Helen Sissons
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Sissons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Sissons |
| SIGNATURE | SISSONS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1000-0509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Kastom vs the fourth estate
The term kastom broadly refers to the traditional systems of beliefs and values found across the islands of Melanesia, encompassing indigenous knowledge passed informally between generations through oral traditions. While these systems vary between communities, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the region's largest and most linguistically diverse nation, kastom continues to inform professional life, including the practice of journalism. This article exp…
Sarangi, Srikant
Srikant Sarangi is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University, having served as Professor in Language and Communication and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre from 1993 to 2013. Professor in Humanities and Medicine and Director of the Danish Institute of Humanities and Medicine at Aalborg University, Denmark (2013–2021); currently continues as Adjunct Professor. His research interests are in discourse analysis and applied linguist…
Centralised and Digitally Disrupted
The chapter examines the challenges facing local journalists in New Zealand as they navigate the requirements of multiplatform reporting. Drawing on ground-breaking video ethnographic data, the chapter uses a case study of a regional editor working at head office as he collaborates with a local journalist covering a breaking story in a remote location. We follow the coverage of the story from the first email alerting the editor to the event to hi…
Social media and a case of mistaken identity
Journalists can obtain information faster than ever before and interact with a variety of sources across multiple platforms from Facebook to Twitter without leaving their desk. The pressure to get stories online as soon as possible is not without its drawbacks, however. Incorrect information and photographs can be published even when not properly verified and, although these mistakes can be rectified quickly once identified, the credibility of a …
Negotiating the News
This article analyses two interactions between journalists and their public relations sources captured on video during ethnographic fieldwork in newsrooms in New Zealand. Through analysis of verbal and non-verbal actions, the paper demonstrates the mixture of resentment, distrust and need that characterises journalists' relations with public relations practitioners (PRPs). It highlights journalists' increasing difficulties in accessing informatio…
Transcribing Multimodal Interaction
In appreciating what is involved in transcribing multimodal interactions, the researcher must first understand what constitutes multimodal data.
Journalism and public relations
Van Dijk (1991) argues that it is from news that the majority of people obtain most of their social and political knowledge. Therefore, it should concern us that current research evidence suggests that the discourse of public relations is growing in influence over the discourse of journalism to an extent that journalists are relinquishing their agenda-setting function (Davies, 2008; Moloney, 2006). Using the concepts of intertextuality and genre,…
Journalism and public relations
Van Dijk (1991) argues that it is from news that the majority of people obtain most of their social and political knowledge. Therefore, it should concern us that current research evidence suggests that the discourse of public relations is growing in influence over the discourse of journalism to an extent that journalists are relinquishing their agenda-setting function (Davies, 2008; Moloney, 2006). Using the concepts of intertextuality and genre,…
Social media and a case of mistaken identity
Journalists can obtain information faster than ever before and interact with a variety of sources across multiple platforms from Facebook to Twitter without leaving their desk. The pressure to get stories online as soon as possible is not without its drawbacks, however. Incorrect information and photographs can be published even when not properly verified and, although these mistakes can be rectified quickly once identified, the credibility of a …
Negotiating the News
This article analyses two interactions between journalists and their public relations sources captured on video during ethnographic fieldwork in newsrooms in New Zealand. Through analysis of verbal and non-verbal actions, the paper demonstrates the mixture of resentment, distrust and need that characterises journalists' relations with public relations practitioners (PRPs). It highlights journalists' increasing difficulties in accessing informatio…
Transcribing Multimodal Interaction
In appreciating what is involved in transcribing multimodal interactions, the researcher must first understand what constitutes multimodal data.
Journalism and public relations
Van Dijk (1991) argues that it is from news that the majority of people obtain most of their social and political knowledge. Therefore, it should concern us that current research evidence suggests that the discourse of public relations is growing in influence over the discourse of journalism to an extent that journalists are relinquishing their agenda-setting function (Davies, 2008; Moloney, 2006). Using the concepts of intertextuality and genre,…
Negotiating the News
This article analyses two interactions between journalists and their public relations sources captured on video during ethnographic fieldwork in newsrooms in New Zealand. Through analysis of verbal and non-verbal actions, the paper demonstrates the mixture of resentment, distrust and need that characterises journalists' relations with public relations practitioners (PRPs). It highlights journalists' increasing difficulties in accessing informatio…
Social media and a case of mistaken identity
Journalists can obtain information faster than ever before and interact with a variety of sources across multiple platforms from Facebook to Twitter without leaving their desk. The pressure to get stories online as soon as possible is not without its drawbacks, however. Incorrect information and photographs can be published even when not properly verified and, although these mistakes can be rectified quickly once identified, the credibility of a …
Centralised and Digitally Disrupted
The chapter examines the challenges facing local journalists in New Zealand as they navigate the requirements of multiplatform reporting. Drawing on ground-breaking video ethnographic data, the chapter uses a case study of a regional editor working at head office as he collaborates with a local journalist covering a breaking story in a remote location. We follow the coverage of the story from the first email alerting the editor to the event to hi…
Sarangi, Srikant
Srikant Sarangi is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University, having served as Professor in Language and Communication and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre from 1993 to 2013. Professor in Humanities and Medicine and Director of the Danish Institute of Humanities and Medicine at Aalborg University, Denmark (2013–2021); currently continues as Adjunct Professor. His research interests are in discourse analysis and applied linguist…
Kastom vs the fourth estate
The term kastom broadly refers to the traditional systems of beliefs and values found across the islands of Melanesia, encompassing indigenous knowledge passed informally between generations through oral traditions. While these systems vary between communities, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the region's largest and most linguistically diverse nation, kastom continues to inform professional life, including the practice of journalism. This article exp…
Computer Science (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Journalism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works)