Hidden behind the text: A linguistic ethnographic study of stancetaking in news production

IF 1.3 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2024.12.014

Gilles Merminod , Lauri Haapanen

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Abstract

This article examines stancetaking in newswriting situations. It adopts a linguistic ethnographic approach that looks behind-the-scenes of news production. Through two case studies, it first shows how journalists use stancetaking in interviews as a resource for producing newsworthy material, corresponding with news values of negativity and emotion. It then unfolds the processes that lead journalists to erase their own contribution from the final product, presenting instances of their stancetaking as if they only originated from the source. By doing so, journalists incorporate their own views into the news products while ostensibly adhering to the journalistic standard of neutrality and objectivity.

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Language & Communication Multiple-

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3.40

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6.70%

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