Analysis of a Story in the Newspaper
analytical Essay
1850 words
Introduction
‘News media investigate, analyze, and report to stakeholder publics on issues and event s that occur around the globe in a twenty-four-hour, 365-day news cycle’ (Richard,2007:98). Because of the way news media works, we know what is happening in the world and we can have ‘connection’ to other places. With new media arising, the information transmission process become even faster. Though new media is getting more prevalent, still, a considerable amount of people rely on one of the traditional news media – newspaper.
Facing the competition, the way news reported may change as newspapers ‘need to maintain large circulation figures to stay profitable’ (Bignell 1997:83). This directly affects how news is presented. To make news appeal to readers, information may under ‘design’ as mentioned by Thorne (2008), the function of newspapers in the 21st century is not only ‘referential’, ‘ entertainment has become equally important in the battle to win readers’(P.262).
In this paper, a piece of news was taken from WiseNews for analysis. It was an event occupied a large coverage in newspaper and caught lots of public attention – The Manila Hostage Incident. I would like to see how journalist presents the story to their readers through looking at its structure and the use of language.
Information Flow
In reporting the news, journalist adopts the story-telling approach. ‘Journalists are professional story-teller of our age’ (Bell,1991:147). When reporting an incident. Journalists tend not to simply report the fact in each paragraph without linking the information together. Instead, they tend to make the piece of text into a story.
Headline
Te headline is considered as ‘an abstract of the abstract’ (Bell, 1991:149)...
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...authority. Appraisal elements are used to align readers including concession, modality and appreciation.
Echoing Bell (2004), journalists are ‘story teller’. When presenting news to readers, they do not simply report facts but tell a story by the use of certain format and lexical choices.
Works Cited
Bell, A. (1991). The Language of News Media. UK: Blackwell Publishers
Bignell, J. (1997). Media semiotics. New York: Manchester University Press
Kessler, L. and MnDonald, D. (1989). Mastering Writing with Substance and Style. USA: Wadsworth, Inc.
Martin, J.R. and Rose, D. (2007). Working with Discourse. London: Continuum.
Reah, D. (2002). The Language of Newspapers. NY: Routledge
Richard, S. (2007). Media Relations. Australia: Oxford University Press.
Thorne,S.(2008). Mastering Advanced English Language. Great Britain: Cromwell Press Ltd.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that journalist adopts the story-telling approach when reporting news. journalists tend not to simply report the fact in each paragraph without linking the information together.
- Explains that the headline is considered an abstract of the abstract. it is closely related to the paragraph followed it as it ‘abstract the lead itself’.
- Analyzes how the headline of the news has only 10 running words, but the main idea is still clear. it tells the people involved, the place the event took place, and the nature.
- Explains that by studying the language of a piece of news, we can know how it affects the context as language is ‘a tool and expression of media message’.
- Explains that headline wordings need to be neat and to keep the headline short, the word choice is important.
- Analyzes how the sentence is a way to ‘monitor readers’ expectations’ and engage readers. he pointed out negotiation might work but it was not the case.
- Explains that the modal verb ‘could’ is used to open up a space for negotiation or for ‘possible reconciliation.
- Explains that appreciation refers to the attitude about things. instead of saying the hope that hostages will be released, 'peaceful conclusion' is used.
- Explains that kessler, l., and mndonald, d. mastering writing with substance and style.
- Analyzes how news media investigate, analyze, and report to stakeholder publics on issues and events that occur around the globe in a twenty-four-hour, 365-day news cycle.
- Explains that the journalist's'mental analysis of what goes in a story' starts with the opening paragraph, followed by the evaluation paragraph. the writer wants to present information which is important or with higher values.
- Analyzes the use of nouns, proper words, and verbs in the headline. the tourists and hostage-taker were killed by other; the doer is omitted.
- Analyzes how the use of direct and indirect speech in the news is seen as projection in appraisal, a system of interpersonal meanings.
- Analyzes how the writer added a transitional paragraph with interpersonal meaning to align their readers.
- Concludes that the journalist adopted the story-telling approach in the news with orientation, evaluation and supplement.
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