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Papers by Linus Kitano

News values are used by journalists to construct events and news actors as newsworthy. The presen... more News values are used by journalists to construct events and news actors as newsworthy. The present study investigates the use of news values in the reporting on two territorial disputes, one between China and Japan (Diaoyu/Senkaku) and one between Japan and South Korea (Dokdo/Takeshima), in the US news outlets CNN, FOX News and the Washington Post. In addition, it also examines what news values tend to be associated with the involved parties, US-allies Japan and South Korea, and US non-allies China, as well as to what extent the news values associated with Japan differ between the reporting on the two disputes. This is done through a Discursive News Values Analysis (DNVA) which examines how news values are construed using linguistic resources. The aim is to produce new insights into how international conflicts are reported on, and how certain nations are made newsworthy in US media. The results suggest that the news values of Eliteness, Negativity, Superlativeness and Timeliness were foregrounded in the reporting on both disputes, while Proximity was far more common in the Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute articles. Eliteness and Personalisation were commonly associated with US allies while a combination of Superlativeness and Negativity was more common with US non-allies, which resulted in Negativity being further emphasised. Finally, Proximity was far more commonly associated with Japan in the Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute articles compared to the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute articles. Thus, the analysis shows that US allies tend to be constructed as newsworthy in a more positive light than non-allies, and it also indicates that nations defending a contested area in a territorial dispute appear to be framed more positively than their counterparts.

This thesis uses methods from discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to investigate the usage ... more This thesis uses methods from discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to investigate the usage of two words related to Islam in The Times and The Daily Telegraph newspapers, both before and after ...

Digitala spel har blivit alltmer populara och lattillgangliga i dagens samhalle, och nastan alla,... more Digitala spel har blivit alltmer populara och lattillgangliga i dagens samhalle, och nastan alla, sarskilt i den yngre generationen, spelar nagon typ av spel. Forskning har visat att spel kan ha en ...

Digitala spel har blivit alltmer populära och lättillgängliga i dagens samhälle, och nästan alla,... more Digitala spel har blivit alltmer populära och lättillgängliga i dagens samhälle, och nästan alla, särskilt i den yngre generationen, spelar någon typ av spel. Forskning har visat att spel kan ha en positiv inverkan på elevers andraspråksinlärning genom bland annat ökad motivation och bättre receptiv språkförmåga. Speciellt onlinespel ger utmärkta förhållanden att lära sig engelska eftersom spelen oftast är på engelska, samt att kommunikation, som oftast sker på engelska, med spelare från andra länder är nödvändig för att prestera bra i spelen. Den här studien visar med hjälp av en gruppintervju och tre individuella intervjuer, att eleverna själva ser onlinespel ha en övervägande positiv inverkan på deras motivation och lärande inom engelska som andraspråk. Förutom att de upplevde att de lärde sig mer naturlig engelska i spelen berättade de att engelskan i skolan blev roligare eftersom de kunde följa lektionerna lättare

News values are used by journalists to construct events and news actors as newsworthy.The present... more News values are used by journalists to construct events and news actors as newsworthy.The present study investigates the use of news values in the reporting on two territorial disputes, one between ...