Berning Narrative Means to Journalistic Ends

A Narratological Analysis of Selected Journalistic Reportages
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-531-92699-5
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten

Nora Berning grasps the narrative potential of journalistic reportages via a set of narratological categories. Spurred by an interdisciplinary framework, she builds on transgeneric narratological research and shows that journalistic reportages can be described, analyzed, and charted with categories that originate in structuralist narratology. The author spells out minimal criteria for particular types of reportages, and challenges the argument that journalism and literature have distinct, non-overlapping communicative goals. By showing that the reportage is a hybrid text type that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain, this study advances a re-conceptualization of journalism and literature as two fields with permeable borders.

Nora Berning is a researcher at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, where she has specialized in the field of media cultures, with a special emphasis on narrativity in journalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berning, Nora

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;7
2;Acknowledgments;9
3;Abstract;11
4;Contents;12
5;1 Introduction;14
6;Part I: Theoretical Framework;19
6.1;2 Narratology: The Systematic Analysis of Narratives;19
6.1.1;2.1 Theoretical Approaches to Narrative;19
6.1.2;2.2 Key Models in Narratological Research;22
6.1.3;2.3 Basic Categories of Narratological Analysis;25
6.1.4;2.4 Towards an Interdisciplinary and Transgeneric Narratology;32
6.2;3 The Journalistic Reportage and its Narrative Potential;35
6.2.1;3.1 Literary Precursors of Journalistic Reportages;35
6.2.2;3.2 Tentative Definitions of a Hybrid Text Type;38
6.2.3;3.4 Towards a Topical Classification of Journalistic Reportages;47
6.3;4 State of Research: Literature Review;50
7;Part II: Empirical Analysis;56
7.1;5 Research Design: The Methodological Framework;56
7.1.1;5.1 The Sample: A Corpus of Selected Journalistic Reportages;56
7.1.2;Magazines (14);57
7.1.3;Newspapers (6);57
7.1.4;Supplements (5);57
7.1.4.1;5.2 Research Methodology: A Qualitative Content Analysis;58
7.1.4.2;5.3 Analytical Categories and Research Hypotheses;61
7.1.5;Voice;61
7.1.6;Mood;62
7.1.7;Temporal order;62
7.1.8;Narrative space;62
7.1.9;Characterization;62
7.1.9.1;RQ 1: Which categories of narratological analysis are applicable to and employed predominantly in selected journalistic reportag;63
7.1.9.2;RQ 2: Which categories are constitutive of and employed predominantly in different types of journalistic reportages?;64
7.2;6 Results of the Empirical Study;65
7.2.1;6.1 Predominance of Analytical Categories in the Entire Sample;65
7.2.2;6.2 Predominance of Analytical Categories in Different Types of Reportages;85
7.2.3;6.3 Narrative Dimensions in Journalistic Reportages: A Typological Circle;96
8;Part III: Discussion and Outlook;99
8.1;7 Critical Reflections on the Results;99
8.1.1;7.1 Overall Significance of the Findings: A Synopsis;99
8.1.2;7.2 The Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Perspective;104
8.1.3;7.3 Wider Implications of the Empirical Research;107
8.2;8 Conclusion;110
9;9 Bibliography;116
9.1;9.1 Primary Sources164;116
9.2;9.2 Secondary Sources;117
9.3;9.3 Internet Sources;131
10;10 Appendices;134
10.1;10.1 List of Figures;134
10.2;10.2 List of Tables;134
10.3;10.3 Codebook;150
10.4;Unit of analysis:;150
10.5;Sample period:;150