Analysing Newspapers: An Approach From Critical Discourse Analysis

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Cover Contents Introduction: Newspaper Discourse This book’s view of society This book’s view of journalism This book’s view of language Analysing Newspapers: Context, Text and Consequences Problems in studying ‘content’ Discourse Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis Fairclough’s method of critical discourse analysis Summary Analysing Texts: Some Concepts and Tools of Linguistic Analysis Introduction: levels of analysis Lexical analysis: the choice and meaning of words Sentence construction: syntax and transitivity Sentence construction: modality Presupposition Rhetorical tropes Narrative Discursive Practices: Producing Print Journalism Introduction: what are discursive practices? Markets or citizens? Conceptualising the audience Professional practices Organisational practices: writing for the audience Linguistic style Intertextuality Using texts: press agency copy Summary Social Practices: Journalism and the Material World Introduction Economic practices and journalistic discourse: newspaper campaigns Political practices and journalistic discourse: reporting Algeria Ideological practices and journalistic discourse Summaty Applying Discourse Analysis: Argumentation and Letters to the Editor Introduction ‘Getting in’: the selection of letters Argumentation Aristotle’s Rhetoric Rules of reasonableness Kilroy-Silk and anti-Arab racism Summary Critical Discourse Analysis: War Reporting Introduction Social and discursive practices: propaganda and journalism Manufacturing consent: modes of proof in the ‘pre-war’ period Discursive practices: shepherding journalists Reporting the invasion: action and agency in headlines Pro patria mori: heroes, villains and the marshalling of morality Summary Conclusion Notes Glossary References