Evaluation and stance in war news : a linguistic analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the 2003 Iraqi war / edited by Louann Haarman, Linda Lombardo.

In a world in which advanced communication technologies have made the reporting of disasters and conflicts (also in the form of breaking news) a familiar and 'normalised' activity, the information we present here about television news reporting of the 2003 war in Iraq has implications that...

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Other Authors: Haarman, Louann, Lombardo, Linda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum, ©2009.
Series:Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse.
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Summary:In a world in which advanced communication technologies have made the reporting of disasters and conflicts (also in the form of breaking news) a familiar and 'normalised' activity, the information we present here about television news reporting of the 2003 war in Iraq has implications that go beyond this particular conflict. Evaluation and Stance in War News functions as a tool kit for the critical evaluation of language in the news, both as raw data in need of interpretation and as carefully packaged products of 'information management' in need of 'unpacking'. The chapters offer an array of t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
ISBN:9781441169549
1441169547
1282875647
9781282875647
9781441182425
144118242X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.