This study examines differences between male and female as well as UK and US authors in newspaper text, specifically column writing. Many studies have shown that women have a tendency to show greater involvement in text by using personal and subjective reference. The present study applied corpus linguistic methods to 145 columns retrieved from two broadsheet newspapers, The Guardian and The New York Times. The usage of first person singular and plural pronouns was examined to determine whether there are gender-based or cultural differences in the way the authors show involvement in the texts. The data show no significant differences between male and female or UK and US authors. The uneven gender distribution of the sampling, conventions of journalism and column writing as well as women’s adaptation to the communication style of public sphere may be some of the reasons for the non-significant differences between the studied dimensions.

This paper explains the relationship and different arguments concerning freedom of speech. It uses Swedish newspaper columns, such as editorial pages, as its main source. The paper is mainly based upon the work of John Stuart Mill and his book On Freedom and Thomas Hobbes work Leviathan. The main focus is to see if there’s any connection between the Swedish newspapers and the theories which in itself is based upon the two works. The method that was used throughout this thesis was a content analysis which means that all of the newspaper articles and columns were analyzed and put into three different categories with category number one being based upon John Stuart Mill and his ideas, and number three being based upon Thomas Hobbes. Number two worked as a middle way and combined both of the theories. In those separate categories they were read and analyzed after arguments. Arguments that were often recurring were the main focus and were also the ones that were used for the final conclusion. The conclusion was based on the articles and the output was that the majority of the articles actually went on the same line as John Stuart Mill and that a few would like to see some kind of restriction on freedom of speech.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:15:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 carolina_chagas2.pdf: 25156771 bytes, checksum: 7b73e9f153c7239d2a8d668888775932 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study analyzes the journalistic work of Otto Lara Resende (1922 1992) based on columns he published in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo from 1991 to 1992. It describes the support in which the columns exist the newspaper and discusses the importance of this writing genre for the periodicals. It also provides an overview of journalistic columns in Brazil, describing influences evinced by the columns over the decades. Some of the 523 columns that Otto Lara Resende wrote for the Folha de S.Paulo are selected to demonstrate features of this columnist s writing, such as irony, criticism and the use of day-to-day life. The texts by Otto concerning the Collor Era, a period of recent Brazilian history marked by intense activity by the press, are given a special focus. Having arisen in France at the end of the 19th century, the practice of writing and publishing columns soon arrived in Brazil, and with the overall development of the press in the 20th century the column s role was consolidated and took on peculiarities that became established as distinctively Brazilian characteristics. The newspaper column has been a starting point for various writers who became known for their column writing, including Rubem Braga, Paulo Mendes Campos, Antônio Maria and Otto Lara Resende himself. He was a journalist in the widest sense of the term having worked in all sectors of newspaper production: reporting, editing, report planning, editorials and authored several books including O Braço Direito and Boca do Inferno. His last columns display striking characteristics, as described in this study. His columns for the Folha are a good example of the blending of different fields journalism and literature which is typical of Brazilian periodicals, giving rise to reflections on current journalistic practice / Essa pesquisa analisa a produção jornalística de Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992) a partir das crônicas que ele publicou no jornal Folha de S.Paulo entre os anos de 1991 e 1992. O trabalho estuda o suporte das crônicas o jornal e discute a importância desse gênero de escrita para os periódicos. O estudo também traça um panorama da crônica no Brasil, mostrando influências sofridas com o passar das décadas. Selecionamos ainda algumas crônicas das 523 que Otto Lara Resende publicou na Folha de S.Paulo para mostrar traços do texto do cronista, como a ironia, a crítica e uso do tom cotidiano. Os textos de Otto sobre a Era Collor , período da história recente do país que foi especialmente marcante pela atuação da imprensa, mereceram destaque no estudo. Surgida na França, no final do século XIX, a crônica logo veio para o Brasil e, no decorrer do século XX, paralelamente ao desenvolvimento da imprensa, consolidou-se e ganhou particularidades que depois se consagrariam como brasileiras. A crônica abrigou uma leva de escritores que se tornariam conhecidos principalmente por suas atividades de cronista, como Rubem Braga, Paulo Mendes Campos, Antônio Maria e Otto Lara Resende, entre outros. Jornalista no sentido mais amplo do termo ele trabalhou em todos os setores da produção de um jornal: reportagem, edição, pauta, editoriais e autor de livros são dele O Braço Direito, Boca do Inferno, entre outros , Otto Lara Resende imprimiu nos seus últimos trabalhos características marcantes do gênero crônica, destacados por essa pesquisa. Suas crônicas para a Folha são um bom exemplo de um cruzamento de fronteiras do jornalismo e da literatura que é típico dos periódicos nacionais e abre espaço para reflexões sobre a atualidade jornalística