TEUN A.van DIJK’s Hypothetical Structure of a News Schema

1) NEWS REPORT

A) SUMMARY

A1) HEADLINE

A2) LEAD

B) STORY

B1) SITUATION

B1.1) EPISODE

B1.1.1) MAIN EVENT

B1.1.2) CONCEQUENCES

B1.2) BACKGROUND

B1.2.1) CONTEXT

B1.2.1.1) CIRCUMSTANCES

B1.2.1.2) PRESIOUS EVENT

B1.2.2) HISTORY

B2) COMMENTS

B2.1) VERBAL REACTIONS

B2.2) CONCLUSIONS

B2.2.1) EXPECTATIONS

B2.2.2) EVALUATIONS

By Tuncer Can