The Language of News Media
Language in Society
1. Edition May 1991
296 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-16435-7
John Wiley & Sons
Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience.
List of Figures and Tables.
Editor's Preface.
Introduction and Acknowledgements.
1. Media and Language.
2. Researching Media Language.
2.1. Universe and sample.
3. The Production of News Language.
4. Authoring and Editing the News Text.
5. The Audience for Media Language.
6. Stylin' the News: Audience Design.
7. Talking Strange: Referee Design in Media Language.
8. Telling Stories.
9. Makeup of the News Story.
10. Telling It Like It Isn't.
11. (Mis)understanding the News.
Notes.
References.
Index.
Editor's Preface.
Introduction and Acknowledgements.
1. Media and Language.
2. Researching Media Language.
2.1. Universe and sample.
3. The Production of News Language.
4. Authoring and Editing the News Text.
5. The Audience for Media Language.
6. Stylin' the News: Audience Design.
7. Talking Strange: Referee Design in Media Language.
8. Telling Stories.
9. Makeup of the News Story.
10. Telling It Like It Isn't.
11. (Mis)understanding the News.
Notes.
References.
Index.
Allan Bell has been both making and studying media language for many years. He has worked as a journalist and editor in a daily news service, weekly newspaper and monthly magazines. He has researched media language in several countries, especially New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand combining his research there with work as a freelance journalist and media consultant.