In:Argumentation in the Newsroom
Marta Zampa
[Argumentation in Context 13] 2017
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Published online: 7 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.13.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.13.toc
Table of contents
List of figures
xi
List of tables
xv
Abstract
xvii
Acknowledgments
xix
Chapter 1.Newsmaking as an argumentative context
1
1.1Newsroom decision-making
3
Chapter 2.Newsmaking: Actors, factors, approaches
9
2.1Discourse Analysis
9
2.2Sociology
11
2.2.1The gatekeeping theory
11
2.2.2Newsmaking as routine work
15
2.3Media linguistics
17
Chapter 3.Argumentation theory: A historical summary
21
3.1An overview of the discipline
21
3.2Extended Pragma-Dialectics
25
3.3On endoxa and enthymemes
29
3.4The Argumentum Model of Topics
31
Chapter 4.News values: Why do events become news?
37
4.1News values: What we already know, and what still needs to be ascertained
37
4.2News values as endoxa of newsmaking: A working hypothesis
41
Chapter 5.Context: Newsmaking where?
45
5.1Studies on the context of argumentative practices
45
5.1.1The Pragma-dialectical notion of the activity type
46
5.1.2The model of communication context
46
5.2The argumentative dimension of activity types
ix
5.3The Swiss media landscape
50
5.3.1The interaction field SRG SSR
52
5.3.2The interaction field Corriere del Ticino
59
Chapter 6.Building a corpus: How one gets into the newsroom and what can be found there
65
6.1Progression Analysis
65
6.2Corpus and data collection
67
6.3Selecting cases for an argumentative analysis of newsroom practices: A rationale
69
6.3.1Cases selected – and now what?
72
Chapter 7.Case studies: Collective decision-making and evaluation
73
7.1The editorial conference
73
7.1.1Deliberative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences
74
7.1.2Evaluative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences
80
7.1.3Differences related to the medium
84
7.1.4Broadcasting an item on a possible snowfall: the SNOW case
85
7.1.5Choosing the front-page picture news: the LITF case
97
7.1.6Evaluating choices in a previous issue: the MALI case
103
7.1.7Criticizing an established practice: the FORM case
107
7.2The cutter-journalist discussion
113
7.2.1Plane crash in Indonesia: the YOGI case
116
7.3Collective decision-making and evaluation: What did we find out?
126
Chapter 8.Case studies: Individual decision-making and evaluation
127
8.1Arguing with oneself in the literature
128
8.2Annual results of BPS Suisse and UBS: the BANK case
130
8.2.1Formulating a good title
131
8.2.2Numbers are at the core of financial news
134
8.3Irony as a means to convey a message indirectly: the RUMS case
135
8.4Individual decision-making and evaluation: What did we find out?
144
Chapter 9.Case studies: News products
9.1Editorials
145
9.2Commenting on a speech by David Cameron: the CAME case
9.2.1Cameron’s argumentation
153
9.2.2The journalist’s argumentation
154
9.2.3The journalist’s reflection on his writing choices
157
9.3Writing an editorial on a confused event: The RAID case
171
9.3.1Israel seems to be best prepared to face a collapse of Al-Assad’s regime
171
9.3.2There is also a humanitarian red alert
173
9.3.3The journalist’s reflection on his writing choices
174
9.4News products: What did we find out?
178
Chapter 10.Findings and conclusions
10.1Empirical findings
179
10.2Results of the analysis
10.2.1Rethinking gatekeeping and news values
184
10.2.2Theoretical outcomes for argumentation theory
186
10.2.3Newsmakers as an argumentative community
188
10.3Coda: possible future development of the research
10.3.1Designing argumentation in the newsroom
190
10.3.2Integrating argumentation in journalistic training
192
References
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