Approaches to Media Discourse

This collection brings together in one volume current leading approaches to the study of media discourse.

Preface. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Media and Discourse: A Critical Overview: Peter Garrett and Allan Bell. Chapter 2. Opinions and Ideologies in the Press: Teun A. van Dijk. Chapter 3. The Discourse Structure of News Stories: Allan Bell. Chapter 4. News from Nowhere: Televisual News Discourse and the Construction of Hegemony: Stuart Allan. Chapter 5. Political Discourse in the Media: An Analytical Framework: Norman Fairclough. Chapter 6. Conversation Analysis: Neutralism in British News Interviews: David Greatbatch. Chapter 7. Front Pages: (The Critical) Analysis of Newspaper Layout: Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. Chapter8. Signs and Wonders: Interpreting the Economy through Television: Kay Richardson. Chapter 9. Media-Language-World: Paddy Scannel. References. Index.