Direct Quotes in Spanish Newspapers
Literality according to stylebooks, journalism textbooks and linguistic research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12909582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando López Pan (0000-0002-2035-3431, BM Központi Kórház, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-207 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17512780903391938 |
| OpenAlex | W1527060361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
The journalist usually introduces the voices of different people—sources, witnesses, and protagonists—into the writing of the news. This makes studying how oral discourse is translated into writing, along with the consequent ethical implications that this implies, a very interesting field within journalism. This article, limited to Spain, shows that while newspaper stylebooks and news-writing manuals require that direct quotes be textual transcriptions of the words of the person quoted, research conducted by Spanish scholars whose background is in linguistics shows that direct quotes in print media sometimes change with respect to the actual words used by the quoted speaker. This creates two problems: first, the risk that some readers may interpret erroneously the direct quotes in the news, as literal transcriptions of the words said, when that is not always the case. Second, that news-writing textbooks do not train journalists for the use of others' voices in the news they report
Art · Direct speech · Indirect speech · Journalism · Linguistics · Literal (mathematical logic · Literature · Media studies · News values · Newspaper · Sociology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History · Journalism and Media Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |