Naturalizing negativity: how journalism textbooks justify crime, conflict, and “bad” news

Parks, Perry

doi:10.1080/15295036.2018.1533990

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“…The analysis of a month worth of crime reports demonstrated the construction of all the above-mentioned news values through various linguistic resources. There were also linguistic cues which could construe different news values, in line with the sociocultural expectations, from what is normally expected (Bednarek and Caple, 2017;Parks, 2018). For example, there are terms and expressions in the crime reports which totally neutralize the negativity of the news report and also, to some extent, make it positive (e.g.…”

Section: Qualitative Analysis Of the Crime Reportsmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…This article examines the types of news values and how they are construed 2 and if Persian/Farsi language of the newspaper might construe news values differently from what has been already discussed in the literature on English language news reporting (Bednarek, 2015, 2016; Bednarek and Caple, 2014, 2017). In other words, the focus is on the extent to which the ‘sociocultural’ Iranian context will affect the discursive mechanism of news values in a news report (Bednarek and Caple, 2017; Parks, 2018).…”

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‘Discursive news values analysis’ of Iranian crime news reports: Perspectives from the culture

Makki

2019

Discourse & Communication

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This article is concerned with 'how' newsworthiness is constructed linguistically/discursively in a sample of Iranian crime and misbehaviour reports. This is new as both linguistic analysis of 'crime reports' and the context of 'Iranian journalism' are among under-researched areas. Onemonth worth editions of two Iranian/Farsi language newspapers were collected, and the data were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively with reference to the analytical framework of Bednarek and Caple. While the quantitative analysis showed the construction of Eliteness as the most frequent news value in both newspapers, there were differences in the construction of news values between the newspapers. Qualitative analysis of the data also showed the construction of news values in line with the sociocultural values prevalent in the society as well as the possible role of state and political authorities.

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Section: Qualitative Analysis Of the Crime Reportsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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‘Discursive news values analysis’ of Iranian crime news reports: Perspectives from the culture

Makki

2019

Discourse & Communication

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“…Such awareness might prompt “a form of reflexivity that examines both the explicit and implicit assumptions that show up in the data and analyses of researchers” (Carlson et al., 2018, p. 15). My analysis of joy both within news content and as it manifests in me while studying it is, at heart, an interrogation of the normative journalistic, civic, and research common sense that news is predominantly negative and definitionally a source of distress and discouragement (Parks, 2019c). Pursuing my study of joy in full awareness of the dominant discourse fosters examination of how the joyful elements of news events are overlooked or underplayed, when really our orientation to the news could be entirely different.…”

Section: Postcoding and The Commitments Of Journalism Studiesmentioning

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Choosing Joy as Methodology in Journalism Research

Parks

2020

Journal of Communication Inquiry

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This article seeks to complicate notions that research methods in journalism and media communication should necessarily be preceded or driven by research questions, suggesting that researchers who prioritize methods that bring them joy might discover questions they wouldn’t otherwise know to ask. The article first explores methodology as a lifestyle choice through the framework of non-representational theory. It then examines literature on postcoding, which suggests that the coding practices found in much qualitative social science are unnecessary holdovers of positivism. The essay shows how spontaneously freestyle, open-ended postcoding analysis enabled the author to discover and intra-act with data in newly rich and authentic ways. Finally, the article examines how this style of research fits with the normative commitments of the discipline of journalism studies.

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“…They are not only intended to mediate practical and even tacit knowledge about the occupation to students, but also pass on ideas about societies and basic concepts of democracies. This is why it has previously drawn much more scholarly interest than the course literature that comprises of academic works; journalism textbooks have aroused discussion because of their alleged impact through naturalising and maintaining biased social structures (e.g., Hardin, Dodd, and Lauffer 2006;Hardin and Preston 2001;Parks 2019Parks , 2018Starck and Wyffels 1990). As knowledge concerning digital reporting is rapidly becoming obsolete, textbooks are increasingly available online.…”

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The Literary Construction of Journalism Education: A Review of the Course Literature in the Nordic Academic Journalism Programmes

Jaakkola

Uotila

2019

Journalism Practice

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This article investigates the course literature in the curricula of 12 major journalism schools at Northern European universities. This analysis of the course literature listed in documentation of bachelor programmes traces how journalism education institutions constitute their knowledge base on journalism. It is found that Nordic journalism students are required to read almost four books per study credit on average. Undergraduate academic journalism programmes are professionally oriented, and professional literature by non-scientific publishers occupies a major place in the course literature. A strong emphasis is placed on professional books written in the domestic language, with an average age of seven years. Though the Scandinavian languages show high degrees of similarities with each other, there is very little circulation of literature across the countries within the Nordic area. This analysis of the literature points to a relatively homogeneous educational culture with small differences and raises questions about the qualitative dimensions of instructional design.

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Naturalizing negativity: how journalism textbooks justify crime, conflict, and “bad” news

Cited by 26 publications

References 39 publications

‘Discursive news values analysis’ of Iranian crime news reports: Perspectives from the culture

‘Discursive news values analysis’ of Iranian crime news reports: Perspectives from the culture

Choosing Joy as Methodology in Journalism Research

The Literary Construction of Journalism Education: A Review of the Course Literature in the Nordic Academic Journalism Programmes

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