Article ID: CBB790796802

Stylistic Analysis of Headlines in Science Journalism: A Case Study of New Scientist (2016)

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This article explores science journalism in the context of the media competition for readers’ attention. It offers a qualitative stylistic perspective on how popular journalism colonizes science communication. It examines a sample of 400 headlines collected over the period of 15 months from the ranking of five ‘most-read’ articles on the website of the international magazine New Scientist. Dominant lexical properties of the sample are first identified through frequency and keyness survey and then analysed qualitatively from the perspective of the stylistic projection of newsworthiness. The analysis illustrates various degrees of stylistic ‘hybridity’ in online popularization of scientific research. Stylistic patterns that celebrate, domesticate or personalize science coverage (characteristic of popular journalism) are intertwined with devices that foreground tentativeness, precision and informativeness (characteristic of science communication). The article reflects on the implications of including various proportions of academic and popular styles in science journalism.

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Authors & Contributors
Herran, Néstor
Krause, Kelly
Test Concept
Roberto Saiol, José
Zuegner, Mary Carol
Zeman, Scott C.
Concepts
Journalism
Popularization
Science and society
Periodicals; serials
Communication of scientific ideas
Public understanding of science
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
France
Barcelona (Spain)
Spain
Portugal
Institutions
Hospício Pedro II
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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