News Stories Research Articles

Portrayal of Rape Cases by Pakistani Electronic Media: Analysis of Ethical Dimensions

The paper addresses the violation of ethical guidelines by Pakistani Electronic Media while portraying rape cases. Following the qualitative approach, content analysis was made of a total of 275 news stories on the most highlighted rape cases happened in Pakistan. Based on their target rating point, news stories of the top five Pakistani news channels were examined. Framing theory was used as analytical tool to identify the factors which result in violation(s). The findings reveal that media confirmed an infringement of ethical guidelines, as the stories contained a greater number of unethical practices. Meticulously, the infringements include disclosure of the identity of the survivor, the survivor's family, and accused persons before conviction. Findings also confirm that addresses of survivors and incidents were shared whereas judgmental language was also used. Besides, CCTV footage was aired without considering its sensitivity. Thus, the researcher recommends developing organizational guidelines alongside defined ones for portraying rape cases.

Constructive Journalism Practices and Regional Development: Qualitative Content Analysis of News on CPEC

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the role of the press while in reporting on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a program that is considered to be the game-changer for regional development across various regions in Asia and other contienes of the world like Africa and Europe. Numerous developmental projects have been launched under the umbrella of CPEC. To conduct this study, news stories on CPEC from Dawn, Express Tribune, Washington Post and New York Times published from July 2021 to December 2022 were examined. In terms of methodology, qualitative content analysis techniques were utilized to examine the constructive journalism approach, employing six elements classified by the Journalism School at Windeshein University of Applied Sciences in 2016. These elements includes Solution, Future Orientation, Depolarization, Constructive Interviewing, The Rosling and Co-Creation And Empowerment. This study incorporates and defines these elements to avoid the researcher’s bias, while also exploring beyond their scope. The news stories were covered through three-stage of coding process: open coding, axile coding and selective coding. The coding techniques were borrowed from the grounded theory approach. the study findings revealed the emergence of eight major themes from the data, pertaining to the journalistic practices of Pakistani and American newspapers regarding CPEC. Eight major themes are Risk, Game Changer, Geo-Politics, Corruption, Chinese Strategy, Economic Activities, Infrastrural Development and Project Details. This study provides a comparative analysis of four newspapers, two from Pakistan and two from USA, focusing on their journalistic practicesin relation to constructive journalism.

Communicating Climate Risk Effectively? Editorial Coverage of Climate Change in Leading Urdu Language Newspapers from September 2018 to August 2021

Problem Statement: There is limited research in context of coverage of climate change in the vernacular press like Urdu journalism and the study fills the gap. The studies which are conducted in context of Pakistan have focused on limited variables for analysis. Aims and Objectives: The objectives of the study are to research the effects and efficacy coverage of climate change in the editorials of leading Urdu language newspapers of Pakistan. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework comprises of triangulation for the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) and framing theory. Methodology: The method which is used for analyzing the contents of newspapers in quantitative content analysis. The universe for the study is 3 years of editorial coverage of climate change in the Roznama Jang and the Roznama Express from September 2018 to August 2021.The units of analysis are lead editorials and the sub-editorials. Results/Findings: The study finds that there was limited editorial coverage of climate change in the Urdu language newspapers of the Roznama Jang and the Roznama Express (n = 88). The Roznama Express covered more editorials than the Roznama Jang but both the newspapers had editorial coverage in the sub-editorial section. However, the Chi-square test of independence by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25, did not inform any significant difference in the Roznama Jang and the Roznama Express for the editorial coverage of the effects and the efficacy towards climate change. The Roznama Express seemed to provide balance by covering both the effects and the efficacy levels towards climate change which means that the newspaper had effectively communicated the risk of climate change. Conclusion: The study concludes that the newspaper editorials did not focus on the effects of climate change on public health and self-efficacy towards climate change and here is scarce coverage related to coverage of climate change in the editorial section of newspaper which needs attention of editorial board or vernacular press Recommendations: The editors of the newspapers will have to make news stories by keeping into consideration the agendas of the effects of climate change on public health and the self-efficacy towards climate change.

