Narrative Paradigm Research Articles

Narrative Paradigm in Da’wah Text within the Realm of Persuasive Approach

This research aims at revealing persuasive messages that are conveyed through narratives constructed by the preachers. Employing the theory of persuasion, narrative paradigm proposed by Fisher, this research analyzed three transcribed da‘wah texts that are originally have been researched by Hairus, et al from different tools of persuasion. The analysis results that there have been found ten narratives within the three sources of da’wah texts, comprising six narratives from da’wah text (DT) 1, one narrative from DT 2, and three from DT 3. In each DT, the story about the first president of Indonesia, Soekarno, is found. Other narratives’ themes are about the prophet Yusuf, Umar bin Khottob, King Fir’aun, Indonesian alim Buya Hamka, and unnamed characters. They are all assumed to be “good reasons” in the narratives because their story presents narrative probability and fidelity that the theory requires. Additionally, the foremost persuasive message is embracing iman, which is then followed by ridding them of their worries about being poor either in wealth and social power, because God will save one’s life based on their worship and their practices of good deeds.

The splendors and miseries of narrativity the virtue of the fragment and the formation of clinicians in XXI century

I review the virtues and limitations of the narrative paradigm in contemporary clinical practice. I contrast ‘episodic’ and ‘diachronic’ forms of life, the former characterised by no particular predisposition to see one’s life in narrative terms and the tendency to experience oneself fragmentarily. After highlighting a progressive decline of storytelling in the current socio-cultural scenario, I show how a number of conditions (borderline-type personality and identity development in adolescence) are marked by reduced ability to organise narratively one’s own experiences. I emphasize a mismatch between the episodic and fragmentary phenomena characterizing these conditions and the prevailing opinion among clinicians belonging to academic culture that values instead the narrative paradigm. In the training of the clinicians, in addition to the necessary skills related to the diagnostic framing of the patient’s symptoms, and in addition to narrative competence, the capacity to embrace all that is fragmentary (that is, what at face value escapes diagnosis and narration) is necessary. I corroborate the approach with a theory taken from contemporary art criticism called ‘aesthetics of post-production’ and its capacity to re-signify the meaning of fragments by recontextualizing them. The personal ‘knots’ in the patient’s experience can be preserved and enhanced only through fragment-oriented listening.

The Importance of Friendship; Storytelling in Korean Music Industry by SEVENTEEN

Hallyu or K-Pop or pop culture from South Korea divided into several generations, the third generation that truly blasted through their most distinguishable of developing and storytelling concepts, conveying more than music, but stories and own concepts. SEVENTEEN's storytelling conveyed messages about friendship lead to being a support system in the community seek answering the where some researchers also mentioned having a strong support system led to many positive benefits and with many estimations of adult over the world experienced loneliness to mental illness. Using the narrative paradigm and observing SEVENTEEN’s concerts and its contents to discover the meaning of SEVENTEEN’s storytelling. Based on Friendship research by Parker & Asher, founded SEVENTEEN growth, relationships, and life are all embodied in performances the members create together becoming the value they brought to the world. Their shared moments, music and performances lead to a positive special and unique relationship with their audience and establishing a supportive and affective environment throughout the community. SEVENTEEN lights up the positive energy, as a support system were it being able to minimize the negative effects from youth-hood period.

Periodismo, género y televisión: la imagen de las mujeres periodistas en las series estadounidenses (1988-2022)

Over the decades, the film industry has perpetuated certain narrative paradigms and stereotypes about female journalists. Some of these have been transferred to television fiction, where such portrayals have been updated with new archetypes. The aim of this research is to determine the way female journalists are portrayed in US fictional series. To this end, an analysis has been carried out regarding eight series broadcast between 1988 and 2022, which focus on journalism, featuring women as the protagonists who work in the profession. A diachronic perspective has been taken, which allows us to see the evolution of these stereotypes over more than three decades. In this way, it is possible to observe changes in archetypes as well those that persist, and to show evidence of social progress related to the diverse portrayals of women journalists.

Re-reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: A Narrative Paradigm

The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37) is one of the most illustrious stories on human relations among the teachings of Jesus Christ. One of the critical questions among scholars is whether the parable should be understood as a mere story of loving a neighbour offering empathy and kindness to people in need, or as an allegory. This study interrogates the parable of the Good Samaritan as an allegory about the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. On that basis, the Priest and Levite may refer to the government; Jericho may represent the world; thieves represent the hostile forces of the world in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic; the Samaritan represents Jesus Christ, and the Inn represents the Church. The study argues that while the moral aspect of good neighborliness is emphasized in the parable, the parable may also be viewed as an allegory considered related to the experiences of people under the coronavirus disease. The study also utilized the narrative perspective as a theoretical framework to cross-examine the parable of the Good Samaritan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study concluded that the discourses on the parable of the Good Samaritan remind people to love everyone, including their enemies, even in the context of health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic where for the most part, others were shunned in an egocentric manner.

