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Analysing the News Coverage of "Pet Regret" in the UK Through the Framework of Nonviolent Communication.

Authors :
Garrisi, Diana
Source :
Journalism Practice; Mar2024, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p433-451, 19p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Drawing on the tenets of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), this paper presents a discourse analysis of UK news coverage regarding the phenomenon commonly referred to as "pet regret". This is an informal expression coined by mainstream media to indicate feelings of remorse experienced by individuals who acquired a companion animal during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently found themselves questioning their decision, leading some to consider relinquish or leaving without care their pet. This paper will discuss examples from newspapers that used a moralistic framework to depict pet owners by resorting to forms of value judgments woven into rhetorical and syntactic structures. The tone of these judgments reinforces a type of representation grounded on binary thinking, potentially encouraging classifications of people based on reductive notions of right and wrong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17512786
Volume :
18
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journalism Practice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174582239
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2260784