Essays about: "news genre"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words news genre.

1. 1. The Impact of Semantic and Stylistic Features in Genre Classification for News

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Ziming Pei; [2022]
   Keywords : news genre classification; supervised machine learning;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we investigate the usefulness of a group of features in genre classification problems for news. We choose a diverse feature set, covering features related to content and styles of the texts. The features are divided into two groups: semantic and stylistic. READ MORE

3. 2. “I’m here because I am a Muslim” : A combined content- discourse analysis on the Swedish media coverage of Muslim-Christian relations in contemporary Egypt.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Ida Vanhainen; [2018]
   Keywords : Media discourse; CDA; Content analysis; Orientalism; Muslim-Christian relations; Copts; Egypt.;

   Abstract : The media plays an important role in forming public opinion, in broad terms media reporting can be described a way of constructing meanings to social events and actions, both fixed and dynamic ones. An in-depth study of the media discourse will therefore allow us, not only to understand the conditions of modern media, but also complex social practises of meaning making. READ MORE

4. 3. The Woman Was Raped - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Swedish News Media Coverage of Rape and Sexual Assault

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Lisa Lindqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : sexual crime; rape; discourse on sexuality; critical discourse analysis; gender constructivism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Departing from the question of how linguistic representations of sexual crime are connected to social practices around sexuality, this discourse analysis looks into 30 news articles on sexual crime to identify discourses around male and female sexuality. As most sexual crimes are committed by men and against women, the analysis focuses on connecting discursive descriptions of men and women in relation to sexual crime, to power relations between men and women in society. READ MORE

5. 4. A study of how tempo in music affects reading comprehension when consuming written news on a smartphone

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Tania Christensen; Tobias Hansson; [2018]
   Keywords : background music; reading comprehension; smartphone; tempo; written news; bakgrundsmusik; läsförståelse; smarttelefon; tempo; nyheter;

   Abstract : This study examines how tempo of background music affects reading comprehension when consuming written news on a smartphone. It has taken inspiration from a study conducted in 2002 which investigated how tempo in music affects reading comprehension when reading news on a pocket computer in a distracting environment. READ MORE

6. 5. The fine line between journalism and advertising : A critical discourse study of ELLE.se’s use of advertorials and click-based content and an evolving hybrid genre

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Linnéa Ruiz Mutikainen; [2018]
   Keywords : Fairclough; Critical Discourse Analysis; advertorials; native; affiliate; fashion journalism; commercialism; hybrid genre;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the expressions of a commercialising fashion journalistic genre by focusing on how ELLE.se, Sweden’s biggest online fashion platform, use advertorials and click-based content. READ MORE