Constructive news is an alternative to the negativity of if-it-bleeds-it-leads journalism but still unfamiliar to some audiences and still relatively under-researched, particularly by news translation scholars. And yet, it is “done” across cultures and, therefore, languages. This innovative book contributes to filling that research gap and raising awareness of the phenomenon by showcasing cross-cultural research on constructive news, including in the Global South – a region that has traditionally received less scholarly attention than the Global North.
Constructive news is resolutely multimodal, and so a number of chapters analyse it from that perspective. The chapters also tackle such topics as audience attitudes, service to the local community, pedagogy, financial news, and religious news. This book will appeal to journalism studies and translation scholars, applied linguists, lecturers, journalists, editors, and members of the public who consume, study, or teach news but are looking for alternatives.
Edited by:
Ashley Riggs,
Lucile Davier
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032849058
ISBN 10: 1032849053
Series: The IATIS Yearbook
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Preface Chapter 1. Making the case for studying constructive news across languages and cultures Ashley Riggs and Lucile Davier Chapter 2. Interest in constructive news in Europe: a comparative view from the media systems Javier Serrano-Puche and María Fernanda Novoa Jaso Chapter 3. A multimodal analysis of constructive narratives in English–Chinese news for children Szu-Wen Kung Chapter 4. Multimodal strategies used by students in the transmedial reformulation of constructive news for Italian viewers Pietro Luigi Iaia and Giordano Lisi Chapter 5. How constructive is the coverage of Canadians in debt? Analysis of constructive cues in English- and French-language newspapers Pier-Pascale Boulanger and Chantal Gagnon Chapter 6. Solutions journalism in Portuguese, English, and Creole on a community news site in Lisbon Jessica Roberts and Daniela Oliveira Chapter 7. Multimodal, multilingual, and constructive communication in Vatican News Anne O’Connor, Raluca Tanasescu, and Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado Chapter 8. “¡Todos, todos, todos!”: (non)constructive coverage of the Pope and World Youth Day 2023 by the Global North and the Global South Márcia Dias Sousa
Ashley Riggs is an associate professor of English Language, Translation and Linguistics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy). Lucile Davier is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva (Switzerland).
