contrastive rhetorical analysis as a way of understanding different ways through which writers from various cultural backgrounds shape their discourse was officially initiated by the works of kaplan (1966). this study tries to use the methodology to investigate the news reports in two american and iranian widely published newspapers. using the analytical methodologies of contrastive rhetoric an...

Why do state authorities murder journalists? We show that the majority of journalists are killed in democracies and present an argument focuses on institutional differences between democratic ...

BACKGROUND News journalists are an occupational group with a unique task at the scene of an unfolding crisis-to collect information and inform the public about the event. By being on location, journalists put themselves at risk for being exposed to the potentially traumatic event. OBJECTIVE To compare potentially traumatic exposure during work assignments at a crisis scene and in personal lif...

Interactive Topic Detection and Tracking (iTDT) is a branch of TDT focussing on aspects of the user interface and user interaction. The importance of user interaction in the real world is the reason why iTDT is receiving attention. This particular research project has been motivated by the fact that there has been very little exploration of the usability of the features introduced in the iTDT i...

OBJECTIVE User Generated Content - photos and videos submitted to newsrooms by the public - has become a prominent source of information for news organisations. Journalists working with uncensored material can frequently witness disturbing images for prolonged periods. How this might affect their psychological health is not known and it is the focus of this study. DESIGN Descriptive, explorat...

This article examines how and why Israeli journalists use their military service as a shield in response to online violence digital hate. practice, termed here the military-as-alibi strategy, is highly consequential. First, it excludes citizens who are exempt from (mostly Palestinian of Israel ultra-orthodox Jews). Second, affirms presumption that “good journalists” not be measured by reporting...

Journalists who cover rural areas in the United States say they are afraid to report on hate groups, and this fear is exacerbated by close community ties limited resources among journalists. We examine concept of “hate speech” as a boundary object, analyzing in-depth interviews with U.S. journalists reporting communities (n = 33) better understand how hate. find that articulate clear definition...