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The language of newspapers

Title: The language of newspapers / Danuta Reah.
Author: Reah, Danuta, 1949-
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Description

x, 126 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

Reah's book examines how the press is ideologically biased and explores the stylisitc contrasts in the portrayal of current events. The focus of this work is on both written and spoken news covering a full range of media.

Series Statement

Intertext

Uniform Title

Intertext (London, England)

Subject

Genre/Form

Terminology.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121) and indexes.

Contents

Unit 1. 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 2. 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 3. Audience. Who reads the papers? How newspapers identify their audience. The identity of the reader. The role of the audience. Editorialising -- Unit 4. Representation of groups: words, words, words.

ISBN

0415146003
9780415146005

LCCN

97017315

OCLC

ocm36942476
36942476
SCSB-8859674

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library