Journalistic Genres Research Articles

Social media communication management in the media sector

The production, distribution, and consumption of news have undergone fundamental changes, with social media providing an essential point of access to information. On these digital platforms, visual content has become increasingly important for the media sector. Nowadays, social media are a bridge for obtaining information, particularly on Instagram reels. The objective of this study was to investigate how news organisations make visual information available to the public, in particular the way in which reels are being used on social media. The profiles of three Portuguese national newspapers on the Instagram social network are analysed using a quantitative and qualitative approach. The variation of followers, the differences and similarities in the strategies used to distribute reels and how short videos are included to engage the target audience are analysed over the period. The way in which different journalistic genres are integrated into social media for the distribution of news is also presented, relating it to changes in communication management with the use of reels. The findings of this study suggest that social networks’ influence on journalistic management and practices is changing digital journalism.

Feuilleton in the context of journalistic and literary texts

Abstract Feuilleton is a hybrid genre. This genre is important for both literature and journalism because it has literary and journalistic characteristics. There are different opinions about the genre characteristics of feuilleton. So, in studies, it is sometimes characterized only as a journalistic genre. Although some of the studies pay attention to its literary peculiarities, they do not mention its journalistic peculiarities. There are also studies that examine the genre in both literary and journalistic contexts, and such a complex approach is of great importance to the analysis of the genre. Based on the ideas about the hybridity of the genre, our opinion on this matter is that when examining the feuilleton, it is important to thoroughly study it, taking into account the fact that it is a hybrid genre. When conducting research, all features should be studied, no feature should be left out of the study. The artistic colors of feuilleton are distinguished by their realistic and sharp lines. Here, the events are given in all their reality. This is one of the points that form the basis of journalistic works. In this article, the feuilleton genre is examined in the context of literary-journalistic genre; the history of feuilleton, its main features, and its literary and journalistic aspects are studied.

APPEARANCE OF GENDER INDICATORS IN THE INTERVIEW TEXT

Depending on the nature of the participants of the addresser and addressee in the communicative act, discursive activities such as monologic and dialogic are distinguished, many researchers recognize the primary and natural character of dialogic speech in comparison with monologic speech. Since dialogues characterize the communication behavior in the interview text, which is considered a journalistic genre, it is natural for gender stereotypes to be activated in the text. In this sense, the influence of biological and social factors in the emergence of antrocentrism in language cannot be denied, despite the fact that both of them influence the emergence and formation of gender stereotypes, social factors play an important role. By identifying gender stereotypes in the language based on interview discourse materials, theoretical points can be proved. Based on different points of view in linguistics, gender can be defined as a concept or a cognitive phenomenon that is manifested in language tools and the characteristics of the speech activity of people belonging to a certain gender.
 Keywords: interview, information, discourse, linguistic units, metaphor, oral speech, written speech.

Uncovering the audience perspective: A qualitative analysis of experiences and evaluations of two immersive journalism productions in the Netherlands

There has been limited adoption of Immersive Journalism (IJ) by the audience; simultaneously, the audience’s perspective is rarely considered in the production and research of IJ. At this point, however, it is crucial to incorporate an audience perspective to identify potentially unintended effects of IJ and improve on the innovation of IJ. This study investigates the audience’s experience and evaluation of IJ by qualitatively analyzing their thoughts after viewing two IJ cases. Our results indicate that the audience may pick up on intended effects, such as a sense of presence and an intense emotional experience, but some also express unease towards these effects. Furthermore, the audience struggles to comprehend this study’s two immersive journalistic cases as part of the journalistic genre. These findings provide insight into the gap between the initial hype and the current reality of IJ and provide the basis for propositions for future IJ productions.