Taking the City as the Medium: Research on the Construction and Dissemination of City Image from the Perspective of 'Media Event'Taking Harbin Traffic Progression as an Example

In the era of media convergence, the dissemination of city images has gradually entered the stage of mobile Internet visual dominance with short video as the main carrier and focusing on urban life. Local mainstream media actively participate in it and play a key guiding role in media events. At the end of 2023, the content of Harbin Ice and Snow Cultural Tourism in the short video platform exploded, making Harbin one of the well-known tourist destinations at home and abroad. Harbin extends the traditional way of expressing the city image of " taking the city as the medium, " with " media event " as the core, supplemented by the sincere hospitality method of " Scene-Topic-Empathy" which enriches the narrative paradigm and discourse system related to the construction and dissemination of the city image, and explores an effective way to promote the internationalization of the city in the era of media integration. This paper takes the event of Harbin cultural and tourism industrys rise to fame as an example. From the perspective of media events, taking the timeline as the axis, it explores how media events can further promote the traffic progression of Harbin city IP from the three dimensions of image construction, brand communication and value shaping, to move towards the international stage.

The Politics of American Values in Barack Obama’s Life Narratives: A Rhetorical Analysis of National Ethos

Barack Obama weaves a sequence of his personal story rhetorically to evoke American national ethos, with a special emphasis on American values making them an integral part of his memoirs, especially his The Audacity of Hope (2006). This paper interrogates why he narrates the story of typical American values in his political memoir in general and ascertain them in a dedicated section titled ‘Values’ in particular to explore the implicit dimensions of his storytelling. Form the theoretical parameters of Walter R Fisher’s ‘narrative paradigm’ this paper contends that, by way of recognizing (assimilating or internalizing) typical American values, Obama prepares a ground for Fisher’s ‘narrative rationality’ to identify himself with American character and American people, and thereby evokes American national ethos to assume a statesmanship.

On the Epistemic Role of Narrative Features in Determining Unsubstantiated Scientific Practices

Purpose: This study explores the disciplinary narrative structured in a specific scientific context: cancer research. Specifically, it examines the narratives of ten biologists vis-à-vis the use of machines and consumables within a cancer research lab in Belgium. The aim is to answer the following main research question: What is the relationship between the scientists and the lab's machines and consumables?Design: A qualitative analysis is conducted over 18 months of a) participant-observation recordings, b) semi-structured individual interviews, and c) collective interviews with ten lab scientists. The analysis is guided by Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm and Mona Baker's narrative features.Findings: The findings expose a problematic relationship between the scientists and their lab machines and suggest that scientists trust machines and consumables unquestionably. This problematic relationship is evidenced as the scientists' narratives violate four narrative features: 1) temporality, 2) causal emplotment, 3) relationality, and 4) selective appropriation. The study claims that these narrative features are well-positioned to identify unsubstantiated scientific practices.

One myth to rule them all and in the darkness bind them: a critical examination of Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey

ABSTRACT This special edition embarks on a critical exploration of Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey, challenging its dominance as a universal narrative framework and its implications for contemporary storytelling, particularly in the context of evolving media landscapes. Drawing on C.P. Nield's critique of Campbell's monomyth as a "Hollywood McMyth," the collection of articles within this edition seeks to unravel the monomyth by advocating for a narrative plurality that reflects a more inclusive and diverse spectrum of stories. Contributors to this edition engage with alternative narrative paradigms that emphasise community, companionship, and commonality, moving beyond the individualistic focus of Campbell's framework. This shift is underscored by the rise of interactive and immersive storytelling technologies, such as VR, AR, and XR, which demand a re-evaluation of narrative structures to accommodate the dynamic and fluid nature of contemporary storytelling. Through a decolonial lens, the articles collectively argue for a decentring of narrative meaning, proposing new approaches that embrace the complexities of global challenges and the multiplicity of human experiences. Setting the stage for a critical examination of The Hero's Journey, inviting readers to consider the ethical implications of narratives in shaping socio-cultural values and norms in an era of immersive and participatory media.

