An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Cunha, Gustavo Ximenes, de Siqueira, Bruna Monteiro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Entrepalavras
Texto Completo: http://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/article/view/2084
Resumo: From the perspective of the Relevance Theory, an utterance is considered “relevant” to the extent that its positive cognitive effects are large and the mental processing effort is small. Taken that news headlines may be designed to optimize relevance, as well as to promote newsworthiness and sensationalism, the central aim of this study is to analyze Brazilian news headlines in an attempt to associate some tenets of Relevance Theory to the notions of newsworthiness and sensationalism. In order to carry out the study, 56 front pages from major Brazilian newspapers, extracted from the Corpus de Manchetes Brasileiras (CMB – Brazilian News headline Corpus), were analyzed. After the main headlines were identified, a sample was formed in order to carry out the qualitative analysis. The results showed how news headlines packed information in such a way that the news items many times appeared more significant and novel than it was the case. More particularly, the study also demonstrated how the headlines analyzed typically connected the concept of newsworthiness to the principles of Relevance Theory, while also working as click-baits to attract the reader to the news story.
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spelling An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalismUma análise de manchetes à luz da Teoria da Relevância, noticiabilidade e sensacionalismoNews headlines. Relevance theory. Newsworthiness.Manchetes. Teoria da Relevância. Noticiabilidade.From the perspective of the Relevance Theory, an utterance is considered “relevant” to the extent that its positive cognitive effects are large and the mental processing effort is small. Taken that news headlines may be designed to optimize relevance, as well as to promote newsworthiness and sensationalism, the central aim of this study is to analyze Brazilian news headlines in an attempt to associate some tenets of Relevance Theory to the notions of newsworthiness and sensationalism. In order to carry out the study, 56 front pages from major Brazilian newspapers, extracted from the Corpus de Manchetes Brasileiras (CMB – Brazilian News headline Corpus), were analyzed. After the main headlines were identified, a sample was formed in order to carry out the qualitative analysis. The results showed how news headlines packed information in such a way that the news items many times appeared more significant and novel than it was the case. More particularly, the study also demonstrated how the headlines analyzed typically connected the concept of newsworthiness to the principles of Relevance Theory, while also working as click-baits to attract the reader to the news story.Na Teoria da Relevância, um enunciado é considerado mais “relevante” quanto maiores são seus efeitos cognitivos e menor o esforço mental requerido para seu processamento. Considerando que as manchetes podem ser elaboradas para otimizar a relevância, bem como para promover noticiabilidade (newsworthiness) e sensacionalismo, o objetivo central deste estudo é analisar manchetes brasileiras na tentativa de associar alguns princípios da Teoria da Relevância às noções de “noticiabilidade” e sensacionalismo. Para a realização do estudo, foram analisadas 56 capas de grandes jornais brasileiros, extraídas do Corpus de Manchetes Brasileiras (CMB - Brazilian News headline Corpus). Após a identificação das principais manchetes, criou-se uma amostra para a realização da análise qualitativa. Os resultados mostraram como as manchetes apresentam as informações de tal forma que as notícias muitas vezes parecem ser mais significativas e originais do que realmente são. Mais especificamente, o estudo demonstrou como as manchetes analisadas conectam tipicamente o conceito de noticiabilidade aos princípios da Teoria da Relevância, funcionando como “iscas” para atrair o leitor para a notícia.Universidade Federal do CearáCNPqOliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno MarciottoCunha, Gustavo Ximenesde Siqueira, Bruna Monteiro2021-08-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/article/view/208410.22168/2237-6321-22084Entrepalavras; v. 11, n. 2 (11)Entrepalavras; v. 11, n. 2 (11)Entrepalavras; v. 11, n. 2 (11)Entrepalavras; v. 11, n. 2 (11)Entrepalavras; v. 11, n. 2 (11)2237-6321reponame:Entrepalavrasinstname:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)instacron:UFCenghttp://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/article/view/2084/822Direitos autorais 2021 Entrepalavrasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-03-26T00:01:09Zoai:ojs.localhost:article/2084Revistahttp://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/indexPUBhttp://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/oaiwebmaster@entrepalavras.ufc.br||editor@entrepalavras.ufc.br2237-63212237-6321opendoar:2022-03-26T00:01:09Entrepalavras - Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
Uma análise de manchetes à luz da Teoria da Relevância, noticiabilidade e sensacionalismo
title An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
spellingShingle An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
News headlines. Relevance theory. Newsworthiness.
Manchetes. Teoria da Relevância. Noticiabilidade.
title_short An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
title_full An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
title_fullStr An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
title_sort An analysis of news headlines under the light of Relevance Theory, newsworthiness and sensationalism
author Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
author_facet Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
Cunha, Gustavo Ximenes
de Siqueira, Bruna Monteiro
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author2 Cunha, Gustavo Ximenes
de Siqueira, Bruna Monteiro
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
Cunha, Gustavo Ximenes
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv News headlines. Relevance theory. Newsworthiness.
Manchetes. Teoria da Relevância. Noticiabilidade.
topic News headlines. Relevance theory. Newsworthiness.
Manchetes. Teoria da Relevância. Noticiabilidade.
description From the perspective of the Relevance Theory, an utterance is considered “relevant” to the extent that its positive cognitive effects are large and the mental processing effort is small. Taken that news headlines may be designed to optimize relevance, as well as to promote newsworthiness and sensationalism, the central aim of this study is to analyze Brazilian news headlines in an attempt to associate some tenets of Relevance Theory to the notions of newsworthiness and sensationalism. In order to carry out the study, 56 front pages from major Brazilian newspapers, extracted from the Corpus de Manchetes Brasileiras (CMB – Brazilian News headline Corpus), were analyzed. After the main headlines were identified, a sample was formed in order to carry out the qualitative analysis. The results showed how news headlines packed information in such a way that the news items many times appeared more significant and novel than it was the case. More particularly, the study also demonstrated how the headlines analyzed typically connected the concept of newsworthiness to the principles of Relevance Theory, while also working as click-baits to attract the reader to the news story.
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