The “Discourse of Derision” in News Coverage of Education
A Mixed Methods Analysis of an Emerging Frame
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11366559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Coe (0000-0002-7928-7504, University of Utah, corresponding author), Paul J Kuttner (0000-0002-4739-1358, University of Utah), Madhav Pokharel (0000-0002-9167-4750), Manusheela Pokharel, Dakota Park-Ozee (0000-0002-7859-8984, The University of Texas at Austin), Meaghan Mckasy (0000-0002-3489-612X, Utah Valley University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 423-445 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/708251 |
| OpenAlex | W3015343730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
Commentators have observed a “discourse of derision” in news coverage of the US education system, but the contours of this discourse are not well understood. This article pairs quantitative content analysis with qualitative framing analysis to sharpen the conceptual and empirical focus of the discourse of derision as an object of study. We theorize four components of this discourse—tone, assessments of quality, teacher voice, and criticism of teachers—and analyze them in a representative sample (n = 602) of broadcast television evening news stories from 1990 to 2015. Our findings reveal that the discourse of derision is a common but not overwhelming feature of television news, occurring primarily through negativity in tone and assessments of quality
Advertising · Content analysis · Criticism · Discourse analysis · Frame analysis · Framing (construction · Linguistics · Media studies · Negativity effect · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Tone (literature · Communication in Education and Healthcare · History · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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The Anomalous Beasts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |