The Language of Newspapers
2nd Edition
Published on 16. May 2002
Book
Hardback
140 pages
978-0-415-27804-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. The core book, Working with Texts, is the foundation text which provides an introduction to language analysis. It is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles which provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics. They can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
The Language of Newspapers explores the ways in which the press portrays current events. From the ideological bias of the press, to the role of headlines in newspaper articles and ways in which newspapers relate to their audience, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of newspaper language.
The second edition has been substantially rewritten and includes a range of new texts. Features include:
* a new introduction, taking account of recent developments in the media
* recent newspaper articles on a range of subjects, from Jeffrey Archer's conviction to the journalist captured for suspected spying in Afghanistan * a new introduction, taking account of recent developments in the media
* new activities and commentaries to support student-directed study
* a 'further resources' section with details of on-line newspapers and websites to visit.
The Language of Newspapers explores the ways in which the press portrays current events. From the ideological bias of the press, to the role of headlines in newspaper articles and ways in which newspapers relate to their audience, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of newspaper language.
The second edition has been substantially rewritten and includes a range of new texts. Features include:
* a new introduction, taking account of recent developments in the media
* recent newspaper articles on a range of subjects, from Jeffrey Archer's conviction to the journalist captured for suspected spying in Afghanistan * a new introduction, taking account of recent developments in the media
* new activities and commentaries to support student-directed study
* a 'further resources' section with details of on-line newspapers and websites to visit.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
434 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-27804-1 (9780415278041)
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Danuta Reah
The Language of Newspapers
Book
05/2002
2nd Edition
Routledge
€38.50
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Person
Danuta Reah is co-author of Working with Texts and a freelance writer and teacher.
Content
Unit one: Introduction; What is a newspaper?; What is news?; Do newspapers contain news?; Who owns the press?; Who pays for newspapers?; Should newspapers be impartial?; Unit two: Headlines; What is a headline?; What are headlines for?; The language of headlines; Putting words in: what the headline writer includes; Taking words out: what the headline writer omits; Shaking it all about: how the headline writer reorganises language ; Graphological features of headlines; Headlines as information; Headlines as opinion manipulators; Unit three: Audience; Who reads the papers? How newspapers identify their audience; The identity of the reader; The role of the audience; Editorialising; Unit four: Representation of groups: words, words, words; Linguistic determinism; What's in a name?; Naming of groups; Representations of women; Ethnic group; Unit five: Making Monsters: syntax; Making monsters: Mary Bell, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson; Deleting the actor; Mary Bell; Facts and possibilities; Deleting the action; Modality; Unit six: Discourse; The barbarian at the gates: Britain under siege; Identifying patterns in text; Lexical cohesion; Grammatical cohesion; Pragmatics: language in context; Presupposition; Implicature.