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Author Zampa, Marta, author.

Title Argumentation in the newsroom / Marta Zampa, Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 211 pages).
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Series Argumentation in context (AIC) ; volume 13
Argumentation in context ; v. 13.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro -- Argumentation in the Newsroom -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Newsmaking as an argumentative context -- 1.1 Newsroom decision-making -- 2. Newsmaking -- 2.1 Discourse analysis -- 2.2 Sociology -- 2.2.1 The gatekeeping theory -- 2.2.2 Newsmaking as routine work -- 2.3 Media linguistics -- 3. Argumentation theory -- 3.1 An overview of the discipline -- 3.2 Extended Pragma-Dialectics -- 3.3 On endoxa and enthymemes -- 3.4 The Argumentum Model of Topics -- 4. News values -- 4.1 News values: What we already know, and what still needs to be ascertained -- 4.2 News values as endoxa of newsmaking: A working hypothesis -- 5. Context -- 5.1 Studies on the context of argumentative practices -- 5.1.1 The pragma-dialectical notion of the activity type -- 5.1.2 The model of communication context -- 5.2 The argumentative dimension of activity types -- 5.3 The Swiss media landscape -- 5.3.1 The interaction field SRG SSR -- 5.3.1.1 Tagesschau -- 5.3.1.2 10vor10 -- 5.3.1.3 Téléjournal -- 5.3.2 The interaction field Corriere del Ticino -- 6. Building a corpus -- 6.1 Progression Analysis -- 6.2 Corpus and data collection -- 6.3 Selecting cases for an argumentative analysis of newsroom practices: a rationale -- 6.3.1 Cases selected -- and now what? -- 7. Case studies -- 7.1 The editorial conference -- 7.1.1 Deliberative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences -- 7.1.2 Evaluative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences -- 7.1.3 Differences related to the medium -- 7.1.4 Broadcasting an item on a possible snowfall: The SNOW case -- 7.1.4.1 Should we broadcast an item on snow? -- 7.1.4.2 Subordinated issues -- 7.1.5 Choosing the front-page picture news: the LITF case.
7.1.6 Evaluating choices in a previous issue: the MALI case -- 7.1.7 Criticizing an established practice: the FORM case -- 7.2 The cutter-journalist discussion -- 7.2.1 Plane crash in Indonesia: the YOGI case -- 7.2.1.1 Who filmed the accident? -- 7.2.1.2 Are we allowed to say that this video was shot by a passenger? -- 7.2.1.3 Is the text "at risk of his life he switched on the camera" a journalistically adequate account of the event? -- 7.2.1.4 Is this video allowed by Téléjournal? -- 7.3 Collective decision-making and evaluation: What did we find out? -- 8. Case studies -- 8.1 Arguing with oneself in the literature -- 8.2 Annual results of BPS Suisse and UBS: the BANK case -- 8.2.1 Formulating a good title -- 8.2.2 Numbers are at the core of financial news -- 8.3 Irony as a means to convey a message indirectly: the RUMS case -- 8.4 Individual decision-making and evaluation: what did we find out? -- 9. Case studies -- 9.1 Editorials -- 9.2 Commenting on a speech by David Cameron: the CAME case -- 9.2.1 Cameron's argumentation -- 9.2.2 The journalist's argumentation -- 9.2.3 The journalist's reflection on his writing choices -- 9.2.3.1 The journalist arguing with himself -- live -- 9.3 Writing an editorial on a confused event: the RAID case -- 9.3.1 Israel seems to be best prepared to face a collapse of Al-Assad's regime -- 9.3.2 There is also a humanitarian red alert -- 9.3.3 The journalist's reflection on his writing choices -- 9.4 News products: what did we find out? -- 10. Findings and conclusions -- 10.1 Empirical findings -- 10.2 Results of the analysis -- 10.2.1 Rethinking gatekeeping and news values -- 10.2.2 Theoretical outcomes for argumentation theory -- 10.2.3 Newsmakers as an argumentative community -- 10.3 Coda: possible future development of the research -- 10.3.1 Designing argumentation in the newsroom.
10.3.2 Integrating argumentation in journalistic training -- References -- Subject index.
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Subject Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Journalism -- Language.
Journalism -- Language.
Mass media and language.
Mass media and language.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Zampa, Marta. Argumentation in the newsroom. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017] 9789027211309 (DLC) 2017036948
ISBN 9789027264794 (electronic book)
9027264791 (electronic book)
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