CRITICAL REVIEWS ON CORPUS • Corpus Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: A Case Study on News Reports of the 2011 Libyan Civil War1-Sibo Chen School of Communication, Simon Fraser University This paper reports a comparative analysis of the news coverage of the 2011 Libyan civil war in two national media. The 2011 Libyan civil war attracted wide attention and was extensively covered by various media around the world. However, news discourse regarding the war was constructed differently across
Social media is an important medium for communication, Facebook and Twitter now serve as a part of everyday life for many individuals. In a research study by Smith et al. (2012), Facebook had 1 billion users in October 2012, reaching one out of seven people on the planet. In July 2012, Twitter had 517 million users (Semiocast, 2012), according to the data analysis group Pingdom (2012), half of all social media users are between 25 and 44 years old. Therefore, young people are more likely to engage
networking sites are used by over seventy-six percent of the adults in America (“Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society 1”). The first social networking site was created in 1997 (“Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society 1”). On a daily basis many people post on social networking sites for the fun of it. For a person, networking sites can be dangerous and may become an addiction or a sensation to people too. These social networking sites are being used by companies and colleges as
Around 40 % of the population in Arab countries using the social network. UAE ranked the second country in the world to be a membership in the social network (46 %). Examples of social network: Facebook: This is the biggest and best social media network on the Internet, with more than billion using it monthly it was launched in 2004. It allows interactions between the individuals, organization, writing comments, share information There is profile setting, upload of photos, videos. UAE is
American Television Shows and Hindi Daily Soaps on the youth in Manipal University: A Comparison Michell Mathias School of Communication, Manipal University Registration Number: 120701098 Class: BAJC 6th Semester, Section A Course Name: Media Seminar and Current Affairs Date: April 15, 2015 Abstract: Television as a medium of globalization is evolving and spreading throughout the globe. Initially, about 20 years down the lane, Indians would prefer watching Hindi daily soaps, but with invasion
two types of television shows, those that entertain and those that inform. In this era, Americans have been turning towards a new hybrid form of television shows called infotainment. Infotainment puts a comical spin on pressing news to appeal to a wider audience. Some argue that the news reported is “fake” news and is misinforming the public (Zinser 363). Jason Zinser’s analysis of the comical nature of The Daily Show in his article, The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show, helps us understand Antonia
highlighting how advertising agencies use the influence of media on teens in order to effectively market to this hard to reach genre. The teens are filmed in their daily lives and researchers get intimate by going deep into their world, analyzing everything possible, from personal desires, clothing preferences, relationships, and family and social interactions. The teens are interviewed in order to determine what it means to be “cool,” and then the film shows how advertisers go about selling this “cool” to
This is a gospel to explain a way of people’s daily life. What Marshall McLuhan want to say form this gospel is that information itself is not the most important thing. Medium is more important and useful than information. In this essay, I will try to show what I learn and think about this gospel. The essay will have three parts, which include the introduce for Marshall McLuhan, what I think about “the medium is the message”, and some examples to show the connection between “the medium is the message”
they excel in and other areas that need to be worked on. As the modern world is a fast paced and has an ever changing environment, business’ need to keep making advances and updating their services and goods to keep up with competition. Using SWOT analysis you can depict what a company is strong in and what they need to work on in order to keep up with their competitors. Strengths and weaknesses are analyzed to make sure you are keeping up with competitors. Opportunities and threats compare with the
contemporary media culture research, regarded the popularity TV show "nationwide" which discuss current affairs news as the research object and obtained a series of important results. In 1978, he cooperated with Sharlotte Brunsdon and published the book《Daily TV: nationwide》. He used semiotics analysis methods to study the program text form design and text organization characteristics of “nationwide”. "Nationwide" is a famous program of BBC company which has high ratings. The TV shows have a rich