Abstract
In this article, the structures of a news text are considered theoretically and methodologically. Some structures of a news text-such as news schemata, thematic structures, and script structures-have previously been suggested. These structures, however, are inadequate for the purpose of this article, which explores a new perspective on social phenomena. "Issue-relevance structure analysis" is the term that has been coined for this approach. Issue-relevance structure means the relations among issues in a news text. Focusing on under-valued issues in this structure leads to new perspectives. Examples of analysis are provided and compared with previous qualitative analyses to illustrate the usefulness of this method.
