The role of using meta-discourse elements in writing, especially in research newspapers, is so important that their authors can convey certainty, doubt, and characteristics of the writers in their writings. There are different meta-discourse markers used by various authors in different branches; for example, hedges and boosters are the most important devices in writing. The meta-discourse eleme...

This paper investigates the application of text classification methods to investigate diatopic variation in Portuguese journalistic texts. We compare the language used in Portuguese newspapers written in Brazil, Macau, and Portugal under the assumption that the more similar language varieties are, the more difficult it is for algorithms to discriminate between them. We present two sets of exper...

The present research explores the relationships between newspaper circulation size (small vs. large), blog post focus (national vs. local/state), and blog post topic (political vs. government) and whether reporters who blog produce posts that break with journalistic routines or include references to the author. Analysis of 960 blog posts from nine newspapers suggests that smaller newspapers wer...

The repression-protest nexus in authoritarian regimes has attracted scholarly attention of contention scholars for a long time. However, studies have generally overlooked pro-government actors’ role contentious dynamics. This article introduces an original event dataset on protests, repression, and rallies Turkey under the rule Justice Development Party during period which authoritarianism incr...

media (including books, newspapers & journals/magazines) is one of the most important elements in construction & institutionalization of modern identity. this paper will survey the role and importance of newspapers/journals in the national identity construct. for explaining the relations between these two variables, the following issues will be considered: • the construction of modern national ...

Title of Document: JAPANESE AND U.S. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE IRAQ WAR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Kazuhiro Maeshima, Ph.D., 2007 Directed By: Professor Miranda Schreurs, Department of Government and Politics This study investigates the relationship between the media and politics by analyzing the Iraq War coverage of two leading U.S. and Japanese newspapers: the New York Times and the Asahi. This diss...

Abstract In this article, we shed light on the emergence, diffusion, and use of socio-technological future visions. The artificial intelligence (AI) vision German federal government is examined juxtaposed with respective news media coverage media. By means a content analysis frames, it demonstrated how strategically uses its AI to uphold status quo. largely adapt government´s frames do not inte...