Политический нарратив: концепции, типологии и структуры

The article is devoted to the study of the narrative turn effects in humanitarian knowledge on the formation and development of the narrativity theory in relation to various types of discourse. The paper focuses on analytical and theoretical studies of the political narrative, its state of research, systematization of the concepts underlying its interpretations, and identification of the modern trends specifics in the development of political narrative. The authors managed to demonstrate the capacity of the narrative paradigm to describe the narrative nature of mentality and human activity through the prism of narrative in a socio-cultural context. Criteria have been established that make it possible to define a political narrative from the perspective of various interpretations. The theory of metanarrative is systematized and the stages of its transformation in the mirror of postmodernism and metamodern concepts are characterized. Five essential characteristics of the metanarrative are given: usefulness, ubiquity, invisibility, commitment, rigidity. The value component of metanarratives in the aspect of Russian and foreign cultures is represented by the example of basic concepts. The structure of ideologies and the family of ideologies as conceptual cluster formations are presented and described. The theories of the counternarrative are considered and the authors criteria for differentiating the alternative narrative and the counternarrative are put forward. The general structure of the narrative is demonstrated, taking into account narrative levels and narrative acts. The structure of the political narrative is described and the conditions for the successful implementation of the political narrative are identified, including the key elements of the political narrative: the main character, plot, setting, conflict, resolution. The most effective tools of the current manipulative strategy of political storytelling are analyzed – the tactics of spinning or “unwinding” the positive aspects of the message, and the techniques of using spin – cherry picking, gaslighting, non-denial denial and others. The grounds for distinguishing between fakes and factoids are presented. Classification parameters for the narrative analysis of political discourse are proposed.

Assessing Narratives in the Translation of Chinese Political Discourse: A Perspective from the Narrative Paradigm

In the global era, translating Chinese political discourse is key to enhancing international understanding and diplomacy. This research employs the narrative paradigm to assess the translation of Chinese political discourse, with the goal of enhancing the effective narrative comprehension of such translations for international communication. It applies Fisher’s narrative paradigm and Baker’s assessing narratives to investigate the application and impact of the principles of narrative coherence and fidelity in the translation of Chinese political discourse for international audiences. Employing a qualitative research approach, it conducts an analysis based on translations from volumes III and IV of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, as primary case studies. The research finds that translations of Chinese political discourse face specific challenges and opportunities in maintaining narrative coherence and fidelity. The principle of narrative coherence emphasizes the importance of creating coherent, accessible narrative structures in translation, while the principle of fidelity demands fidelity to the source’s cultural information and political connotations, reflecting distinctive Chinese characteristics. Highlighting the significance of adopting the narrative paradigm in the international communication of Chinese political discourse, this research provides theoretical and practical insights for assessing narrative comprehension of Chinese political discourse translation. Moreover, the results offer a new perspective on narrative assessment for comprehension in cross-cultural and international communication, pointing directions for future research.

Towards a democratic curriculum: the narrative paradigm to achieve a state of viscosity

The article proposes that the goal of education should be to promote democracy in education, which can be achieved through a viscous curriculum based on narrative learning to enhance communication and inclusivity. The discussion considers different teaching and learning paradigms, including instruction, learning, and communication, to explore the conceptual relationship between curriculum, teaching, and learning. The viscosity of the curriculum ensures resistance to fluidity while allowing for some movement, also considering the dialogical relationship between its critical internal elements — knowledge, pedagogy, and assessment. It is not a prescriptive or liquid framework, but a collaborative and cooperative construction that emphasises the paradigm of communication (Trindade & Cosme, 2010) and the narrative learning approach (Goodson, 2013). These elements enable contextual adaptation and resistance to support a more democratic education. To design a curriculum that goes beyond a prescription, it is essential to recognize that learning involves cultural heritage, guided by school curricula, which must be shared, used, and recreated. Schools and educators must focus on knowledge acquisition and knowledge sharing as part of the common heritage of humanity, which is, therefore, based on the collective creation of new knowledge and new worlds (UNESCO, 2021). Such knowledge is communicated through the affirmation of the personal and social worlds of students. The challenge is to rethink the social mission of the school by collectively committing to culturally significant and humanly empowering learning. This can lead to the co-creation of a more just, humanitarian, and democratic society, especially in times of great uncertainty intensified by war.

