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- PublicationA Comparative Study of PostmodifiersUsed in Business News in LeadingNewspapers in Thailand, USA and UK(Chulalongkorn University Printing House, 2012)
; Reading business news becomes a part of work in the business sector as it is the main source of current business situations, which in turn affect decision making. However, most sentences written in business news are long and complicated, which can cause difficulty for readers. Part of the complexity of sentences comes from the postmodifiers used. One hundred and twenty business news stories from the Bangkok Post, The Nation, USA Today, and The Guardian were investigated to find out types of sentences as well as types and functions of postmodifiers frequently used in business news. Patterns of postmodifiers were also investigated to find out frequency of use in business news. The study revealed that complex sentences were used most frequently in the Bangkok Post, USA Today and The Guardian while simple sentences were used most frequently in The Nation. Prepositional phrases modifying noun phrases were used at the highest level in simple, complex, and compound-complex sentences in all newspapers studied. In compound sentences, prepositional phrases modifying noun phrases were used most frequently in the Bangkok Post, The Nation and USA Today while compound sentences in The Guardian included prepositional phrases modifying verb phrases at the highest percentage. Regarding patterns of postmodifiers, news writers tended to place both phrase and clause postmodifiers, which occurred in series and included other types of embedded postmodifiers, in the predicate part more than in the subject part. Simple and complex sentences contained more varieties of postmodifiers than compound, and compound-complex sentences. Even though each news writer has his or her writing style and preference for postmodifiers, the Bangkok Post news writers and foreign news writers tended to have similar ways of using postmodifiers. Teachers teaching business English should familiarize students with frequently used and uncommon characteristics of postmodifiers in business news. Selecting business news should be done with care, suiting the level of language complexity to students' English capabilities.12 199 - PublicationA News Narrative Construction of theMay 19 Crackdown as Reportedon CNN Online: A Semiotic Analysis(Chulalongkorn University Printing House, 2012)
; ; Since news is a narrative, this paper aims to study its construction. Four online news reports from the CNN.com website about the crackdown on the "Red Shirts" protracted demonstrations in Bangkok on May 19, 2010 are selected for this study. The "quest model" and "semiotic square" are used to analyze how the news is constructed. These are proposed by A J Greimas, whose ideas are influenced by Ferdinand de Saussure, the founder of Structuralism. Understanding its deep structure and its grammar from which the surface structure of the news we read is derived can confirm and reproduce the Thai political ideology that violent means by military forces has always been used on protesters in order to restore peace and return the country to normalcy.7 46 - PublicationFrom Editor to Blogger: The Role of Gatekeeper Which May Be Reformed?(Chulalongkorn University Printing House, 2009)
; ; The editors of the mass media select news topics to be published. There are manyfactors which cause some news topics to be selected and others not. But now, withadvanced technologies, anybody can write whatever they are interested in via newmedia like “Blogs.” The writers are named “Bloggers.” This effects the mass mediaeditor’s role, which may be reformed. However, there are two important factors thatcan support the role of mass media. The credibility and professionalism of the editorcannot be compared to the blogger’s inexperience.4 82 - PublicationWar and Peace Discourse in English Newspapers in Thailand(Chulalongkorn University Printing House, 2013)
; ; The discourse constructed in the news about the PAD's seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports, the disruption of the 14th Asean summit in Pattaya and the "Black Songkran" is "war and peace" discourse. The news about these political conflicts in Thailand was reported in the two English newspapers, the Bangkok Post and The Nation, between November and December 2008 and between March and April 2009 respectively. The "war" discourse in the news about the PAD's seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports was constructed through the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports and editorials, together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment and the description of the airports, Bangkok and the protest site.The "war" discourse in the news about the disruption of the Asean summit in Pattaya and the "Black Songkran" in 2009 was constructed through the naming of the situations themselves, the naming of the people involved in the situations and the description of Bangkok and the protest site as well. Besides, the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports and editorials, together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment highlighed the "war" discourse. In addition, the "peace" discourse presented in the news about these political conf licts was constructed through the use of phrases calling for talks, reconciliation and political reform. Apart from the "war and peace" discourse, the news about the PAD's seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports also constructed "trouble makers" discourse. The naming of the seizure of the two airports, the naming of the PAD, the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports and editorials, together with comments from columnists, travelers and business people who were affected by the closure of the airports help strengthen the "trouble makers" discourse. The use of idioms, metaphor, simile, and personification was also found in the news, and so were strong criticism and suggestions. The study of the discourses constructed in these political conflicts is one of the examples showing the power of language used in the media, especially newspapers.6 24