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- PublicationA Comparative Study of Postmodifiers Used in Business News in Leading Newspapers in Thailand, USA, and UK(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
; The purposes of this study were to investigate types of sentences frequently used in business news, to investigate types and functions of postmodifires frequently used in each type of sentence in business news in the Bangkok Post, The Nation, USA Today, and The Guardian, and to synthesize patterns of postmodifiers used in each type of sentence. The corpus was 120 business news stories from four newspapers covering economics, marketing, commerce, industry, information technology, and property selected during April and June 2010. Frequency and percentage were employed for the data analysis.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 most frequently in simple, complex and compound-complex sentences in all the four newspapers studied. Regarding 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. News writers tended to place both phrase and clause postmodifiers, which occurred in series and included other types of embedded postmodifiers, in predicate part more than in the subject part. Prepositional phrases, present participial phrases, past participial phrases, and appositive phrases were frequently used in both parts but adverb phrases, and elliptical clauses were always placed at the end of the sentence. Simple and complex sentences included more varieties of postmodifier types than in compound and compound-complex sentences. The Bangkok Post and foreign news writers tended to use postmodifiers in similar ways.58 537 - 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 - PublicationAttitudes of and Usage by Journalists regarding the Official Information Act B.E. 2540(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2007)
; This research aimed to study the knowledge and attitudes of Thai journalists towards the OfficialInformation Act, B.E. 2540, how it is used and problems using this Act. Data from 345 journalists (225journalists from 75 provinces and 120 journalists from the Bangkok area), and in-depth interview datafrom 9 journalists who have filed complaints for the disclosure of official information from governmentorganizations, were analyzed using frequency distribution percentages, mean and standard deviation,and Chi-squares. The findings were as follows.1. Most journalist had positive attitudes towards the Official Information Acts, B.E. 2540.2. Knowledge of the journalists regarding the Official Information Act, B.E 2540, had nostatistically different relationship with attitudes towards the Official Information Act , B.E. 2540, and oftheir use behavior, but had a statistically different relationship with the usage of the Act at a significantlevel of 0.05.3. Length of employment had no statistically different relationship with attitudes towards theOfficial Information Act, B.E. 2540, and use behavior of the journalists in general (except the access toinformation on complaints filed with the concerned offices at the significant level 0.05). However, it wasfound that the duration of employment had a statistically different relationship with the usage of the Act atthe significant level of 0.05.4. Attitudes of the journalists towards the Official Information Act, B.E. 2540, had no statisticallydifferent relationship with the use behavior, but had a statistically different relationship with the usage ofthe Official Information Act, B.E.2540, at the significant level of 0.05.5. The journalists pointed out two problems concerning the use of the Official Information Act,B.E.2540; 1) government organizations were reluctant to disclose the requested information, and 2) thejournalists needed more alternate access channels to official information from those specified in the Act.5 153 - 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 - PublicationLanguage Usage for the Front Page Headline of Newspaper with Reflection of Political Violence in March–May 2010(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2013)
; The aim of this research is to study and compare the language used in the front page headline of newspapers in various dimension: frequency, size of areas used for agenda, now the headlines are framed through the use of language aimed to depict the image and how they positioned themselves as they criticized the government, the red t-shirt group, and the other groups related to political violence issues.The data were collected from headlines of three newspapers focusing on banners between March 12 and May 19, 2010 in selected newspaper “Thairath”, representing popular newspaper, “Matichon”, as quality newspaper and “Naewna”, represented semi-quality and semi-popular newspaper. In total 207 headlines were examined.The results indicate that all three newspapers emphasized that the Thai political violence was initiated by the red t-shirt’s movement was the most used theme. Matichon was underlined this particular issue most often. The second devoted its space to the second topic was the emphasis on the government as the one who initiated the violence. Like the first theme, Matichon was also the one who most often emphasized this issue. The third the emphasis on the other groups as the Thai political violence initiators, which most appeared in Naewna.Finding also reveal that the most areas size of banner on all three newspapers was given to the news claiming the red t-shirt group was responsible for the violence. This was most seen in Thairath. The second was given to the news that claimed responsibility from the government most found in Matichon. The third the news regarding the other groups as the violence initiations most respectively appeared in Thairath.Content analysis to better understand media framing found that the samples used only nicknames to identify an individual or groups that represented the red t-shirt and the other groups related to political violence.With regard to word usage to depict the image of the political violence, it was found that popular newspaper (Thairath) and the semi-quality and semi-popular newspaper (Naewna) presented the higher rate of such the word usage, comparing to Matichon, the quality newspaper. This was supported by the hypothesis testing at the 0.05 level of significance. Naewna used the most numbers of words making the highest average rate of the word usage regarding the political violence. In respect with agenda setting, the distinction of the hypothesis testing at the 0.05 level of significance indicate that the popular newspaper (Thairath), the semi-quality and semi-popular newspaper (Naewna), and the quality newspaper (Matichon) showed their positive points of view towards the government side. Naewna most showed its the positive points of view toward the government side, followed by Matichon and Thairath respectively.20 220 - PublicationThe Preparation of Story Package for News Production: A Case Study of 3 Online Newspapers in England(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
; The objective of this qualitative research is to study about the preparation of story package for news production of 3 online newspapers in England which are The Daily Telegraph, The Star and The Metro by using a case study method. The data collection consists of the web masters’ interviews. The findings are as follows :1. The preparation of story package for news production began around 2006-2007 with the purpose of adding values to news contents to meet readers’ demand.2. Story packages for news production are found various forms including video clips, audio clips, photo galleries, web boards, forums, discussion groups, chats, archives of news database, search engines, e-mails to editors, hyperlinks to news background or previous news pages and external links to some relating web sites, organizations, and topics.3. Each newspaper organization has different procedures in preparing story packages: some newspapers may edit news broadcasts (audio and/or video) to limit the length while some others may not edit the clips.10 646 - 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 - PublicationWar and Peace Discourse on News about Political Conflicts: The Seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi Airports, the “Debacle” of the ASEAN Summit and the “Black Songkran” through the Eyes of English Newspapers in Thailand(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
; ; The discourse constructed in the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports, the disruption of the 14 th 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: 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 the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports was constructed through the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, 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 14 th 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. The use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment also highlight the “war” discourse.In addition, the “peace” discourse presented in the news about these political conflicts was constructed through the use of phrases calling for talks, reconciliation and political reform.Moreover, the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports also constructed the “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, editorials together with comments from columnists, travelers and business people who were affected by the closure of the airports helped strengthen the “trouble makers” discourse.The use of idioms, metaphor, simile, and personification was also found in the news. Strong criticism and suggestions were found as well.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 newspaper.15 257