Synopses & Reviews
The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. In
Media Discourse, Norman Fairclough applies the "critical discourse analysis" framework he developed in
Language and Power and
Discourse and Social Life to media language. Drawing on examples from TV, radio, and newspapers, he focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to wider processes of social and cultural change, particularly the tensions between public and private in the media and the tensions between information and entertainment.
Norman Fairclough is a professor at the University of Lancaster.
The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. In Media Discourse, Norman Fairclough applies the "critical discourse analysis" framework he developed in Language and Power and Discourse and Social Life to media language. Drawing on examples from TV, radio, and newspapers, he focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to wider processes of social and cultural change, particularly the tensions between public and private in the media and the tensions between information and entertainment.
"Offers a new contemporary approach to media language which connects both with the key issues in modern social theory and with poststructuralist interest in intertextuality and genre mixing. It will be highly useful for media studies courses and adds a dimension to existing issues and theories in textual analysis."Theo van Leeuwen, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades "This book offers a new contemporary approach to media language which connects both with the key issues in modern social theory and with poststructuralist interest in intertextuality and genre mixing. It will be highly useful for media studies courses and adds a dimension to existing issues and theories in textual analysis."Theo van Leeuwen, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades
Review
"This book offers a new contemporary approach to media language which connects both with the key issues in modern social theory and with poststructuralist interest in intertextuality and genre mixing. It will be highly useful for media studies courses and adds a dimension to existing issues and theories in textual analysis."—Theo van Leeuwen, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades
Review
"This book offers a new contemporary approach to media language which connects both with the key issues in modern social theory and with poststructuralist interest in intertextuality and genre mixing. It will be highly useful for media studies courses and adds a dimension to existing issues and theories in textual analysis."--Theo van Leeuwen, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades
Synopsis
Popular subject area in both media studies and discourse analysis and draws on a wide range of examples from TV, radio and press.
Synopsis
The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. In
Media Discourse, Norman Fairclough applies the "critical discourse analysis" framework he developed in
Language and Power and
Discourse and Social Life to media language. Drawing on examples from TV, radio, and newspapers, he focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to wider processes of social and cultural change, particularly the tensions between public and private in the media and the tensions between information and entertainment.
Synopsis
The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. Norman Fairclough applies to media language his "critical discourse analysis" framework which he developed in Language and Power and Discourse and Social Life. Drawing on examples from TV, radio, and the press, he focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to wider processes of social and cultural change. In particular he explores the tensions between public and private in the media and the tensions between information and entertainment.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
About the Author
Norman Fairclough is a professor at the University of Lancaster.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Approaches to media discourse
Communication in the mass media
Critical analysis of media discourse
Intertextuality and the news
Representations in documentary and news
Identity and social relations in media texts
Crimewatch UK
Political discourse in the media
Conclusion: critical media literacy.