News Discourse [Hardcover]

This book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news. The authors introduce useful frameworks for analysing language, image and the interaction between the two, and illustrate these with authentic news stories from around the English-speaking world, ranging from the Oktoberfest to environmental disasters to the killing of Osama bin Laden. This analysis persuasively illustrates how events are re-told in the news and made 'newsworthy' through both language and image. This clearly written and accessible introduction to news discourse is essential reading for students, lecturers, and researchers in Linguistics, Media/Journalism Studies, and Semiotics.

Monika Bednarekis a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Helen Capleis a Lecturer in Media, Journalism and Communications at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

1. Introduction \ 2. News Discourse in Context \ 3. News Values \ 4. Language in the News \ 5. Images in the News \ 6. Evaluation in the News \ 7. Balancing Act: Image Composition \ 8. The Big Picture: A Case Study of Stand-Alones in Print News \ 9. Killing Osama - A Case Study of Online News \ Appendices \ Bibliography \ Index

Cutting edge introduction to news discourse, offering an authoritative guide to analyzing language and images and in print and online.