News Discourse

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title News Discourse
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr. Monika Bednarek
By (author) Helen Caple
SeriesBloomsbury Classics in Linguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreSemantics
ISBN/Barcode 9781350063716
ClassificationsDewey:070.40141
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 18 October 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Now reissued and retypeset, this canonical book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news. The authors introduce useful frameworks for analysing language, image and the interaction between the two, and illustrate these with authentic news stories from around the English-speaking world, ranging from the Oktoberfest to environmental disasters to the killing of Osama bin Laden. This analysis persuasively illustrates how events are retold in the news and made 'newsworthy' through both language and image. This clearly written and accessible introduction to news discourse is essential reading for students, lecturers and researchers in linguistics, media and journalism studies and semiotics.

Author Biography

Monika Bednarek is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Helen Caple is Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of New South Wales, Australia.