Remediatisation, media interdiscursivity and ideological ambivalence in online news reports on sexual assault

IF 2.3 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.dcm.2022.100620

Michelle M. Lazar , Lixin Wan

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Abstract

Nowadays, the integration of informal, evaluative and entertaining elements in news production is not an uncommon practice in certain types of news genres. Our focus is on such elements expressed innovatively through image-based digital resources (IDRs) borrowed from participatory internet media culture, which include internet memes, emojis, screenshots of TV dramas/movies and digital archives, in social media news reporting. Our case study deals with news reports about sexual assaults by a Chinese official news outlet People.cn on Sina Weibo, one of the largest social media platforms in mainland China. Using the concepts of ‘remediatisation’ and ‘media interdiscursivity’, we unpack the ideological implications of the representation of sexual assaults and the social actors (perpetrators and victims) involved in the cases. Our study shows that the unexpected and innovative use of IDRs by the news media generates particular kinds of affect that result in an ideological ambivalence about sexual assaults and sexual crime reporting.

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网络性侵新闻报道中的补救、媒体话语间性和意识形态矛盾

如今，在某些类型的新闻类型中，将非正式、评价和娱乐元素整合到新闻生产中并不罕见。我们的重点是通过借鉴参与式网络媒体文化的基于图像的数字资源(idr)在社交媒体新闻报道中创新地表达这些元素，这些资源包括网络表情包、表情符号、电视剧/电影截图和数字档案。我们的案例研究涉及中国官方新闻媒体人民网在中国大陆最大的社交媒体平台之一新浪微博上关于性侵犯的新闻报道。利用“补救”和“媒体话语间性”的概念，我们揭示了性侵犯的表现和案件中涉及的社会行动者(肇事者和受害者)的意识形态含义。我们的研究表明，新闻媒体对idr的意外和创新使用产生了特殊的影响，导致对性侵犯和性犯罪报道的意识形态矛盾。

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Discourse Context & Media COMMUNICATION-

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5.00

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10.00%

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55 days