ANALISIS PESAN MORAL KARAKTER BUYA HAMKA PADA FILM BUYA HAMKA VOLUME 1

"Buya Hamka Volume 1" is a biographical film that explores the life of Buya Hamka, an influential scholar and writer from Indonesia. This abstract presents an in-depth analysis of the moral message reflected in Buya Hamka's life journey in the film. The aim of the research is to understand the aspects of morality in the character Buya Hamka in the film Buya Hamka volume 1. Including spirituality, role modeling, social involvement and moral conflicts faced by the main character in the film. This research uses a qualitative method with a narrative paradigm approach. In the aspect of spirituality, the film shows Buya Hamka's spiritual journey, depicting his search for the meaning of life and religious values. Buya Hamka's example and ethics are reflected in every action and attitude, highlighting that his life decisions are consistent with the moral values he adheres to. Buya Hamka's social involvement in education, social welfare and political struggle is interpreted as a moral message about social responsibility and concern for society. Moral conflict becomes a dramatic moment in his life journey, where Buya Hamka is tested by the ethical values he believes in. His life decisions reflect his moral integrity and shape his character. Overall, this film not only provides a biographical picture of Buya Hamka, but also presents an in-depth reflection on moral and ethical values that can inspire viewers in living their daily lives.

Theology of Science as an Intertextual Reading: The Bible, the Book of Nature, and Narrative Paradigm

The paper addresses the question of the identity of theology of science, fostering its interpretation as an intertextual narration. The starting point is the consideration of the domain of theology of science, which is viewed as a third domain of truth, according to Hans Urs von Balthasar. An analysis of the Swiss theologian’s perspective on this subject and the concept of God’s unknowability presents a strong counterargument to the claim that the natural sciences serve as a locus theologicus. Theology of science, nonetheless, exists and is engaged in a lively dialogue between science and theology, encompassing both the Revelation of God and the natural world or the Bible and the Book of Nature. What kind of discourse is this? This question concerns the position of theology of science within the field of science, specifically its objectivity and rigour, according to Evandro Agazzi’s analogical notion of science. Both the Bible and the Book of Nature ensure the objectivity of theology of science, while its rigour is established by the narrative paradigm. Therefore, theology of science can be seen as an intertextual narrative that engages both the Bible and the Book of Nature. The narrative paradigm of theology of science is subsequently elucidated, with particular emphasis on its cognitive aspects, narrative reasoning, the corresponding verification method, and Jewish corrective. The conclusion outlines a special task for theology of science in the modern age.

The social construction of anti-tourism protest in tourist cities: a case study of Barcelona

PurposeFocusing on critical discourse analysis, this paper aims to propose a framework for analysing the way activist anti-tourism groups construct their social action of protest. The authors argue that activist groups use different narrative strategies to construct and legitimise their discourse of protest to convey social meanings for social action practices. This study represents an attempt to explain how anti-tourism activist groups have the agency to build different paradigms of protest rooted in particular views of tourism.Design/methodology/approachAs a result of the lack of research in this area, this study used a comparative case study methodology drawn on four case studies in the field of anti-tourism protest. Case study is deemed adequate to explore a complex social phenomenon, how activist groups differ from each other, in a specific socio-economic context. A critical discourse analysis method is used to study primary (interviews) and secondary sources (reports, websites and online campaigns documents) of information, which express the activist group motivations and objectives to protest against tourism.FindingsThis study’s findings provide evidence in how discourse differs among the protest groups. Three narrative paradigms of protest are identified, which guide their agency: scepticism, based on a global and ecological approach; non-interventionist transformation, rooted in local community issues; and direct transformation, based on a sectoral problem-solving approach. These differences are interpreted as the consequences of the emergence and the development of different paths of protest according to specific social contexts and power relations in which anti-tourism groups are embedded.Originality/valueThis paper provides a contemporary approach to anti-tourism activism within the context of social movements. This case study may be of interest to practitioners and international destination managers interested in gaining a better understanding of anti-tourism protest strategies, new anti-tourism narratives following COVID-19 and the opportunities and challenges for opening a dialogue with those involved in activism and social urban movements as part of sustainable tourism governance. Our results can also help activists to rethink how they integrate differences and particular strategic positions to avoid hindering collective action. This knowledge is especially useful for managers and authorities seeking to develop more accurate collaborative governance practices with local activists, and especially those interested in fostering participative action without marginalising the diverse range of local community perspectives.

Assessing coherence and fidelity

Abstract Non-fictional narratives have an open-ended character that projects roles and values to those who participate in them. Narrative participation, in turn, entails narrative assessment and identification processes, through which adherence to values and positions may fail or be achieved. In the analysis of interviews with university students across Turkey, we draw on Fisher’s narrative paradigm to focus on how our participants carry out assessments of narrative credibility. To elucidate narrative coherence and fidelity, we take inspiration from an argumentative-rhetorical perspective, and focus specifically on the relationship among the criteria identified in the literature on narrative assessment. Our study of interviewee evaluations of COVID-19 narratives confirms the use of the coherence criteria, calls into question the fidelity criteria, and highlights the relevance of identification as a basic process for fidelity assessments. We conclude by discussing our limitations and directions for further research.

