Full Description
Constructive news is an alternative to the negativity of if-it-bleeds-it-leads journalism but still unfamiliar to some audiences and still relatively under-researched, particularly by news translation scholars. And yet, it is "done" across cultures and, therefore, languages. This innovative book contributes to filling that research gap and raising awareness of the phenomenon by showcasing cross-cultural research on constructive news, including in the Global South - a region that has traditionally received less scholarly attention than the Global North.
Constructive news is resolutely multimodal, and so a number of chapters analyse it from that perspective. The chapters also tackle such topics as audience attitudes, service to the local community, pedagogy, financial news, and religious news. This book will appeal to journalism studies and translation scholars, applied linguists, lecturers, journalists, editors, and members of the public who consume, study, or teach news but are looking for alternatives.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Making the case for studying constructive news across languages and cultures
Ashley Riggs and Lucile Davier
Chapter 2. Interest in constructive news in Europe: a comparative view from the media systems
Javier Serrano-Puche and María Fernanda Novoa Jaso
Chapter 3. A multimodal analysis of constructive narratives in English-Chinese news for children
Szu-Wen Kung
Chapter 4. Multimodal strategies used by students in the transmedial reformulation of constructive news for Italian viewers
Pietro Luigi Iaia and Giordano Lisi
Chapter 5. How constructive is the coverage of Canadians in debt? Analysis of constructive cues in English- and French-language newspapers
Pier-Pascale Boulanger and Chantal Gagnon
Chapter 6. Solutions journalism in Portuguese, English, and Creole on a community news site in Lisbon
Jessica Roberts and Daniela Oliveira
Chapter 7. Multimodal, multilingual, and constructive communication in Vatican News
Anne O'Connor, Raluca Tanasescu, and Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado
Chapter 8. "¡Todos, todos, todos!": (non)constructive coverage of the Pope and World Youth Day 2023 by the Global North and the Global South
Márcia Dias Sousa
