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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"Headlines"”.
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Investigating structural ambiguity in newspaper headlines: A case study of selected headlines in the Namibian newspaper between 1st February and 31st December 2020
… possible meanings of the structurally ambiguous headlines found in The Namibian newspaper and to illustrate the ambiguity by tree diagram. The study focused on structural ambiguity in the news headlines published between 1st February 2020 and 31st December 2020 covering political, social, and …
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Strategies applied in the english-lithuanian translation of "the economist" headlines /
… important part of the article. While translating headlines, a translator should make them short, clear, and catching to the potential reader. Also, headlines should not be ambiguous or misleading. The prestigious British newspaper “The Economist” follows these rules creating high-journalism …
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Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Media Portrayal of Youth Climate Change Activists
Climate change is the biggest global threat to our planet today and youth will bear the brunt of this threat (Currie & Deschênes, 2016). Recently, we have seen youth stand up and become activists for climate. This qualitative study was conducted on media representations of youth climate change …
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Media social responsibility and risk communication : a critical analysis of newspaper headlines of the SARS outbreak
<p>This study analyzed headlines in three influential newspapers to assess how those publications exercised media social responsibility in reporting the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The situation posed the common media paradox where inherent news values encourage dramatic …
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Haze in the Headlines: Definitional Struggle and the Social Construction of Canada's Vape Mediascape
A 2023 CBC article reports that teen vaping rates in Canada are among the highest in the world (Miller, 2023). While it presents a health risk to youth, particularly non-smokers, vaping is viewed as a better alternative for those struggling with tobacco and nicotine addiction and can be seen as an …
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Headlines as networked language : a study of content and audience across 73 million links on Twitter
How different, in a precise sense, is The New York Times from Fox News? Or - Fox from NPR, NPR from CNN, CNN from Breitbart? If we think of news organizations as producers of language, as "speakers" - how similar or different are the voices? This question of the distance between news sources is …
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A Content Analysis Of 2004 Presidential Election Headlines Of The Los Angeles Times And The Washington Times
… a bias for or against either candidate in the headlines of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Times? If there is bias, which issues tended to produce the most positive, negative and neutral results? All election headlines, from February to November 2004, pertaining to a specific candidate …
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News Or Speculation? A Comparative Content Analysis Of Headlines And The Prevalence Of Speculative Language In Corporate And Independently Owned Newspapers
… newspaper's use of speculative language within headlines in the news sections. Two other variables considered were article placement, and the ownership structure of the news organizations. Previous research supports the claim that the ownership structure of an organization can influence the …
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To clickbait or not to clickbait? : an examination of clickbait headline effects on source credibility
… is the use of "clickbait," or sensational, headlines to attract readers to view the content being marketed. The aim of this study is to examine how the use of clickbait headlines on Facebook influences the perceived credibility of the story source by employing a 2 (news type) x 2 (source …
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Manufacturing concern: Worthy and unworthy victims. Headline coverage of male and female victims of violence in Canadian daily newspapers, 1989 to 1992
… of male and female victims of violence in the headlines of seven Canadian daily newspapers between 1989 and 1992. Headlines were gathered from The Canadian Newspaper Index. Women's and men's victimization was found to receive different types and amounts of coverage. This coverage is …
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Misrepresentation of Islam and Muslims in Canadian media: a comparative content analysis of major news outlets
… quantitative and qualitative content analysis headlines were taken from The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and National Post. The findings revealed that Muslims and Islam continue to be negatively portrayed negatively compared to other religious groups such as, Christians and Jews. Media …
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Communicating Global Climate Change: Framing Patterns in the US 24-Hour News Cycle, 2007-2009
… qualify a difference in framing patterns article headlines and bodies were examined separately. MSNBC, FOX, and CNN news coverage was quantitatively compared to explore differences between the outlets. Seven frames were identified as frequent (appeared in >10% of all articles), these were 1) …
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Herbert H. Asquith and the Decision for War, 1914
… this matter, then Ireland again burst into the headlines.
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Online Content Design with Unstructured Data
… consumer reviews for e-commerce, (2) online news headlines, and (3) multimedia content. By applying diverse methodologies, this dissertation makes a substantial contribution to the understanding of online word-of-mouth and digital content creation. Three essays form the core of this dissertation. …
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Adaptive Intuitions in Complex Media Environments Shape Belief in Misinformation
… common headline type. After seeing many true headlines, a participant is more likely to misidentify a subsequent false headline as true, and vice versa after seeing many false headlines. This pattern is consistent with adaptation to the proportion of true and false content (the veracity base …
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Media Insensitivity To People Of Color: A Comparison And Contrast Of How African Americans Are Portrayed In Mainstream Media To White Americans
… tried to defame Trayvon Martin’s character. Headlines read “Trayvon Martin was a weed smoker” and “Martin was suspended from school.” Fast-forward to August 5, 2014, a teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down and left in the street for four and a half hours while his blood flodown …
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