Narrative Thinking Oriented Content and Diagram

Abstract The development of contemporary mobile Internet and new media has ushered in a new paradigm of narrative and communication forms. This paper takes the performance of narrative thinking as an entry point and establishes a framework for narrative thinking design by combining the narrative design process and digital technology. Narrative theme analysis is carried out in text narrative and image narrative. The text narrative is characterized by the LDA theme model for extracting narrative theme features. Then the LSTM model is used to classify the emotion of the extracted narrative theme. The visual features of an image narrative are extracted by a self-attention mechanism, combined with a Net VLAD algorithm for feature aggregation, and a compression excitation context gating unit and classifier are introduced to achieve sentiment classification. For the application of narrative thinking design, the news event of MH370 and the elementary school students of A elementary school in S city are taken as the research objects to explore the content and illustration of narrative thinking. The study shows that narrative thinking design can clarify the news event’s specific emotional expression and visualization illustration. The coefficient of the dream narrative theme is 0.317 in the elementary school students’ narrative theme change. The score of the positive emotion is 0.349±0.205, which is 0.024 points lower than the negative emotion. Using narrative thinking to analyze the content and illustrations can identify specific changes, thus improving the corresponding narrative design.

Journey of Violence: Refugee Women’s Experiences Across Three Stages and Places

This article examines violence experienced by refugee women across three distinct (geographic and symbolic) stages and places: in their countries of origin, during the displacement journey, and in the country of asylum. Drawing from a criminological and gender perspective, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with refugee women, 14 women were from the Middle East, and 10 women were from Africa, currently residing in Portugal. This study focused on understanding the individual dimensions that provide insight into women’s meanings, intersubjective constructions, and perceptions of their refugee process, using the narrative paradigm. Grounded theory and abduction approaches were used to focus on participants’ active construction of meaning. The research highlights that individual memories of harm and suffering among refugee women are profoundly influenced by encounters with gendered, structural, and symbolic forms of violence. The article presents a three-part analysis of women’s violence narratives, shedding light on their processes of becoming refugees.

The unnerved and unhoused: a rhetorical analysis of save Austin now’s campaign to disband unhoused individuals from Austin, Texas

Over half a million people in the United States enter homelessness every night. These rates rise in large metropolitan cities with intolerable outdoor living weather conditions. We blame the impoverished for their position and punish them as a society. For example, some states would instead treat homelessness as a criminal offense to wipe it clean from the city. In Spring 2021, Austin, TX, passed Proposition B, legislation treating homelessness as a criminal offense (Austin City Manager, 2021). This paper will analyze Save Austin Now’s (SAN) website through a rhetorical critique utilizing Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm and The Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Marion Young. These theories provide a lens to analyze the languages of hate and oppression SAN uses on its website to sway Austin voters to pass Proposition B and further displace Austin’s ever-growing homeless population. It was discovered SAN’s campaign was successful because of narratives around violence, crime, and personal deficits toward those experiencing homelessness. We can shift this narrative with public information and awareness campaigns, humanizing unhoused people. This research provides new insight into changing public opinion, altering policy, and creating common values. We promote a more humanizing engagement when we have a more informed citizenry.

The cultivation system of cross-media narrative ability of scriptwriter talent based on cluster model

Abstract The arrival of the era of big data and integrated media has changed the way of media communication and broken the original single media narrative model. The interaction and communication between traditional media and emerging media have formed a new paradigm of narrative, i.e., cross-media narrative. Based on the purpose of studying the cross-media narrative ability cultivation system of screenwriting art talents, this paper analyzes the market growth of cross-media narrative works in the era of integrated media and the audience’s perceptions of cross-media narrative works such as IP adaptations using the K-means clustering method. From 2018 to 2021, the market share of cross-media narrative works grew from 21.1% to 35.3%, while traditional single-media narrative works declined by 34.76%. Faced with the surge of transmedia narrative works, 29.5% of viewers think the stories are unattractive, too homogeneous, and lack freshness. Another 24.6% of viewers think that the plot lacks originality and only copies novels. Another 33.2% of viewers think there is plagiarism and piracy. The current cross-media narrative works still have many problems, such as rough production and a lack of polished plots. The education of film and television scriptwriting should focus on the cultivation of cross-media narrative quality, the enhancement of cross-media narrative ability, and the training of cross-media narrative skills for scriptwriting talents to cultivate high-level applied scriptwriting talents who can connect with the industry.