Science Journalism in Pakistani Print Media: A Content Analysis of Daily Dawn and The News International

Science journalism is a special form of journalism that primarily covers topics such as science, engineering, technology etc. This study has been conducted to find out the coverage of Science Journalism in Pakistani English Print Media. The researcher applied both Qualitative and Quantitative content analysis methods for the collection of the data. Through this method the researcher collected data from the Pakistani English newspaper; Daily Dawn and The Daily News International. The researcher collected data from five pages including pages 1, 2, 3 4 and 12. The researcher collected data from three days including Monday, Wednesday and Friday through a systematic sampling procedure from 6 months of Newspapers (N=72+72=144). It is found that both newspapers covered science journalism whereas; a total of 211 news stories were published in 6 months from January 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022. Daily The News published 46.9% while 53.1% were published by Daily Dawn. The results revealed that The Daily Dawn has given more coverage as compared to The News International in the last six months of 2022 science journalism.

Operation Zarb-e-Azb in the Global Wire Services: A Framing Analysis

Pakistan has become a victim of terrorism after its involvement in the ongoing war on terror. The country has lost thousands of civilians and security personnel in this American-led war. Though, Pakistan has always been treated negatively by the media organizations of elite nations. Operation Zarb-e-Azb was a combined military action of the Pakistan army against the armed insurgent groups in North Waziristan which was launched in the year 2014. The current study attempted to examine the framing of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in global wire services. For this purpose, AFP, AP and Reuters were selected. Through the technique of convenient sampling, a total of 300 news items from the entire period of operation were selected for analysis.Quantitative as well as qualitative content analysis and interpretive analysis have been used as a research design for this study. The results indicated that the global wire services framed the news stories of military operations in a positive way. The terrorism and militant threat frame was more dominant in global wires as compared to other frames. The results also revealed that the global wires framed this operation differently by representing the foreign policy and interests of their respective states.

The effects of algorithmic content selection on user engagement with news on Twitter

In this article, we investigate how Twitter’s switch from a reverse-chronological timeline to algorithmic content selection in March 2016 influenced user engagement with tweets published by German newspapers. To mitigate concerns about omitted variables, we use the Facebook postings of these newspapers as a counterfactual. We find that the number of likes increased by 20% and the number of retweets by 15% within a span of 30 days after the switch. Importantly, our results indicate a rich-get-richer effect, implying that initially more popular outlets and news topics benefited the most. User engagement also increased more for sensationalist content than quality news stories.

Improving Grade 7 students' news writing skills using worksheets assessed through online interviews

This paper aimed to improve the news writing skills of grade 7 SPJ students by using the News Writing Worksheet as an instrument to correctly write the lead and the transition paragraphs of news story. The paper opted for a quasi-experimental one-group pre-test—post-test design. Data gathered were analyzed using paired samples t-test. Analysis of the data using paired-sample t-test indicates that there is a significant increase of post-test scores of 50 SPJ students. This indicates that the use of News Writing Worksheet is effective in improving the scores of SPJ students in writing the lead and transition paragraphs of a news story. This positive outcome was affirmed by the results of the of the interview of ten (10) participants who validated the use of the instrument. Results from the thematic analysis, showed that the News Writing Worksheet facilitated the acquiring of imaginative, self-directed, and informed comprehension by the SPJ students. In addition, it was revealed that pupils utilized technology to overcome problems encountered while completing the worksheet. These results were consistent with previous similar research.

News Value Analysis in Educational News on Kompas.com

This study is entitled News Value Analysis in Educational News on Kompas.com. News value becomes a reference to determine whether a news story will be selected, prioritized, and reported by journalists. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing what news values are contained in educational news on Kompas.com, the dominant news values in educational news on Kompas.com, and the purpose of using news values in educational news. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The data in this study are all words, phrases, and sentences contained in the Kompas website which is a type of educational news. The data source in this research is obtained by document study by analyzing the news value and entering the data into the analysis table. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that in Kompas.com educational news, 7 news values are obtained from 10 news values. The 7 news values, namely importance, actuality, impact, proximity, human interest, prominence and currentity have been applied well. News values that are news values are impact, proximity, and currentity. The use of news values in educational news is useful to increase the educational value of information. 

The effects of family and community in US immigration news

ABSTRACT Events about community and family separation at the US-Mexico border have been a regular feature of immigration news in the last several years. How do cues of community integration and family impact support for an undocumented immigrant? This study presents results from a web-based survey experiment fielded in 2022 in which White respondents read a news story about an undocumented adult that migrated to the US with two characteristics manipulated: (1) being an integrated member of the community or not and (2) arriving with a child or not. Results suggest that community integration leads to higher levels of support, while arriving with a child does not seem to impact support on the same level. Additionally, this study finds that support for the accompanying child is significantly higher than for the adult. These findings are discussed as they relate to immigration news representation, community integration, assimilation, and family migration.

The American Dreamers: The Effects of Media Coverage of Immigrants’ Age-at-Arrival

The Dreamers have become a driving force of policy and politics in the last two decades. Public opinion polls suggest that most Americans hold favorable attitudes towards Dreamers—more favorable than their attitudes about immigrants more broadly. This study suggests that age-at-arrival is a significant driving characteristic of this support. In 2019, I ran a 2-wave survey experiment in which respondents read a news story about an undocumented immigrant that either migrated at eleven or 21 years old. Respondents in the lower age-at-arrival condition reported more support for the immigrant; and this effect was most pronounced among those who were more opposed to immigration in general. A second 2-wave survey conducted in 2021 explored two possible mechanisms behind the impact of age-at-arrival: attitudes towards (a) assimilation and (b) attribution of responsibility. Results are considered as they relate to ongoing debates about Dreamers, media coverage, and attitudes about immigration.

Framing Fear: An Analysis of the Fear-Based Framing Styles of Serial Homicide News Articles

The portrayal of offenders and crime is often viewed through the framing of news stories in traditional media. This shaping of crime to fit preconstructed perspectives can result in the spread of fear-based ideals. This study assesses use of fear-based media framing in serial homicide news articles. Taking a mixed methods approach, results suggest prolific use of fear-based framing methods, with six dominant fear-based themes identified. Fear-based frames of provoking, dehumanizing, magnifying, validating, and sensationalizing fear were found and a new frame, sanctifying fear, was identified. Variability among use of frames by offender characteristics were also assessed.

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When Shutting the Door Won’t Do: Teaching With the Specter of Community Backlash and the Implications for Teacher Education

Recently, numerous news stories have detailed the ways teachers across the country have been disciplined for addressing issues of oppression and justice in their schools. This paper engages poststructural discourse analysis to consider data from a year-long study of recent graduates of a justice-oriented teacher education program during their first year teaching, examining the ways that stories of community backlash functioned to discipline early career teachers to behave in particular ways. I theorize that these stories serve to discourage teachers from pursuing justice-oriented work in the classroom and that such discourses must be addressed in teacher education programs to prepare preservice teachers for the political realities of entering classrooms in the United States in the current cultural moment.

Cara Mendidik Anak Dalam Islam

The way children are educated in Islam has an impact on their growth and role in life. Through this article, we examine the factors that cause the success of how to educate children in Islam focusing on the morals, manners and knowledge of children in the realm of the family. The type of analysis used in this study is literature search, or in other words called literature search. It is a problem-solving activity based on a critical and in-depth analysis of important library materials. Most of this research is done in newspapers and news stories, looking for different sources of information relating to the issue under investigation. This research method uses qualitative descriptive methods. The data displayed is categorized, displayed, and analyzed using a system of elaboration of the source's answers, This analysis involves contextualizing and interpreting the data that has been collected. The data are presented in this article in a narrative and descriptive format. The conclusion of this study on child rearing in the Islamic worldview is that raising children in the Islamic worldview is the duty of every parent. Children are a gift of Allah SWT to all parents and raising children in an Islamic perspective is an irreplaceable obligation of every parent. There are different ways of raising children in Islam, for example. How to teach the basics of Islam, give nicknames to children with good intentions, give affection every day and teach children to pray since childhood. Environmental factors, parental character and social environment can affect a child's education in Islam. How to teach the basics of Islam, give nicknames to children with good intentions, give affection every day and teach children to pray since childhood. Environmental factors, parental character and social environment can affect a child's education in Islam. The influence of raising children in Islam is to raise children with good morals and behavior, able to be filial and respect for parents, so that they become righteous and pious children.

ANALISIS FRAMING PEMBERITAAN TRIBUN-TIMUR.COM TENTANG DEMONSTRASI MAHASISWA UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MAKASSAR

Demonstrations displayed by the mass media are always associated with violence and crime, creating conflict scenarios involving demonstrators and the police. The Makassar East Tribune media also reporterd on demonstrations that were often carried out by students. This study aims to analyze how the online portal Tribun Timur.com frames news about demonstrations carried out by students of Muhammadiyah Makassar University. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach using Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki’s framing analysis method, with 4 structure namely syintax, script, thematic and rethorical. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. Based on the results of the research by analyzing 5 news stories, the researcher saw that the news presented by Tribun Timur.com had fulfilled the four structures, namely syntax, script, thematic and rethorical. The tribune focused more on the road blockade by students. News of the demonstration can harm the institution, namely the University of Muhammadiyah Makassar, but students do the opposite. The news narrative displayed by Tribun Timur.com can be said to be short. This is because the Tribune presents breaking news, where news is presented briefly and quickly, followed by follow up news.

