Polarisation of Expertise in The News Media: The Thai Cave Boys’ Rescue
Polarisation of Expertise in The News Media: The Thai Cave Boys’ Rescue
Author(s): Kim GregoSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies
Published by: Editura Universitară & ADI Publication
Keywords: Tham Luang Cave Rescue; caving; English-language news media; lexical analysis; ESP; specialised terminology; popularisation; polarisation; Critical Discourse Studies;
Summary/Abstract: A corpus of English-language texts from news media sources worldwide was analysed to verify how the polarisation of the various options reported about the rescue of 12 Thai boys trapped in a cave in 2018 was constructed linguistically and realised discursively. Quantitative findings were interpreted from the perspectives of domain-specific languages, media language studies and media psychology. News sources were able to construct polarised opinions among experts but not among lay audiences, for lack of expert knowledge of both the journalists and their readership.
Journal: International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication
- Issue Year: 9/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 11-29
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English