Publication
Title
Writing from news sources : the case of Apple TV
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Abstract
This paper is a case study of reproductive newswriting, i.e. writing from news sources. We offer a multimethodological writing process analysis of a news article announcing the product launch of Apple TV on the Belgian market. By combining interview data, keystroke logging data, frame and corpus analysis, we reconstruct the discursive strategies a senior business reporter, the third author of this paper, employs as he writes a news article from a corporate press release. Our process data highlight how reliance on ready-made source texts prompt news frames which enable reporters to write fast and efficiently while also forcing them to introduce new frames which balance the story, establish authority and maximize news value. Taken together, these analytical dimensions lay bare both the interpretive creativity and professional routines of reproductive newswriting.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of pragmatics: an interdisciplinary quarterly of language studies. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2011
ISSN
0378-2166
DOI
10.1016/J.PRAGMA.2010.09.024
Volume/pages
43 :7 (2011) , p. 1876-1889
ISI
000290748500005
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 21.03.2011
Last edited 15.11.2022
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