The Language of Journalism : A Multi-genre Perspective


Angela. Smith
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Utgitt
London : : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2013.
Omfang
1 online resource (153 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Why should we study the language of journalism?; Language is social; Language enacts identity and the right to speak; Journalistic language denotes agency and power; Language is political; How to analyse language; Discourse, ideology, power; Ideology; Texts and social structures; The development of CDA; Where we go from here: The structure of the book; Broadcast journalism; Magazine journalism; Newspaper journalism; Sports reporting; Online journalism; News values; 2 Broadcast journalism. - IntroductionBroadcast and interaction; News values, balance and bias; Balance and bias in times of conflict; Broadcasting and sociability; On-screen broadcasting interaction and sociability; Voices in news broadcasting; Broadcast exchange rituals: Arguments and sociability; News interviews; 'Neutralism' and challenging questions; Broadcast news: Managing the extraordinary and the ordinary; Conclusion; 3 Magazine journalism; Introduction; Magazines and synthetic personalization; Common sense assumptions; Positioning reader 1: The ethical woman; Positioning reader 2: The knowing 'lad'. - Magazine featuresConclusion; 4 Newspaper journalism; Introduction; News values as everyday practice; Headlines; The structure of news stories; Popular and quality styles; Gender; Conclusion; 5 Sports journalism; Introduction; Sports commentary; Commentary: Managing styles; Commentary: Managing speakers; Hierarchies of utterance and commentator; Commentary and shared emotions; Micro-linguistic features; Sports journalism and national identity; Sporting nationalism: Inclusion and exclusion; Conclusion; 6 Online and citizen journalism; Introduction; A threat to journalism?. - News and contingency: Writing unfolding eventsLive news writing; Online news: The controlling power of the image, and those who control them; Citizen input and the struggle for meaning; Citizen journalism: Practices and identities; Online journalism and authorship: Branding; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. - The Language of Journalism aims to provide an accessible, wide-ranging introductory textbook for a range of students. The book explores the significance of a range of linguistic practices occurring in journalism, demonstrating and facilitating the use of analysis in aiding professional journalistic and media practice. The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast jo
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ISBN
9781849660662

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