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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779102703321

Autore

Bednarek Monika

Titolo

News discourse [[electronic resource] /] / Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2012

ISBN

1-282-13348-9

9786613806062

1-4411-3976-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Continuum discourse series

Altri autori (Persone)

CapleHelen

Disciplina

070.401/41

Soggetti

Journalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- News discourse in context -- News values -- Language in the news -- Images in the news -- Evaluation in the news -- Balancing act: image composition -- The big picture: a case study of stand-alones in print news -- Killing Osama - A case study of online news.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and televisionnews. The authors introduce useful frameworks for analysing language, image andthe interaction between the two, and illustrate these with authentic newsstories from around the English-speaking world, ranging from the Oktoberfest toenvironmental disasters to the killing of Osama bin Laden. This analysispersuasively illustrates how events are re-told in the news and madenewsworthy through both language and image. This clearly written andaccessible introduction to news discourse is essential reading for s