Narrative Means to Journalistic Ends (eBook)

Nora Berning is a researcher at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, where she has specialized in the field of media cultures, with a special emphasis on narrativity in journalism.

Foreword 7
Acknowledgments 9
Abstract 11
Contents 12
1 Introduction 14
Part I: Theoretical Framework 19
2 Narratology: The Systematic Analysis of Narratives 19
2.1 Theoretical Approaches to Narrative 19
2.2 Key Models in Narratological Research 22
2.3 Basic Categories of Narratological Analysis 25
2.4 Towards an Interdisciplinary and Transgeneric Narratology 32
3 The Journalistic Reportage and its Narrative Potential 35
3.1 Literary Precursors of Journalistic Reportages 35
3.2 Tentative Definitions of a Hybrid Text Type 38
3.4 Towards a Topical Classification of Journalistic Reportages 47
4 State of Research: Literature Review 50
Part II: Empirical Analysis 56
5 Research Design: The Methodological Framework 56
5.1 The Sample: A Corpus of Selected Journalistic Reportages 56
Magazines (14) 57
Newspapers (6) 57
Supplements (5) 57
5.2 Research Methodology: A Qualitative Content Analysis 58
5.3 Analytical Categories and Research Hypotheses 61
Voice 61
Mood 62
Temporal order 62
Narrative space 62
Characterization 62
RQ 1: Which categories of narratological analysis are applicable to and employed predominantly in selected journalistic reportag 63
RQ 2: Which categories are constitutive of and employed predominantly in different types of journalistic reportages? 64
6 Results of the Empirical Study 65
6.1 Predominance of Analytical Categories in the Entire Sample 65
6.2 Predominance of Analytical Categories in Different Types of Reportages 85
6.3 Narrative Dimensions in Journalistic Reportages: A Typological Circle 96
Part III: Discussion and Outlook 99
7 Critical Reflections on the Results 99
7.1 Overall Significance of the Findings: A Synopsis 99
7.2 The Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Perspective 104
7.3 Wider Implications of the Empirical Research 107
8 Conclusion 110
9 Bibliography 116
9.1 Primary Sources164 116
9.2 Secondary Sources 117
9.3 Internet Sources 131
10 Appendices 134
10.1 List of Figures 134
10.2 List of Tables 134
10.3 Codebook 150
Unit of analysis: 150
Sample period: 150