An Analysis of Dialogic Positioning in Online Commentaries

AbstractThe commentary as a journalistic genre that presents and comments on current events is characterized by intersubjective positioning, whereby the author constructs meaning, seeking alignment or, on the contrary, expressing disalignment with a putative audience. In line with the appraisal theory as developed by Martin and White (2005), which follows the Bakhtian dialogic perspective, according to which utterances and propositions are intersubjectively charged, the paper aims to describe the linguistic means ofengagement, one of the central elements of this theory. Engagement is concerned with how the author expresses authorial voice and how s/he negotiates meaning with the readers, opening up (dialogic expansion) or, on the contrary, closing the dialogic space (dialogic contraction). In this sense, the linguistic means of engagement, such as modality, hedging and boosting devices, evidentiality, are understood to transcend the functions attributed to them within a truth-conditional framework, namely epistemic status and reliability of knowledge, and are seen as means by which the author entertains or rejects alternative voices and opinions. Taking this into consideration, the paper intends to analyse a few selected commentaries on the war situation in Ukraine found on the online platform of The Rand Corporation, a global policy think tank that performs research and conducts evaluations of various topics. It analyses the linguistic means of dialogic positioning, focusing on how the authors negotiate the dialogic space with the audience; while presumably all forms of intersubjective positioning can be found in the texts, it is expected that certain forms of engagement will outnumber others. As all commentaries can be found on the website of the above mentioned corporation, the question also arises as to what extent commentaries show similarity with respect to engagement, thereby expressing, albeit indirectly, a certain standpoint with respect to the Ukrainian warfare.

The “Conditional Unbias” of Data Journalism in China’s News Industry

Within a highly restrictive media environment, data journalism provides a “fuzzy region” in which non-official Chinese media organizations can engage in news production through the selection, analysis and visualization of open data and statistics. With the decline of critical investigative journalism in China over the past decade, this emerging journalistic genre has been the subject of great hope in regard to its potential to offer impartial news, function as a watchdog, and facilitate democracy. Through the conceptual lens of structural media bias, this study investigates whether China’s data journalism could support democratic functions and better perform the journalistic value of objectivity. We analyze data journalistic works (N = 531) from four influential media outlets between 2019 and 2021. Our findings demonstrate that data journalism has brought a form of “conditional unbias” to China’s news industry, easing entry for non-official media actors, diversifying news topics, broadening and normalizing news sources, and bypassing the “loyal facilitator” role. On the other hand, Chinese data journalists’ avoidance of political issues, lack of critical stance and detachment from the watchdog function of journalism illustrate that China’s censored and tendentious media tradition has maintained a durable influence on today’s “let data speak” epoch.

ChatGPT: Stream of opinion in five newspapers in the first 100 days since its launch

In the last decade, journalism has progressively incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) into several processes: information analysis, content extraction, audience research, and automated copywriting, among others. ChatGPT, which has a great capacity for interacting with people through natural language and providing a response to almost any topic, focuses on content creation. This significant technological advancement rekindles the debate on whether machines will replace humans, including journalists. Focusing on the case of the Spanish press and using the framework of studying media participation in the public debate, we are interested in the press’s reaction to ChatGPT’s launch. Specifically, we asked the following questions: What were the issues that dominated the debate, and what voices were called upon to express their opinions? The stream of opinion on this issue was analyzed from a communication studies and discourse analysis perspective, starting with the identification of opinion statements expressed in articles of various journalistic genres conveyed by the press during the first 100 days since the launch of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022. We worked with 176 press articles that addressed the subject in five Spanish generalist newspapers. The results showed that the flow of opinion developed from 8 subtopics and 11 groups of voices. The prevailing opinion during this period was that ChatGPT is an extraordinary technological milestone, even if it makes mistakes that reveal the technology’s immaturity. The main shortcomings identified were the inability to distinguish between what is true and what is false, its tendency to function as a black box, and its failure to account for the sources it uses. However, owing to the business potential that it heralds, it is clear that a real war for the dominance of AI has broken out, which makes it necessary to put regulations in place to reduce the risks of malicious use.

Discours journalistique et retombées culturelles dans la presse roumaine écrite

In this article, we aim to discuss to what extent the articles published in the Dilema veche journal and on the RFI Roumanie website fall within the classic genres of journalistic writing, or they confirm the idea of a constant renewal of journalistic genres. The media space favors a great diversity of productions, characterized on the one hand by “heterogeneity and permeability” (Zagyi, 2011: 159) and on the other hand by interactivity since the reader has the possibility of reacting or commenting. Taking into account this context, our objective is to identify the evolution, the formal changes and the diversity of this type of articles, which tend to be adapted to the characteristics of the online written press. In the second part of our study, we will focus on the perception of a cultural event related to the Goncourt prix and its influence on Romanian cultural news.

Т. СЫДЫКБЕКОВДУН “НАКЫЛ СӨЗДӨРГӨ” ЖАЗГАН РЕЦЕНЗИЯСЫНЫН ТААСИРИ

The article talks about the place of the writer Tugolbai Sydykbekov in the review, which is one of the main genres of journalism. It is noted that his works in this genre are thematically diverse, these are works of art, and scientific research, and films, and dictionaries. Among them, the critical opinion of the famous scientist Khusein Karasaev about the dictionary "Language Treasures of the Language" (Proverbs) will be explored. An attempt is made to show what importance the scientist K. Karasaev attached to the review of the manuscript of the dictionary, comparing it with his book, published under the title "Proverbs". The fact that the opinions expressed by the publicist were really taken into account by the scientist is evident from the examples taken from his published book. It is written that the correct acceptance of the ideas of the publicist and the scientist coincided with each other and created success.

