Understanding Journalistic Opinion: Editorials, Articles, and Hybrid Forms

Understanding Journalistic Opinion

Editorials

An editorial is a newspaper article that presents the publication’s opinion on a current topic of interest. Key characteristics include:

  1. Deals with current events.
  2. Addresses issues of high importance to the newspaper.
  3. Reflects the views, political and ideological orientation, and corporate social responsibility of the publisher.
  4. Typically written by specialized editors.
  5. Appears without a fixed structure, but usually follows a pyramid scheme, building to a climax
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Fabbri’s Semiotics: From Sign to Action and Meaning

Fabbri’s Semiotics: Signification and Action

Fabbri posits a shift in semiotics, moving the focus from the sign itself to the process of signification. The emphasis is less on the static, nominated object and more on how we imbue things with meaning.

Addressing the “impasse” of traditional semiology, Fabbri proposes ways to explain the relationship of semiotic systems within the world, viewing signs as actions that transform reality. He advocates separating the notion of sign representation and considering

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Romanesque Art: Sculpture and Painting Characteristics

Romanesque Sculpture

We have previously pointed out how sculpture incorporated into the building has a dual role: to beautify and to teach. It shows great development in both form and content. The shape is inspired by Byzantine and Romanesque styles, and the content is primarily religious. Biblical inspiration sets out to the faithful, mostly illiterate, the truths of faith. But it is also geometric, animalistic, and narrative, as it presents the various trades, minstrels, and picaresque themes,

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Masterpieces of Spanish Islamic and Visigothic Architecture

Church of San Juan de Baños

The Church of San Juan de Baños is a basilica with three naves and three apses (only the central one is original). Over the years, it has undergone several partial reconstructions, even in the original plan, which was expanded to the fourth and final arch in a kind of transept. This transept opened onto a triple apse consisting of three rectangular, non-continuous chapels.

Exterior Door: Pure Visigothic architecture with a horseshoe arch. Decoration is present on the

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Humanism, Reformation, and Renaissance: A Deep Dive

Humanism: A Cultural Renewal

Humanism was a movement of cultural renewal that originated in Italy in the 15th century and expanded into Europe in the early 16th century. It was characterized by:

  • A change in attitudes, rejecting the medieval mindset focused on God, and exalting the human being, endowed with reason and freedom.
  • Inspiration from Greco-Roman culture, including the translation of ancient authors like Plato and Aristotle.
  • A strong interest in science and technical progress.
  • The use of vernacular
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Hamlet: A Tragedy of Doubt and Revenge

Hamlet: A Deep Dive into Doubt and Revenge

Themes

Hamlet explores the paralyzing doubt that arises within humans, the internal debate between action and reflection. Bound by filial love and honor to avenge his father’s death, Hamlet is unable to act, paralyzed by the weight of such a decisive action. The play offers a profound reflection on the moral implications of murder.

It also develops themes such as revenge, which affects both Hamlet and Laertes; madness, feigned by Hamlet and tragically real

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