Textual Analysis in Journalism

MAY anyone ever experienced difficulty in starting a related study of media content? It was a natural thing for students. I was in some cases have to re-open some books methodologies to ensure the way I choose is right to find the answer research to do. In general there are two approaches that can be done to make the content of media research: quantitative and qualitative. In this short article I want to share about the nature of qualitative approaches.

As I've previously paparakan (see Variety Design Qualitative Research), qualitative research related to the content of media messages can be determined by using the method of semiotic analysis, framing, and wacara. Some experts then add one more method to what they call "narrative analysis". This paper would like to review the common side of a qualitative approach, especially in the context of journalism research. I was inspired to write it after discussing the review John L. "Jack" Morris called Textual Analysis in Journalism (2003).

Textual analysis by Frey, Botan, Friedman and Kreps (1991) is defined as a method of communication in which the researchers wanted to describe, interpret, and evaluate the characteristics of the message that documented (recorded). In general, according to Morris there are two purposes of textual analysis in the practice of journalism. First, to examine the language used by the source in a particular topic or issue. Second, to examine journalistic language that is used to improve the journalists writing techniques. Morris concluded, according to Frey et al, textual analysis also examines how the meaning of a herald to the audience moving. Including the links between texts with multiple variables that preceded it.

Morris calls the three formats that can be used to classify text journalism: report (report), the story (story), and essay (essay). Feature incoming text reports category is if he is presented with an inverted pyramid style. Instead, the story is a text format that is compiled with upright pyramid style. This form text always begins with narrative descriptions. Sort paragraphs containing atmosphere or scene (scene) associated with the topic. This was followed by the section that contains the emotional aspects such as conflict or keteganganan. Everything is presented in a timeline or a particular plot line that can help people to understand the content of the text keseluruahan.

The format of the story (story) is almost similar to the essay (essay). The difference, essays presented in the format of the stem. The whole body of the text contains information that is interrelated and equally important. At the beginning, the text opens with an essay format or assumptions underlying the initial idea of the text. A kind of core statement then described in further by providing a number of arguments supporting the main idea earlier. Until the end, the text will restate the main statement at the conclusion of exposure in the text.

Morris also mention the version of Frey et al in formulating five critical aspects of media commonly used in analyzing the text: the Aristotelian, flow (genre), history, dramatic, and fantasy themes. Unfortunately these five streams is not explained in more detail. He only briefly describes each of the critical aspects. For example, the flow Aristotelian more focused on the formal and logical aspects of the text. Or flow dramatic view the text of the theatrical such characterizations, recounts how, or action (act) that is implied in it. Morris apparently accidentally leaving this part of our homework.