News reporting in the Philippines
English in print media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2269023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danilo T Dayag (De La Salle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 349-363 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-971x.2010.01659.x |
| OpenAlex | W1542535088 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
This study aims to determine how a hostage drama in Iraq involving an overseas Filipino worker was framed in English-language newspapers in the Philippines. Data came from the July 9–25, 2004 issues of five leading English-language broadsheets in the Philippines. The study found that the event was given maximum salience and prominence by the newspapers. In addition, the participant ‘Philippine government’ was foregrounded; the rest of the participants were backgrounded. In terms of activity, the performative verbs ‘saying’ and ‘asking’ were assigned to the topicalized/thematized participants in the data, thus making these participants agents or actors
Art · Drama · Government (linguistics · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Performative utterance · Political science · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |