The News Act: News Analysis and Semiotic Theory

Books about the news are generally about what is wrong with the news. They warn readers that there is something very seriously wrong and perhaps even dangerous about the way the news media operate, and they often find a remarkably ready and willing readership. Apparently it is easy to persuade the r...

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1. Verfasser:	Andrew Arno
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arts Communications Communications media Communicative content Journalism Language Language acts Linguistics Literary genres Literature Mass communication Mass media News content News media Oral literature Social sciences Speech acts Speeches Warnings
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Zusammenfassung:	Books about the news are generally about what is wrong with the news. They warn readers that there is something very seriously wrong and perhaps even dangerous about the way the news media operate, and they often find a remarkably ready and willing readership. Apparently it is easy to persuade the reading, talking public that there is a connection between a variety of social problems and the media. In an influential, best-selling example,Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy,James Fallows (1997) reports that the news media are degrading the political economy of the country. If this