A Discourse Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in Mainstream News Media: Comparing News Coverage of M. L. King and Malcolm X – Bc. Sarah Palet
Bc. Sarah Palet
Bachelor's thesis
A Discourse Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in Mainstream News Media: Comparing News Coverage of M. L. King and Malcolm X
A Discourse Analysis of Rhetorical Strategy in Mainstream News Media: Comparing News Coverage of MLK and Malcolm X
Abstract:
Martin L. King a Malcolm X jako dvě vůdčí postavy amerického hnutí za občanská práva 60. let slouží jako příklad toho, jak dobové zpravodajství používalo přesvědčovací strategie ke zkreslení jejich poselství. Hloubkový pohled na tyto přesvědčovací strategie odhaluje, jak novináři apelovali na důvěryhodnost, emoce a logiku, aby vyzdvihli nebo naopak zlehčili aspekty postav aktivistů ve službách rasistické …moreAbstract:
As two enduring figures of the 1960s US Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X exemplify how contemporary news reporting used persuasive strategies to misrepresent their messages. An in-depth analysis of these strategies reveals how journalists appealed to credibility, emotion, and logic to either elevate or diminish aspects of the activists' characters in service to a racist hegemony …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 22. 4. 2024
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/a6dta/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 19. 6. 2024
- Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D.
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PALET, Sarah. \textit{A Discourse Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in Mainstream News Media: Comparing News Coverage of M. L. King and Malcolm X}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Education. 2024. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/1etkra/.
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English Language for Education / English Language for Education