Journalistic genre analysis: film review as a discursive practice of persuasion

Journalistic genre analysis: film review as a discursive practice of persuasion

Journalism’s Power of Discourse: Be it Through A Periscope or Kaleidoscope

The present research paper delves into the power of journalism’s discourse through a comparative analysis of literary and non-literary journalism. Drawing on the metaphorical imagery of periscopes and kaleidoscopes, the study aims to explore how journalism’s discourse shapes readers’ perceptions and interpretations of events, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The paper adopts a qualitative research approach with a phenomenological design. Through in-depth analysis and interpretation, the study examines the power of fictional and non-fictional journalism, drawing upon the concept of metaphor to describe how the discourse of journalism operates. The research questions are explored within the frameworks of Post-Truth, Linguistic Relativism, and Transcendentalism to gain a comprehensive understanding of the power inherent in these two genres of journalism. The empirical material for this research comprises a wide range of literary and non-literary journalistic texts, including articles, news reports, and narrative journalism pieces. Additionally, scholarly works discussing the impact of journalism’s discourse on readers’ perceptions are included to provide a holistic view of the subject. The study reveals that journalism’s discourse, whether in literary or non-literary form, holds a double-edged power over readers’ minds. Utilizing the metaphorical comparison of periscopes and kaleidoscopes, the research highlights the relative and manipulative nature of journalistic language. Moreover, the power of literary journalism, bolstered by imaginative and creative writing techniques, exerts a profound influence on shaping readers’ worldviews. The research emphasizes the significance of understanding journalism’s power in shaping public opinion and perception. While acknowledging the complexity and nuance of this phenomenon, the study underscores the need for continued research to gain further insight into the workings of journalism’s discourse in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

The idiostyle of Andrey Kolesnikov as an Author of the Reportage Genre

The article is devoted to the lexical and stylistic analysis of Andrey Kolesnikov's political news reportage in terms of its compliance with the traditional genre characteristics. The author's speech techniques of building a dialogue with the reader are evaluated in the light of their pragmatic potential. The paper concludes that not only does Andrey Kolesnikov's reportage acquire analytical features, but also it turns into a multifunctional genre, in which the convergence of such art and journalistic genres as feuilleton and essay is observed. The reporter's communication strategy is based on irony and it forms the individual author's style of Andrey Kolesnikov, which consists in a specific selection and organization of linguistic means: formal topic is covered by informal means. The reportages’ nature is entertaining. This allows the author to realize the main communication goal, i.e. to critically describe and evaluate the events that make up the information occasion.

Russian-Language Media of YouTube: Trends of the “Fifth Power” in 2021

Purpose. Compared to 800 million users in 2012, global YouTube reached over 2 billion monthly active users in 2021. Just over a quarter of the world’s population visits YouTube every month. Worldwide, users watch over 1 billion hours of content every day. Russia is in the top five countries in 2021 in terms of the total estimated number of YouTube users – 58 million. According to Why Video, over 65 % of viewers perceive YouTube content as real life. Daily statistics show the scale of YouTube and it becomes clear that this is not just social media and video hosting, but a full-fledged “fifth power”. Results. Based on the analysis of 127 Russian-language media YouTube channels conducted in the fall-winter of 2021, as well as on expert interviews and monitoring of sociological research, the authors are trying to determine the vectors of development of the enormously popular platform.Conclusion. YouTube and audiovisual networks are becoming not only a means of procrastinating and entertaining viewers, but also an informational and educational source. Social media, and in particular YouTube, have established their own full-fledged media space with their own laws, trends, culture, fashion, etc. Most YouTubers create a completely competitive product without large-scale professional, especially television, production facilities, while their audience is many times greater than the television one. They re-invent journalistic genres that seem outdated on television and radio, raising hype about them. They earn money with the help of not only the YouTube platform but also advertising integrations. YouTubers grew into powerful media, developing a personal brand, choosing the most comfortable social media platforms for themselves, and successfully mastering new ones.

A study on the application of non-fiction writing in writing courses in local universities based on a decentralized Internet model

Abstract Along with the development of Chinese journalism and the continuous exploration of journalistic genres in the journalism industry, non-fiction writing has been shuttling between the two genres of literature and journalism. The development background of the times traditional non-fiction writing course teaching mode is difficult to adapt to the needs of college students, this paper around the decentralized Internet-based model of non-fiction writing in local college writing course application research, firstly, to build a non-fiction writing platform mathematical model, Markov random field, through the Bayesian network algorithm to process the characteristics of college students in the classroom data, the results show that students within the platform The results show that as the number of tests increases, the score trend from the three aspects of writing ideas and writing style and writing skills all show an upward trend, and the average score basically stays between 80-90, which is beneficial to understand the students’ writing level and performance, provide different users with suitable learning content for themselves, and contribute to the cause of Chinese literature by improving the students’ ability of non-fiction writing. It is of great value in changing the closed mode of writing courses, enhancing the practicality of writing content, and training college students to think logically and critically.

A Discourse Community of Livebloggers? Routines, Conventions, and the Pursuit of Credibility in Dutch Liveblogs

Liveblogs are very popular with the public and journalists alike. The problem, though, is their credibility, given the uncertainty of the covered events and the immediacy of their production. Little is known about how journalists routinize the unexpected—to paraphrase Tuchman—when journalists report about an event that is still unfolding. This paper is about makers of liveblogs, livebloggers, so to speak, and the routines and conventions they follow. To better understand the relationship between those who do the “liveblogging” and how the “liveblogging” is done, we interviewed a selection of nine experienced livebloggers who cover breaking news, sports, and politics for the three most-visited news platforms in the Netherlands. Based on our results, we concluded that journalists working at different platforms follow similar routines and conventions for claiming, acquiring, and justifying knowledge. Journalists covering news in liveblogs must have expert knowledge, as well as technical and organizational skills. Liveblogging—in contrast to regular, online reporting—is best summarized as a social process instead of an autonomous production. These findings are important for three reasons: first, to understand how journalists cope with uncertainty covering events under immediate circumstances using liveblogs; second, to understand the workings of this popular format; and third, to contribute to literature about journalistic genres, discourse communities and, more specifically, generic requirements of liveblogs for effects of credibility to take place.

СУЧАСНІ ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ РОЗВИТКУ СПОРТИВНОЇ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКИ УКРАЇНИ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ ІНТЕРНЕТ-ВИДАНЬ)

<p><strong>Purpose.</strong> The purpose of the research is to identify and generalize the trends characteristic of the development of sports journalism in Ukraine at the current stage of the development of domestic mass media and, accordingly, to form a portrait of the requirements for a modern domestic sports media worker.</p><p><strong>Research methodology.</strong> To achieve the goal, a set of research methods was applied. In particular observation, comparison, analysis (helped to clarify the essence of key concepts, elaborate scientific literature, identify trends that accompany the functioning of sports journalism, the possibilities of their influence on media activity), genre (played a role in clarifying the genre features of journalistic materials), synthesis (contributed to the formation of blocks of trends in the development of sports journalism in Ukraine and the construction of the article), generalization (influenced the formulation of intermediate and general conclusions).<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Results.</strong> <em>Sports journalism is under the influence of digital and Internet technologies. This affects the intensification of its development, the operational component, promotes the promotion of traditional mass media and the emergence of new ones, in particular through social networks, on the World Wide Web. </em><em></em></p><p><em>Sports journalism in Ukraine is also characterized by the weakening of professional standards, the dependence of media workers on information sources, local clubs, organizations, and institutions.</em></p><p><em>Often, sports journalists are forced to form a picture of the day subjectively due to the refusal of experts to comment. </em></p><p><em>An important feature of modern sports journalism in Ukraine is that its representatives strive for universality in their work, perform duties at a multifunctional level.</em></p><p><em>The promotion in the Internet space contributes to the activation of the use of information genres. To a lesser extent, authors use analytical genres and the value of journalistic investigation and artistic and journalistic genres are not sufficiently appreciated.</em></p><p><em>From the point of view of topics journalists pay less attention to problems in children’s, women’s and veteran sports, instead they learn more about topics that can ensure financial success for websites and improve their attendance. </em></p><p><em>Sports network media mainly perform informative, advertising and entertainment functions, while the functions of public control and social criticism are almost invisible. At the same time, in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian war, the role of the ideological function in domestic means of communication has increased.</em></p><p>Taking into account the observed trends, a portrait of the requirements for modern domestic sports media workers has been formulated.</p><p><strong>Novelty.</strong> The main trends affecting the development of domestic sports mass media have been identified, systematized and understood, and requirements for journalists with appropriate specialization have been formulated based on their analysis.</p><p><strong>Practical meaning.</strong> The published results on the topic of the study can be taken into account when training media personnel for the needs of sports journalism, with the aim of improving its functioning, in the process of studying the psychology of creative workers of sports media.</p><p><strong>Key words:</strong> sports journalism, Internet media, development trends, genre, journalist, site.</p>

Structural and compositional elements of the image in informational journalism texts

Along with the development of digital technologies, the press also developed. The press comes with visual information that helps journalistic texts to be more credible. The journalistic materials that appear in the press today are considerably improved over those materials that appeared in the 17-th century. Images have the power to complement information, to convince readers that the information is credible. Photographs are a component of the journalistic genre, they attract attention, captures the media consumer’s interest, prompts him to read the text, etc.. Photography is a communication tool, as the journalistic text conveys a message, a photographic composition is valuable when it manages to say something. Photographic images have value because at the time of their publication they convey information about the event and with the passage of time they immortalize information about people, events in history. The process of selecting the right photos is very important, the journalist must take into account several factors: the impact of photography; photo quality; placement in the text. The caption of the photo is unavoidable in order not to cause confusion, confusion, misinformation, etc. The caption of the photo is unavoidable in order not to cause confusion, confusion, misinformation, etc. Just as important as the structural and compositional elements mentioned above is the preservation of image accuracy following digital processing.

Compilation as a genre of journalism of the 2020s online media

The following trend is stated in the article by analyzing the Russian online media: the compilation materials have received the widest possible distribution in online media in the 2020s. If earlier compilation was known among journalists and media researchers mainly as a method of working with the material, now the author characterizes it as a network media full value genre. The vast compilation popularity is connected, among other things, with the availability of technologies, the information flow growth on the Internet and the increasing demand from the audience to receive it in time, high competition among the media. There are so many media products, both high-quality and junk, that journalists are forced more often to generalize, summarize, explain important public content without adding value, for example, in the form of exclusive comments, expert conclusions or analytical forecasts. The differences between the genre systems of traditional online publications are discussed in the article. The architecture of compilation materials available on the Runet is described. It is told what serves as the main source of information for such content units. The difference between compilation and plagiarism is explained. The features of the compilation genre are singled out, the examples of its implementation are given.

Soviet Socio-Cultural Practices from Perspective of Genres in <i>Pioneer</i> Magazine

The article presents some results of the project that is aimed at constructing a mediatised model of the Soviet society in periodicals for children. The data has been drawn from the Pioneer magazine published in the 1970s. This paper focuses on its structure and contents, as well as typical genres that construct the representations of the Soviet society and socio-cultural practices. The degree of ideology is defined that characterises various genres. In terms of methodology, the study draws on constructivism, critical discourse analysis, theory of journalistic genres, theory of speech genres, and semiotic analysis. Genres are interpreted based on their ideological charge, types of socio-cultural practices they represent, and the semiotic resources employed. The findings show that the ideological charge can be graded from being non-existent to dominating the factual information. The ideological component is secondary in genres of popular science and general education, whereas genres that reproduce adults’ institutional socio-political practices demonstrate a high degree of ideological charge, which is conveyed through specific semiotic resources. At the same time, the magazine adapts the representations of Soviet values for adolescents through the use of everyday language and visual images of routine life.

Delineating the concept of (digital) slow journalism and its future through an international Delphi study

ABSTRACT This study seeks to evaluate the current status of journalism and digital slow journalism and identify its future challenges. A Delphi method has been used, with international experts responding to a qualitative questionnaire. This methodological technique is used to analyze experts’ perceptions regarding one subject of study and detect future tendencies. In this particular case, an iterative process was conducted in two waves, with 28 professionals and academics from different continents (North America, South America, Europe and Australia), to stimulate a critical debate about digital slow journalism. The most prominent result of the study is that slow journalism is understood as more critical, contrasted and contextualized than fast journalism. The participants of the study believe there is a need for the truthful and quality information offered by slow journalism and narrative journalistic genres. Additionally, the findings indicate that the future of slow journalism involves the incorporation of new multimedia content and formats into its practice. This is particularly important if slow journalism is to be adapted to digital consumption demands. In this direction, future audience investigations will be key to offer readers better experiences and narrative styles.