In:Argumentation in the Newsroom
Marta Zampa
[Argumentation in Context 13] 2017
► pp. xi–xiii
Published online: 7 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.13.lof
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.13.lof
List of figures
Figure 1.Single argumentation
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Figure 2.Subordinative argumentation
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Figure 3.Multiple argumentation
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Figure 4.Coordinative argumentation
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Figure 5.The AMT in a nutshell
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Figure 6.Taxonomy of loci from Rocci (2017, p. 55)
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Figure 7.The ontology of action and the generation of maxims from final and instrumental cause (from Palmieri, 2014 and Rigotti, 2008)
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Figure 8.An example of applying the Y-structure
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Figure 9.The model of communication context (Rigotti & Rocci, 2006, p. 171)
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Figure 10.
Corriere del Ticino’s front page on January 25, 2013 and the picture news
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Figure 11.Argumentation structure in support of “we should make an item on snow”
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Figure 12.Reporting on snowfall is newsworthy because of its geographical closeness
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Figure 13.Argumentation structure supporting the revised standpoint
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Figure 14.Argumentation structure supporting the standpoint “we should not interview a weather expert”
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Figure 15.A weather expert should not be interviewed because it would cause repetition in SF’s schedule
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Figure 16.Argumentation structure supporting “we should not broadcast the item on snow tonight”
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Figure 17.The item on snow cannot be made because there is no adequate video material
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Figure 18.Argumentation structure supporting “we should broadcast an item on snowfall today”
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Figure 19.Argumentation structure supporting “Litfiba are good for the picture news”
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Figure 20.Argumentation structure supporting “Litfiba are not good for the picture news”
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Figure 21.The interview with Litfiba cannot be a front-page picture news because there are no pictures, it is not a topical nor a
significant event
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Figure 22.Argumentation supporting “a splash on Mali was a good choice”
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Figure 23.Argumentation supporting “a splash on Mali was not a good choice”
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Figure 24.
Corriere del Ticino should not have imitated Neue Zürcher Zeitung because they have a
different focus
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Figure 25.The Culture News page displaying the interview layout template Y. 199
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Figure 26.Argumentation supporting the standpoint “the layout template X should not be kept”
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Figure 27.Argumentation structure supporting “the layout template Y should be kept”
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Figure 28.The layout template Y should be kept because it is an established practice
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Figure 29.The argument in defense of the layout template Y can lead to a false conclusion
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Figure 30.Argumentation structure supporting “the pictures were shot by a passenger”
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Figure 31.Argumentation structures supporting the standpoints for and against the adequacy of “at risk of his life he switched on the
camera”
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Figure 32.Argumentation structure supporting “it is not certain that this video is allowed by Téléjournal”
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Figure 33.Argumentation structure supporting “this video is allowed by Téléjournal”
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Figure 34.It is possible that broadcasting the video is forbidden by Téléjournal’s policy because of its bad
technical quality
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Figure 35.It is possible that broadcasting the video is forbidden by Téléjournal’s policy because the video is
crude
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Figure 36.The Economic News page written by PZ
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Figure 37.Argumentation in support of including and not including both aspects in the title
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Figure 38.Title C should be chosen because it is the only leading to a correct interpretation of the event
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Figure 39.Argumentation structure supporting “I should make the audience understand that there is more going on than what is
self-evident”
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Figure 40.Argumentation supporting “I should not make the audience understand that there is more going on than what is
self-evident”
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Figure 41.Argumentation supporting the choice of irony
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Figure 42.HS should make the audience understand that show business is going on because he knows it
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Figure 43.That show business is going on in Rumsfeld’s resignation does not have the proprium to be featured in
Tagesschau reports
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Figure 44.Alternative C should be chosen because it allows telling the truth without adding any explicit commentary
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Figure 45.The CAME editorial on the front page
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Figure 46.Continuation of the CAME editorial on page 4
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Figure 47.Argumentation structure supporting “the European Union has to safeguard the diversity of its member states”
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Figure 48.Overall argumentation structure of the editorial
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Figure 49.The alliance with the United Kingdom is all the more desirable for Switzerland, because the United Kingdom is an ally and
Switzerland’s allies are lacking
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Figure 50.Argumentation structure supporting “it is useful to quote this part of the speech”
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Figure 51.Argumentation structures supporting the inclusion and the exclusion of “we cannot harmonize everything”
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Figure 52.Including “we cannot harmonize everything” should be avoided, because the article is ready for publication and the quote is
not in it yet
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Figure 53.“We cannot harmonize everything” should be included because it means including important information
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Figure 54.The RAID editorial on the front page
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Figure 55.Continuation of the RAID editorial on page 36
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Figure 56.Argumentation structure supporting “Israel is the country that can better deal with the Syrian threat”
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Figure 57.Israel is prepared to reach the goal of defending itself from the Syrian threat, because it has identified such threat and
performed an air raid
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Figure 58.Argumentation structure supporting “there is also a humanitarian red alert”
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