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A Comparative Study of News Tweets of Tham Luang Cave Rescue by Thai, American, British, and Australian Broadcasters

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  • Mana Termjai
  • Payung Cedar
  • Thitirat Suwannasom

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This research investigated the typical grammatical structures, topics, and address terms for the victims in the news of Tham Luang cave rescue on Twitter published by four broadcasters- Bangkok Post, CNN International, BBC World News, and ABC News. The sample was 454 news tweets posted by the broadcasters between June 25, 2018 and July 15, 2018. The instruments were a syntactic analysis table, a topic analysis table, and an address term analysis table. The results showed that (1) the most typical grammatical structure used in the news by all broadcasters, except BBC World News, was simple sentence, (2) the most frequently-addressed topics in Bangkok Post and BBC World News were settings, while those in CNN International and ABC News were victims, and (3) the most frequently-used address terms for the victims in the news by Bangkok Post and BBC World News were address terms associated with age and gender combination and those associated with occupation, while this frequency order was in reverse in the news by CNN International and ABC News. Certain statistically significant correlations were also witnessed. The findings provided insights into certain similarities and differences in typical grammatical structures, topics, and address terms in the news tweets posted by the four broadcasters, and they also reflected English-language news publication on Twitter in general.

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  • Mana Termjai & Payung Cedar & Thitirat Suwannasom, 2022. "A Comparative Study of News Tweets of Tham Luang Cave Rescue by Thai, American, British, and Australian Broadcasters," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(6), pages 124-124, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:15:y:2022:i:6:p:124
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