The Language of Journalism
A Multi-Genre Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 20. June 2013
152 pages
978-1-78093-227-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Language of Journalism aims to provide an accessible, wide-ranging introductory textbook for a range of students. The book explores the significance of a range of linguistic practices occurring in journalism, demonstrating and facilitating the use of analysis in aiding professional journalistic and media practice.
The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism. Clearly written and structured, this will be a key text for journalism students.
The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism. Clearly written and structured, this will be a key text for journalism students.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-78093-227-9 (9781780932279)
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Book
06/2013
Bloomsbury Academic
€31.50
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Persons
Michael Higgins is Director of the Journalism and Creative Writing programme at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He has written articles for Discourse Society and Journalism: Theory, Practice Criticism, and is author of the book Media and Their Publics (Open University Press, 2008). He is also co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture (2010).
Angela Smith is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunderland, UK. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on media discourses, gender, the portrayal of immigrants, and the representation of politicians. She is also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Journalism (Sage, 2009).
Angela Smith is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunderland, UK. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on media discourses, gender, the portrayal of immigrants, and the representation of politicians. She is also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Journalism (Sage, 2009).
Content
Acknowledgements
1.Introduction: Why should we study the language of journalism?
2.Broadcast Journalism
3.Magazine Journalism
4.Newspaper Journalism
5.Sports Journalism
6.Online and Citizen Journalism
Bibliography
Index
1.Introduction: Why should we study the language of journalism?
2.Broadcast Journalism
3.Magazine Journalism
4.Newspaper Journalism
5.Sports Journalism
6.Online and Citizen Journalism
Bibliography
Index
