Created in the early 1800s, The Meadville Tribune, is an integral part of the Meadville community. The paper has gone through many title changes, political affiliations, and owners (Christie) Most recently, the Tribune has gone under the ownership of CHNI, a major publisher of newspapers across the United States. Because of this ownership, the Meadville Tribune can use articles written by journalists of other newspapers within the company. Recently, the Tribune posted a series, “Protecting Our Children,” written by journalists at the Sharon Herald. The series of twenty-six articles and videos covers children in the local area surrounding the Sharon Herald (Meadville). The articles discuss issues surrounding children in a multitude on environments—schools, …show more content…
As journalism scholar Lei Gong points out “ideologies are rooted in general beliefs, such as knowledge and opinions; so the lexical and propositional choices in news texts more or less mirror the news professionals’ views, which are formulated on the basis of their ideological stances” (Gong 145). Looking at the articles, this essay will analyze the perceived audience, who talks within the article, what they are saying and in what context, and the nuances of language used in the articles. Thorough analysis, an understanding will be gained surrounding how the choices made by the journalist mirror ideologies within the …show more content…
Media scholar Gerald Walton points out the faults in these policies, “Whether programs and policies on safe schools actually “work” to reduce bullying is debatable. And even if reduction is a measurable…such a goal merely contains, regulates, and manages violence rather than addresses it” (Walton 112). Scholars point to the fact that often these policies are often misguided and do not address the actual problems, “…they fail to account for the ways in which aggression…is often expected, and even rewarded, in institutions such as sports, politics, business, and academics, as well as in many families. Such aggressive behaviors of adults are not usually labeled as bullying” (Walton 99). Additionally, as scholars K. Borgwald and H. Theixos point out, these policies do not prevent bullying, “Specific studies regarding the efficacy of zero-tolerance suspensions/ expulsions in reducing violence conclude that zero-tolerance policies have had little to no impact on the decline in overall school violence…” (Borgwald & Theixos 150). Scholars repeatedly state that policies do not reach the root problems of bullying, they instead punish learned behavior without offering guidance to correct this