedom variables were tested as predictors of “interactive” online journalism at the Web companions of 17 English-language Asian newspapers. A multidimensional conception of interactivity was used in the analysis. The findings suggest that market-based variables predict only certain facets of an online newspaper’s interactivity. Press-freedom variables were not fruitful predictors. Interactivity often is said to be a key feature of journalistic products published online. Venues for interpersonal communication, multimedia, and content that is hyperlinked, archived, updated frequently and available for personalized delivery are cited variously as hallmarks of the “ideal” interactive World Wide Web news site (see Thottam, 1999; Barringer, 1999; Lieb, 1998; Mings, 1997a; Khoo and Gopal, 1996; Lasica, 1996; Lapham, 1995; Regan, 1995). But in practice, online journalism typically is less than ideally interactive. Why this may be so is a question that has yet to be convincingly answered. Few scholars have considered it. Fewer still have considered it through theory. Instead, research to date has tended to focus on describing Web journalism from generally disparate conceptions of interactivity. This article reports an attempt to bring theory to bear on the question. It was a two-part effort. First, online journalism’s practice at English-language, Southeast Asian Web newspapers was analyzed through Heeter’s (1989) conception of multi-layered interactivity. Next, McManus’s (1995) market-based model of news production was tested for the potential to explain the extent to which the newspapers were interactive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed for a year. While getting through with the organizing of an Olympic Games amid a global pandemic is seen as a success by many ('The Good'), it was overshadowed by the relentless virus as the Games closed with a muted spectacle in 2021 ('The Bad'). Pushing on with the Games after the postponement, at the height of the pandemic, has resulted in strong criticisms and caused damage to the organizers ('The Ugly'). This study seeks to assess the crisis communication strategies implemented by the organizers as they navigated the capricious condition of trudging on with a pandemic era sport spectacle. Through examining the organizers' crisis communications to the challenges that emerged and public reactions to the strategies, this study seeks to understand the outcome of the strategies on the organizational image and reputation. It also provides reflections on the management of the Games through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, it is argued that the situational crisis communication theory offers a useful framework that can provide theoretical connections between crisis management in a sports mega-event and organizational response strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article combines linguistic discourse analysis with role theory to create a role-theoretic discourse analysis framework for German security policy. To illustrate this, we employ topos analysis on 30 plenary minutes of parliamentary debates regarding the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, conducted by German Members of Parliament between 2001 and 2014. We interpret their perception of Germany's roles in light of key behavioral norms related to German security policy. The parliamentary discourse, shaped by topoi, sets the stage for decisions on German military operations abroad. The use of topoi is influenced by dominant thought patterns, particularly the perspective on Germany's role in security policy held by the political elite. Political decisions, in turn, reflect behavioral preferences guided by these viewpoints. Our research reveals how changes in German security policy are mirrored in the discourse. This discourse is structured around five categories of topoi for legitimizing or delegitimizing military operations abroad: necessity, obligation, self-interest, capability and preparedness, and solution. An evaluation of the use of topoi through the lens of role theory indicates that perceptions of Germany's role have evolved over time, encompassing roles such as a "civilian power," a "normal state," and an "agenda-setting role" in sync with its foreign military engagements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This contribution delves into the transformative effects of the Russian–Ukrainian war on the discourse surrounding German hydrogen. Employing structural topical modeling (STM) on a vast dataset of 2192 newspaper articles spanning from 2019 to 2022, it aims to uncover thematic shifts attributed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The onset of the war in February 2022 triggered a significant pivot in the discourse, shifting it from sustainability and climate-change mitigation to the securing of energy supplies through new partnerships, particularly in response to Russia's unreliability. Germany started exploring alternative energy trading partners like Canada and Australia, emphasizing green hydrogen development. The study illustrates how external shocks can expedite the uptake of new technologies. The adoption of the "H2 readiness" concept for LNG terminals contributes to the successful implementation of green hydrogen. In summary, the Russian–Ukrainian war profoundly impacted the German hydrogen discourse, shifting the focus from sustainability to energy supply security, underscoring the interconnectedness of energy security and sustainability in Germany's hydrogen policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses a trial held in 2020 in the court known as 'Audiencia Nacional' (Madrid), against 12 Galician pro-independence activists accused of 'glorification of terrorism'. Through the linguistic strategies of the different actors, and the bilingual interaction produced in that space, we can identify the ideologisation processes and political opposition movements existing in the (cross)examination. While previous research has especially focused on community bilingualism and bilingual interaction in institutional contexts such as the courtroom from a perspective of feedback effect, I explore the refusal to switch languages by bilingual speakers (the accused) against the monolingual counterpart (the court). This struggle over language appropriateness is discursively constructed along in-the-moment uses of linguistic difference and cultural history. Finally, since this trial was live-streamed for the media and society, I consider the interdiscursive hybridity triggered by this 'third party' in which juridical and political messages are being exchanged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research examined the effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on identity changes among educated Ukraine-born women who have lived their adult lives in Israel. The data, collected in July 2022, were determined to be representative of educated women aged 25–60 who emigrated from Ukraine during 1988–2018. Findings revealed a strengthened Ukrainian identity in over half of the respondents. The Ukrainian-born Israelis, who held a hybrid Russian-Israeli identity, strengthened their Ukrainian identity. However, this strengthening was not uniform. It was associated with (a) frequency of exposure to Ukrainian news and social media that support the Ukrainian government; (b) attitudes toward the Russian-Ukrainian war; (c) the presence of the war in daily life; and (d) the geo-political place of origin in Ukraine. The study underscores the importance of researching identity shifts in people indirectly affected by crises in today's information-rich age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Platform work as a new form of work is a globally discussed research topic in various research fields, such as social sciences, economics and labour law. Previous research identifies the significant impact platforms have on work, labour market and society. This article brings a linguistic approach to the topic, analyzing and comparing the discussion on platform work in German and Finnish business newspapers in 2017–2021. The corpus-assisted discourse analysis shows that platform work is discussed in both media partly in same contexts, such as in platform work’s effect on labour market and society, the unclear employment status and the need for stronger regulation. However, the analysis is able to tease out aspects and distinctions of platform work in the media not shown previously. Findings show that the German Handelsblatt represents platform work as a challenge to society with strong regulation requests, whereas the Finnish Kauppalehti highlights the possibilities platform work provides to entrepreneurship and labour market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]