Analysis of Philippine Newspaper Coverage on Conflict Reporting: Basis for Journalistic Intervention Genelin Ruth Pamplona-James CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background of the Study In today’s increasingly connected world there are thousands of resources available to obtain news and analysis about conflict and peace related issues. Within the field of conflict resolution there has also been a rapid growth in the field of peace journalism or peace media. The basic concept is
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particularly information pertaining to current events. However‚ not all current events can be reported in the media‚ and as such‚ only news that is considered newsworthy is able to make it into the media for dissemination to the general public. Galtung and Ruge (1970) came up with the earliest form of systematic classification for newsworthiness eleven news values‚ the meeting of which would make an event more likely to be reported in the news. The news values were frequency‚ threshold‚ clarity
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News Values Definition Of News News has been defined differently by different experts. Some of the definitions are given below: 1. News is anything out of the ordinary 2. News is the unusual picture of life. 3. News is anything that people talk about; the more it excites the greater its value. ‚ 4. News comprises all current activities which are of general human interest and the best news is that which interests most of the reader*. 5. Anything that enough people
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and were featured by spread of rulers’ sovereignty outside their own countries; annexation of foreign territories‚ exploitation of economic benefits in foreign lands; military occupation and cultural manipulation. There was “tremendous inequality” (Galtung‚ 1971‚ p.81)3– nations succumbed to the threat of imperialism were exploited‚ suppressed and marginalized. European imperialistic movements were driven by strategic reasons. The empires aimed at creating advantageous political‚ economic‚ military
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Affairs. New York: Longman. Cook‚ T (1998) Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution. Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press. Enzensberger‚ H M (1974) The Consciousness Industry. New York: The Seabury Press/Continuum. Galtung‚ J; Ruge‚ M H (1965) The Structure of Foreign News. Journal of Peace Research 2:1. Gandy‚ O T (1982) Beyond Agenda Setting: Information Subsidies and Public Policy. New Jersey: Ablex. Giddens‚ A (1984) The Constitution of Society. London: Polity Press
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between the Israelis and Palestinians‚ both have been able to reach a peaceful agreement on the use of their water resources. Secondly‚ the definition does not take into account the issue of structural violence‚ in the words of John Galtung. According to Galtung‚ war represents only one form of violence‚ which is physical‚ open and direct. The others form of violence has to do with social conditions of life. This consists of • Poverty • Exclusion • Intimidation • Oppression • Want • Fear
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1968. Dougherty‚ James and Robert Pfaltzgraff‚ Contending Theories of International Relations‚ Lippincott‚ 1971. Fisher‚ Roger‚ William Ury‚ and Bruce Patton‚ “Getting to Yes‚” in David Barash ed. Approaches to Peace‚ oxford Press‚ 2010‚ 71-78. Galtung‚ Johan‚ “A Structural Theory of Imperialism‚” Journal of Peace Research‚ No. 2‚ 1971‚ 81-119. Gilman‚ Nils‚ Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America‚ Johns Hopkins‚ 2003. Kaplan‚ Morton‚ “The New Great Debate: Traditionalism
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Hutu people were now in charge of the new government. The Rwanda case is a good example to show Johan Galtung’s model of how conflict arises. In the late 1960s Johan Galtung proposed an influential model of conflict that encompasses both symmetric and asymmetric conflicts (Ramsbotham‚ Woodhouse & Miall 2011‚ p. 10). Johan Galtung suggested that conflict can be viewed as a triangle‚ which includes contradiction‚ attitude and behaviour (Ramsbotham‚ Woodhouse & Miall 2011‚ p. 10). This model is a
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Acknowledgement I would like to thank to my supervisor Mgr. Jan Chovanec‚ Ph.D.‚ for his guidance‚ valuable advice and resources he provided me with. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Evaluation in journalistic discourse 8 2.1 Galtung and Ruge’s (1965) criteria of newsworthiness 10 3. Methods and procedures 23 4. The Appraisal Theory 27 4.1 Classification of appraisal 30 4.2 Analysis 45 4.2.1 Attitude 45 4.2.1.1 Affect – expressing our feelings 46 4.2.1.2 Judgement
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References: • Internet. • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. • Boyd‚ A. (1994) Broadcast Journalism‚ Techniques of Radio and TV News. Oxford: Focal. • Galtung‚ J. & Ruge‚ M. Holmboe (1965): The Structure of Foreign News. The Presentation of the Congo‚ Cuba and Cyprus Crises in Four Norwegian Newspapers‚ Journal of Peace Research‚ vol. 2‚ pp. 64-91;
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