Use of Persuasion and Newspapers' Representations of Conflicts

Autor/inn/en	Afzal, Naeem; Jabeen, Ismat; Hameed, Ansa; Sheikh, Adnan Rashid
Titel	Use of Persuasion and Newspapers' Representations of Conflicts
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021) 1, S.398-411 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Afzal, Naeem) ORCID (Jabeen, Ismat) ORCID (Hameed, Ansa) ORCID (Sheikh, Adnan Rashid)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Persuasive Discourse; Arabs; Social Change; Conflict; News Reporting; Periodicals; Editing; Journalism; Activism; Logical Thinking; Altruism; Content Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Research Needs; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Foreign Countries; Violence; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; Yemen; Syria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Arab; Araber; Sozialer Wandel; Konflikt; News report; Reportage; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Journalistik; Journalismus; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Inhaltsanalyse; Forschungsbedarf; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ausland; Gewalt; Tunesien; Libyen; Ägypten; Jemen; Syrien
Abstract	Persuasion in media discourses produces certain meanings and mobilizes public attitudes in a set direction. Logical appeals, for instance, are created to gather public support for a particular viewpoint, which propagates a specific cause. This paper critically investigates the newspaper's use of persuasion strategies employed by editorial writers to represent the 2011 Arab Spring conflict. The data consist of 20 newspaper editorials published in the Arab News (AN) belonging to the Arab region yet presumed as a newspaper's voice from a non-Arab spring country. The purpose is to probe journalistic roles and discursive positions taken in representing the conflict. The content analysis technique is used to examine the selected editorials. Findings reveal that the newspaper (AN) constructed the events persuasively and portrayed different aspects of the uprising. This study points out that editorial writers relied on several logical appeals to, almost, set a pro-Arab Spring stage. In addition, it has been noticed that the AN adopted a more compassionate attitude towards protesters' losses, and their ambitions for bringing a 'change' were justified, generally, than the ruling authorities. Overall, the findings reaffirm the media's contribution to represent conflicts in different societies under social, cultural, political, and national parameters by using certain tools of persuasion. This study recommends that future research should draw a comparison between news reports and editorial opinions, and investigate post-Arab Spring situations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01