Incongruity in News Headings

In the rapidly changing news market, quality newspapers are searching for ways to combine established journalistic practices with attractive presentation of their newsprint. On internet news sites, attention-getting headlines are even more important in obtaining readership. This paper investigates the role of incongruity in selection of headings, and recall, recognition, and appreciation of selected news items. In Experiment 1, headlines were written on three incongruity levels: straightforward, ambiguous (trope), or stylistically deviant (scheme). In Experiment 2, news headlines were accompanied by either consistent or inconsistent photographs. Results of both experiments showed that heading incongruity enhanced information processing of news items.     

Social media boundaries in sports journalism: individual and organisational gatekeeping in India and Australia

Journalists with social media accounts can face conflict between the personal nature of their posts while operating as representatives of their news organisations. The addition of another publishing platform has also continued to change the role of the journalist as gatekeeper, with more decisions to be made over dissemination choices in traditional, online and social media. This comparative study of sports journalists in India and Australia examines gatekeeping influences at individual and organisational levels. It combines in-depth interviews with 22 sports journalists with a content analysis of 2085 Twitter posts from sports journalists covering the Australia–India Test cricket series of 2014–2015. The results highlight how multi-media gatekeeping has become a factor for contemporary sports journalists in both nations.     

Indigenous cultural values and journalism in the Asia-Pacific region: a brief history of Māori journalism

A number of scholars in the Asia-Pacific region have in recent years pointed to the importance that cultural values play in influencing journalistic practices. The Asian values debate was followed up with empirical studies showing actual differences in news content when comparing Asian and Western journalism. At the same time, such studies have focused on national cultures only. This paper instead examines the issue against the background of an Indigenous culture in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the way in which cultural values may have played a role in the journalistic practice of Māori journalists in Aotearoa New Zealand over the past nearly 200 years and finds numerous examples that demonstrate the significance of taking cultural values into account. The paper argues that the role played by cultural values is important to examine further, particularly in relation to journalistic practices amongst sub-national news cultures across the Asia-Pacific region.     

新闻学与传播学关系初探

本文尝试把新闻学与传播学结合起来考察。两学科定义有别、根源有异。新闻学属人文学科，但也应汲取传播学的学术精髓；传播学属社会科学，也须具备新闻学的人文关怀。在构建社会主义和谐社会的大背景下，两者的关系须是“相互促进”，共谋“和谐发展”。     

英、美、中三国公民权利比较研究

权利是历史地形成并向前发展的。同样,历史也形成了英国、美国和中国等国的宪法规定的公民权利的内容和特点,也决定了他们不同的公民权利实现途径。对不同国家的公民权利进行比较,可以从比较中发现不足,取人所长,为我所用。这对发展我国的公民权利,完善我国的公民权利实现的机制具有重要的意义。     

提高报道质量抵制新闻媚俗

新闻媒体相互间的不良竞争和对受众需求的误导、误解导致新闻媚俗化日益泛滥.媚俗新闻降低了媒体的公信度、毁坏了媒体声誉,阻碍了我国文化建设的顺利进行.要从根本上抵制这种媚俗化倾向,需要通过政府、新闻法规、媒体自身、社会公众等多方力量共同努力,这是一项艰苦而长期的工作.     

湘鄂渝边区城镇居民体育活动现状调查

通过对湘鄂渝边区城镇居民参与体育活动的调查，运用座谈访问、文献资料、数理统计等方法进行分析，得出制约当地居民参加体育活动的因素依次为：经济状况落后、缺乏专业人才指导、不良生活习惯等，建议加大体育宣传和投资力度，制定完善的体育发展规划和整理发掘推广当地优秀的少数民族传统体育项目。     

现实主义、乌托邦主义与重构新闻专业主义的批判话语——基于“行动”的解释学研究路径

国内学术界对于新闻专业主义的研究具有现实主义和乌托邦主义的倾向,这两种倾向阻碍了我们对于新闻专业主义更深一步的认知。新闻专业主义存在于媒体从业者的日常行动中,从解释学的路径出发,探讨媒体从业者的日常行动及其背后的主观意义,能够将个体行动、主观意义、权力控制等微观和宏观视角链接起来。由于这一视角是植根于媒体从业者鲜活的日常行动中,它能够深刻阐释媒体从业者的实践状况,重构新闻专业主义作为批判话语的解放意义。     

论古希腊人“重男轻女”的性别取向

公元前6至前4世纪,古希腊人的性别取向非常明显:重男轻女,男尊女卑。女性是"间接公民",被排除在选举、司法和执政等公共权力领域之外。女性公民是不同于男性公民的"他者"。女性被书写为女妖魔和不同类型的雌性动物。女性意味着软弱、疾病和灾难。女性公民受到的教育相对较少。城邦通过早婚早育和性别比例控制女性,相对减少女性人数。     

The Role of Language in a Journalistic Interpretive Community

Drawing on anniversary-edition articles and interviews with journalists at Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s largest English-language news outlet, we argue that language of publication directly informs the narratives a journalistic interpretive community [Zelizer, Barbie. 1993. “Journalists as Interpretive Communities.” Critical Studies in Mass Communication 10: 219–237] develops to position itself as a news authority. Analysis showed that associations with English as a foreign language in Indonesia influenced stories of the newspaper’s professional values and practice, and the ways it conceptualized readership. The study contributes to the growing body of literature that examines intersections of journalism and language—in this case, English as a language of publication in a global context.