Two Journalistic Cultures in One Country. The Case of Hungary in the Light of Journalists’ Discourses on Fake News

ABSTRACT We argue that in Hungary—a country evincing a very high level of political polarisation and a very low level of public trust in the media—two media systems have emerged with two distinct journalistic cultures. The journalists of the state media system play a collaborative, while those of the market media system a monitorial role. Based on in-depth interviews with award-winning journalists and editors-in-chief, we explore how media professionals perceive the problem of fake news and suggest that fake news accusations have been instrumentalised as a discursive strategy to discredit the rival understanding of “good journalism.” According to our findings, journalists think that fake news stories, including disinformation campaigns serving Russian interests, are widespread in Hungary and make the voter unable to decide which of the competing media narratives is more accurate. Because of a high level of political polarisation and a low level of public trust in the media, the Hungarian case shows like a magnifying glass some of the problems associated with fake news. 1

Terror without training: First-hand experiences of student journalists covering the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings

In 2019, 51 people were killed in terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand with a population of around 400,000 people. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history and the first terror attack of its kind on home soil, attracting extensive international media attention. Given the city’s relative isolation, early coverage was by local media and included local journalism students who had responded to a developing event. This study explores the first-hand experiences of these undergraduate broadcast journalism students who, just a few weeks into a new academic year, covered the news story for national and international media. Using mini focus groups, this descriptive study sheds light on how students with little to no trauma training coped with reporting on such an extreme and unprecedented event and the crucial role soft skills played in guiding their actions.

Experts cite increased cybersecurity threats for nonprofit sector

Cyberattacks against businesses and institutions of all types seem to be increasing, as news stories from around the world make headlines and serve as a reminder of the risks involved. On this front, nonprofits are not immune, experts say—in fact, the need for effective cybersecurity has never been greater, according to experts at digital marketing and fundraising company Nonprofit Tech for Good.

Critical Discourse Analysis of Celebrant Reporting in Online Media the Fairclough and Teun A Van Djik Approach Model

The mass media is a tool for conveying information, thoughts and ideas to a wide audience. The information conveyed varied, including news about the lives of celebrities in Indonesia. Through critical discourse analysis, it is possible to find findings about ideology contained in a report in various existing media. The purpose of this study was to find out critical discourse analysis of the news about Dara Arafah's migration published by seven online media, namely okezone.com, suara.com, hipwee.com, idmtimes.com, fimela.com, tribunnews.com, and Celebrities.id. Qualitative methods are used as a basis for thinking and a critical paradigm is used as the point of view of this research. The theory used in this study is a three-dimensional model from Norman Fairclough, namely the microstructural, mesostructural, and macrostructural. The results of this study indicate that there are differences in the content of celebrity reporting in seven online media; okezone.com, suara.com, hipwee.com, idmtimes.com, fimela.com, tribunnews.com, and Celebrities.id. Each media presents the same news topic with different framing according to the media's motivation and idealism. The results of the analysis of Teun A Van Djik's theory are Macro Structure (Themes/topics). The themes or topics in the seven reports are the migration of Dara Arafah, a beautiful celebgram who was originally famous for not covering her genitals. Even so, each news item has a different sub-theme or category. Superstructure (Schematic), Based on the scheme, each report begins with a title as a summary. The lead section describes the subject that is the reference and leads the reader to the main discourse. Micro Structure (Semantics: Setting, Detail, Purpose, Presupposition) In the seven news stories, all elements of the micro structure are found in the form of Setting, Detail, Purpose, and Presupposition. Even though they have almost the same background, namely the relation to the news about Dara Arafah's migration, each news story has its own picture regarding the background of each news. Likewise, the details, intentions, and presuppositions in each news story will vary. but each news has its own description of the background in each news. Likewise, the details, intentions, and presuppositions in each news story will vary. but each news has its own description of the background in each news. Likewise, the details, intentions, and presuppositions in each news story will vary.

Radar de Parité: An NLP system to measure gender representation in French news stories

We present the Radar de Parité, an automated Natural Language Processing (NLP) system that measures the proportion of women and men quoted daily in six Canadian French-language media outlets. We outline the system’s architecture and detail the challenges we overcame to address French-specific issues, in particular regarding coreference resolution, a new contribution to the NLP literature on French. We also showcase statistics covering over one year’s worth of data (282,512 news articles). Our results highlight the underrepresentation of women in news stories, while also illustrating the application of modern NLP methods to measure gender representation and address societal issues.