Journalistic Stance in Chinese and Australian Hard News (eBook)

Dr. Changpeng Huan is currently a Lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. He obtained a PhD degree in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney. His research focuses on corpus-based and ethnographically informed discourse analysis.

AcknowledgementsContentsList of FiguresList of Tables1Introduction1.1Research objectives1.2Delineating discourses of Risk1.3Delineating hard news reporting1.4What is journalistic stance: A working definition1.5Why study journalistic stance: Motivational relevancies and practical relevance51.6How to study journalistic stance: A multiperspectival approach2Linguistic Modelling of Journalistic Stance2.1Introduction2.2APPRAISAL, evaluation and stance2.2.1APPRAISAL2.2.2Evaluation2.2.3Stance2.3Modeling journalistic stance2.4Summary3A Multiperspectival Approach to Journalistic Stance:  From Ontology to Methodology3.1Introduction3.2Ecological validity of stance analysis3.3Envisaging consensus3.4Charting the research map of the multiperspectival approach3.4.1Understanding social practice in relation to the Domain Theory3.4.2Outlining the ontology of multiperspectival approach3.4.2.1The analysts’ perspective3.4.2.2The participants’ perspective: Identity and habitus3.4.2.3Social practice perspective: Interaction order3.4.2.4Social-institutional perspective: Discourses in place3.4.2.5Semiotic perspective3.5Fieldwork and ethnographic data3.5.1Preparation and documentation3.5.1.1Gaining access to the field3.5.1.2Formulating interview questions3.5.2Navigating the field3.5.2.1The outsider advantage and avoiding observer effect3.5.2.2Consolidating critical moments3.5.3Data storage and transcription3.6Summary4Corpus Construction and Annotation4.1Introduction4.2Determining the nature of the corpus4.3Contouring the frame of corpus data4.4Corpus preparation4.4.1Size of corpora4.4.2Representativeness of corpora4.4.3Balance4.4.4Copyright4.4.5Corpus software4.4.6Sampling procedures4.4.7Organizing corpus data4.4.8Character encoding4.5Corpus annotation4.5.1.1Part-of-Speech tagging4.5.1.2Semantic annotation of stance markers4.5.1.3Annotating local patterns of ATTITUDE4.6Summary5Attitude Profiling5.1Introduction5.2Frequent lemmas across corpora5.3Part-of-speech variation across corpora5.3.1Overall distribution of ATTITUDE across POS5.3.2Distribution of ATTITUDE across POS5.3.2.1Nouns5.3.2.2Verbs5.3.2.3Adverbs5.3.2.4Adjectives5.4Summary6The Strategic Ritual of Emotionality6.1Introduction6.2A brief review of emotion studies6.3Overview of affect patterns6.4Affect patterns in Chinese and Australian hard news6.4.1Patterns of ‘un/happiness’ in the Australian corpus6.4.2Patterns of ‘un/happiness’ in the Chinese corpus
6.4.3Patterns of ‘dis/satisfaction’ in the Australian corpus6.4.4Patterns of ‘dis/satisfaction’ in the Chinese corpus
6.4.5Patterns of ‘in/security’ in the Australian corpus
6.4.6Patterns of ‘in/security’ in the Chinese corpus
6.5Discussion6.6Summary7Judgement Patterns7.1Introduction7.2A brief review of JUDGEMENT studies7.3Overview of corpus analytic findings7.4Patterns of JUDGEMENT in Chinese corpus7.4.1Patterns of ‘capacity’7.4.2Patterns of ‘tenacity’7.4.3Patterns of ‘propriety’7.5Patterns of JUDGEMENT in the Australian corpus7.5.1Verbal patterns7.5.2Adverbial patterns7.5.3Adjectival patterns7.5.3.1Social esteem7.5.3.2Social sanction7.6Discussion7.7Summary8Engagement Patterns8.1Introduction8.2Overview of journalistic engagement markers8.3Attest patterns in the Australian and Chinese corpora8.4Endorse patterns in the Australian and Chinese corpora8.5Acknowledge patterns in the Australian and Chinese corpora8.6Discussion8.7Summary9News Values and Journalistic Stance9.1Introduction9.2Towards a taxonomy of news values9.3News values in Chinese and Australian hard news reporting9.3.1News values in Chinese hard news reporting9.3.1.1News values as inscribed in news policy documents9.3.1.2News values as highlighted in daily editorial meetings9.3.1.3News values as perceived by Chinese journalists9.3.1.4News values as reproduced in discursive stances9.3.2News values in Australian hard news reporting9.4Discussion9.5Summary10Symbolic Power and Journalistic Stance10.1Introduction10.2Conceptualizing symbolic power10.3Chinese press in transition10.3.1Chinese press: Commercialization and conglomeration10.3.2The status quo of the Chinese press10.4Journalistic stance and symbolic power in the Chinese press10.4.1Symbolic power and economic capital in the Chinese press10.4.2Symbolic power and social capital in the Chinese press10.4.3Symbolic power and cultural capital in the Chinese press10.5Understanding the Australian press10.6Symbolic power in the Australian and Chinese press: A comparison19410.7ConclusionReferences