<p><i>"The European approach and viewpoint of this study is an interesting balance to the more usual American studies."</i><br />—<b><i>Communication Booknotes</i></b></p><p><i>"Drawing on a rich background of linguistics, literary theory, and cognitive psychology, van Dijk has made a substantial contribution to the advancement of the field ... the two books [<b>News as Discourse</b> and <b>News Analysis</b>] constitute a major contribution to communication research, documenting the state of the art of discourse analysis. The form of presentation is explicit and reflexive..."</i><br />—<b><i>Journal of Communication</i></b></p>

First Published in 1987. This book presents a series of case studies that illustrate the structures of national and international news in the press. It first summarizes our discourse analytical theory of the processes and structures of news reports as it has been developed in the last five years.
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1 THE ANALYSIS OF NEWS AS DISCOURSE 2 STRUCTURES OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS 3 RACISM AND THE PRESS 4 THE TAMIL PANIC IN THE PRESS 5 SQUATTERS IN THE PRESS 6 CONCLUSIONS

Product details

ISBN
9780415515146
Published
2011-12-02
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
560 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
346

Biographical note

Professor Teun A Van Dijk, (University of Amsterdam)