Title: A critical discourse analysis of headlines in online news portals
Abstract: This study aimed to determine the discursive devices used in the news headlines, unravel the ideologies of the media practitioners, and reveal the insights that can be generated from the indings.Thirty headlines were gathered from ive major online news portals in the Philippines: ABS-CBN, CNN Philippines, GMA, Interaksyon, and Rappler.This is a qualitative study that is seen from Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in 1995.Results showed ten discursive devices used in the headlines by media practitioners to attract attention from readers that may direct them to read the headline and read the entire article.It was also found out that the devices brought out media practitioners' ideologies.It was further found that writers or editors were objective or neutral, subjective or biased, and misleading.The selection of the words used in the headlines showed the political dispositions of the news practitioners who intentionally choose only those speeches or news that may create sensational feelings among the readers.