Introduction
The news is fascinating to me because, in my opinion, it is an integral yet under-appreciated part of daily life. Due to technological advances, it is now possible for people around the world to access information on the world’s current affairs at almost any time and place. We constantly take in this information whilst giving little to no thought about the process behind it. Some scholars have referred to the news as the 'language of mass communication', speech that is designed to be heard not only by a select few people, but by an unknown number of viewers. Yet even so the audience are central to the style of language produced. It is therefore interesting to compare the way in which television news broadcasting channels implement
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“we'll” (Ending 2a, line 1). The presenter using these features shows Bell's audience design theory in effect as they converge their language to bring themselves on par with their audience, as Crystal (1995) says “The chief use of slang … is to show that you are one of the gang” (Page 182). I believe the reason for this is because the presenters on Newsround are significantly older than their target audience and so have to use a great deal of informal vocabulary so that the presenter appears more relatable to the audience. One example of this is the presenter's use of the slang imperative verbal phrase “check out” to instruct the audience to go onto the Newsround website and read more on all the stories they cover. The use of slang in this example is effective as it allows the presenter to achieve their goal without sounding as forceful or intimidating to its young audience as they would if chose formal alternatives. This idea fits in with Holmes (1992) who said that a shift to a more informal style using slang “[expresses] solidarity and [minimises] status difference” (Page 297). The use of slang is also important in emphasising how the programme is exclusively for children. This is because, as I mentioned earlier, slang by its very nature excludes those who are not familiar with it, thus 'excluding' adults from partaking in the news
Wang’s studies have shown that news industries are now tabloidizing news because it elicits the attention of their viewers. Now the only thing considered as “entertainment” in the news is “crimes, accidents, and disasters”. Wangs writes “News that bleeds seem to still lead the primary broadcasts” (Wang 722). People nowaday only tune in when a disaster has occurred and anything other that is not “interesting”. Unfortunately, people would rather watch Isis in action then heard about Obama releasing innocent victims from prison. The reporter in “Gray Noise” proves Wang’s words true when he records on his lens about a mother who had just lost her
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
Jamie also uses a “mockney” accent, which is an affected accent and form of speech in imitation of Cockney or working class London speech. A stereotypical “mockney” speaker comes from an upper-middle class background- Like Jamie. He may be doing this to appeal to a lower class, or to engage his viewers even more, as if he was their “mate” and creating a casual atmosphere.
Through manipulation and lies, media manages to modify objective news into biased news in order to convince the public of what the media wants them to believe. The article, “How the Media Twist the News”, by Sheila Gribben Liaugminas discusses the major influence that news has on readers based on their choice of stories and words. “How the Media Twists the News” has borrowed from multiple other texts such as the books like Public Opinion and Liberty and News, news magazine writers such as Ruderman, and news networks like CBS through Bias, A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News and CNN to make her arguments valid and prove that the news is biased and that it does influence readers significantly because of it.
Due to the certain accent’s stereotyping images, other “original English speaker” think they are uneducated, rude, and ignorance. TV comedy shows increased this negative image to audiences as making fun of their accent and laughed. The video introduced some words which are unfamiliar to us: cabinet is milkshake, gum band is rubber band, schlep is to carry, and pau hana means work is done. Those words and phrases are noticeable if they are native English speakers. On the other hand, I hardly notice those accents and dialects as a foreigner because I don’t have enough knowledge to judge what “standard English” is. In fact, we normally learn “standard English” in school as a foreigner, but we have a great chance to hear mixed dialects and accents everywhere because of mixed race society. Nevertheless, standard English accent is easier for me to understand. I easily distinguish and guess people’s hometown if they are foreigners by their accent. Still, it’s hard to recognize accents and dialect within states. Moreover, this video was difficult to understand because of the
In the essay if Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What is? by James Baldwin and Mother Tongue by Amy Tan both shows idea of uses of slang and language in different context. In the essay if Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What is? Baldwin states that how language has changed and evolved overtime, Baldwin describes how black English were used as white English, in civil rights movement where blacks were treated as slaves and the used slang language to communicate so that the whites won’t understand. This slang was taken from black language and now everyone uses to make the communication short. In the essay Mother Tongue Tan explains that how language could affect people from different culture. Tan states that how Asian students in America struggle in English. Tan also states that her mother is smart but she couldn’t communicate in English. Tan thinks that’s a big disadvantage for her mother and people coming from different countries cannot show their talent because of their weakness in communication.
Since the 1930’s until now, studies show that about 64% of kids and teens have been using slang terms in their school work. It is amazing what some of them are. Slang is used all of the time by almost all people and has changed a lot over the past decades. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses a child’s perspective to show how slang has changed from the 1930’s until today.
It is not uncommon to hear people complaining about what they hear on the news. Everyone knows it and the media themselves knows it as well. Some of the most renowned journalists have even covered the the media’s issues in detail. Biased news outlets have flooded everyday news. We find that journalism’s greatest problems lie in the media’s inability for unbiased reporting, the tendency to use the ignorance of their audience to create a story, and their struggles to maintain relevance.
This paper will look analyze the sociolinguistic style of The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger, a parody of a nature documentary narrated by czg123 (Randall). A transcript of the video will be included as well as an analysis of specific linguistic features used by Randall, the meanings indexed by these features, the style created by these features, and the importance of these features within a social context.
African American Slang has had many other names: Ebonics, Jive, Black English, and more. The Oxford English Dictionary defines slang (in reference to language) in three different ways: 1) the special vocabulary used by any set of persons of a low or disreputable character; language of a low and vulgar type 2) the special vocabulary or phraseology of a particular calling or profession; the cant or jargon of a certain class or period 3) language of a highly colloquial type, considered as below the level of standard educated speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some special sense. Whatever one’s perspective on slang, it is a natural and inevitable part of language. In this paper I will discuss examples of current slang being used that some people may not understand.
Restricted speech code speakers often use slang and can be associated with the working and middle classes. Bernstein stressed the idea that elaborated speech codes were largely used in schools and thus allowed for those students who have already developed elaborated speech codes to excel as they would identify with class materials better than those students who spoke within restricted speech codes. This theory was tested and proved in Ain’t No Makin It as the teachers
Much is being discovered when the public, also known as the consumers and recipients of the news, share their views on journalistic practices. One might suggest that traditional journalism has, in due course, come to an end. Although, there are definitely problems that the public runs into with public journalism taking over. A few of those arguments include their content, the journalists, and the effects that it has on their public audience.
The informality is one of the distinctive features of Blair’s language style in PEB. It is widely noted that in contemporary public communication, there is an increasing informality in politicians’ PEBs (Fairclough 1996:7; Pearce 2005:65-66), especially in Blair’s political broadcasts. In a broad sense, the ‘formality’ refers to the language style ‘associated with everyday life’ (Fairclough 2000b:1-2; Pearce 2005:65). Fairclough claims that the informality is made up by two strands: the conversationalization and the personalization
The six major barriers to communication according to McLean (2010) are the use of clichés, jargon, slang, sexist and racist language, euphemisms, and doublespeak. These were discussed in the context
The evolution of media, from old media to new media, has transformed the way we understand the world around us. New media is interactive and is user-generated while old media is a more traditional way of communicating through television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books, etc (Lecture Notes. January 12, 2011). New media gives us a new perspective by allowing us to interact with one another through the Internet. Media has become much more personal and diverse as user-generated content becomes more prominent in our lives (Lecture Notes. January 24, 2011). We are exposed to various viewpoints shape our understanding and knowledge of the social world, but does the form of media actually affect the way we understand the content which is presented to us? For my paper, I will determine whether or not the medium is the message by analyzing two different types of media sources and how they affect our understanding of the content. For my old media source I have chosen a news clip from the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric that deals with the ongoing Egyptian uprising. For my new media source I have chosen a video blog, or ‘vlog’, by an Egyptian man named Omar who discusses the crisis in Egypt from a personal point of view. Both media sources deal with the same topic, but result in different understandings of the crisis.