1st Edition

News As Discourse

By Teun A. van Dijk Copyright 1988
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1990. This book presents a new, interdisciplinary theory of news in the press. Against the background of developments in discourse analysis, it is argued that news should be studied primarily as a form of public discourse. Whereas in much mass communication research, the economic, social, or cultural dimensions of news and news media are addressed, the present study emphasizes... Read more
Chapter 1 The Study of News; Chapter 2 Structures of News; Chapter 3 News Production; Chapter 4 News Comprehension; Chapter 5 Conclusions;

Biography

Teun A. Van Dijk, University of Amsterdam