Socio-cultural conditioning of style and structure in journalistic discourse: The distinctively “objective” textuality of Iranian political news reporting

Makki, Mohammad; White, Peter R. R.

doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2017.12.001

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“…So far, the bulk of discourse analysis studies of the Iranian journalistic context has centred on the representation of Iran’s contentious nuclear issue in the Iranian, US and British publications through the lens of CDA (Behnam and Zenouz, 2008; Izadi and Saghaye-Biria, 2007; Khosravinik, 2015; Koosha and Shams, 2005; Rasti and Sahragard, 2012). There is also a growing body of research attending to the structural properties of Iranian Persian news texts in general and crime news reports in particular (Makki and White, 2018; Rafiee et al, 2018; White and Makki, 2016).…”

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

Makki

2019

Discourse & Communication

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“…In addition. This style also facilitates reporting, and journalists can report effectively without losing important information (Makki and White, 2018) [8] . For traditional readers, the vast majority of them will appear to skim news essays or read only a few paragraphs.…”

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Technological Advances Affect Journalists' Reporting Styles

2023

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This study focuses on exploring how journalists' reporting style is affected by the continuous development of emerging technologies. This paper analyzes how journalists' reporting styles are affected by technological advances by analyzing four reporting styles in the digital domain. On the other hand, it also puts forward new requirements for current journalists to constantly learn and have digital skills. From a macro point of view, the change in reporting methods also positively impacts current journalism and journalists. For example, in data journalism, journalists introduce different data to support the validity of the news. It enables readers to understand important information about the content of the news, based on the fact that data is added to support the news. At the level of narrative journalism style, journalists are increasingly using news stories to attract readers and expose them to real news sources. In the case of interactive journalism, this style of journalism (such as news games) has been shown to help journalists run news stories smoothly and meet the needs of readers. In inverted pyramid journalism, some journalists stick to this style, for the obvious reason that it allows readers to get to key news content in a concise and clear way. This is undoubtedly positive.

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“…The themes are equal to movements in DT (Figure 1). As seen, protecting religious lifestyle and moral values are two priorities of this discourse in the context of Islamic theocracy as a political system whose highest political authority (Supreme Leader) is a high-ranking religious cleric (Makki and White, 2018). Hence, it was called Minaret discourse.…”

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The adoption of social messaging apps in Iran: Discourses and challenges

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Today, social networks are the most popular and widely used applications among smartphone users all around the world. Three years ago, the Telegram messaging app was the most widely used social messaging app in Iran due to its technical features and user-friendliness. Despite its popularity, Telegram caused controversial debates among policymakers and public opinion. To discover the nature of these conflicts, two main discourses were identified through qualitative data analysis based on Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory. Proponents of Minaret discourse consider the Telegram as a threat to national security, thus they have tried to provide favorable condition to limit using it, and develop alternative domestic apps. In contrast, Cylinder discourse supports using the Telegram app to fulfill citizens’ digital rights and their rights of privacy and freedom of expression. This discursive conflict among policymakers, along with users’ resistance, resulted in some failures in the adoption of foreign apps (e.g., Telegram). Despite the extensive technical, financial, and moral supports to popularize domestic apps, users still prefer foreign apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The analysis of emergent discourses demonstrates the origins of contestations and provides insights into how to adopt social messaging apps.

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Socio-cultural conditioning of style and structure in journalistic discourse: The distinctively “objective” textuality of Iranian political news reporting

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 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

Technological Advances Affect Journalists' Reporting Styles

The adoption of social messaging apps in Iran: Discourses and challenges

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