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‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper

This paper attempts to reveal the use of ‘hedges’ as the realization of media ethics on newspaper.Hedges, expressing ‘grey’ meaning, are widely used by the journalists to convey certain information related to ethics.According to ethics, sensitive case associated with ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’, ‘religion’,...

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Main Authors: Wibowo, Agus Hari, Yusoff, Nuraini
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/13044/1/pro40.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.295
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spelling my.uum.repo.130442016-05-26T03:14:02Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13044/ ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper Wibowo, Agus Hari Yusoff, Nuraini P Philology. Linguistics This paper attempts to reveal the use of ‘hedges’ as the realization of media ethics on newspaper.Hedges, expressing ‘grey’ meaning, are widely used by the journalists to convey certain information related to ethics.According to ethics, sensitive case associated with ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’, ‘religion’, and ‘social group’ should be presented in prudent way to avoid conflict which might appear among parties involved in the news.Accordingly, such information might not clearly and explicitly expressed.This paper will discuss the relationship between hedges realized in impersonating and protecting participants and journalistic ethics codes.This is a case study of ‘hedges’ employed in the editorial of Solopos, local Indonesian newspaper published in Surakarta. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://repo.uum.edu.my/13044/1/pro40.pdf Wibowo, Agus Hari and Yusoff, Nuraini (2014) ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 295-298. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.295 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.295
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topic P Philology. Linguistics
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Wibowo, Agus Hari
Yusoff, Nuraini
‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
description This paper attempts to reveal the use of ‘hedges’ as the realization of media ethics on newspaper.Hedges, expressing ‘grey’ meaning, are widely used by the journalists to convey certain information related to ethics.According to ethics, sensitive case associated with ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’, ‘religion’, and ‘social group’ should be presented in prudent way to avoid conflict which might appear among parties involved in the news.Accordingly, such information might not clearly and explicitly expressed.This paper will discuss the relationship between hedges realized in impersonating and protecting participants and journalistic ethics codes.This is a case study of ‘hedges’ employed in the editorial of Solopos, local Indonesian newspaper published in Surakarta.
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author Wibowo, Agus Hari
Yusoff, Nuraini
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Yusoff, Nuraini
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title ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
title_short ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
title_full ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
title_fullStr ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
title_full_unstemmed ‘Hedges’ and media ethics: A case in Indonesian newspaper
title_sort ‘hedges’ and media ethics: a case in indonesian newspaper
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/13044/1/pro40.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.295
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