Journalism and the political discursive tensions in news coverage of Russia
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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John Benjamins Pub. Co.
©2011
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| Schriftenreihe: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index Journalism and the Political; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; part I; Developing a story; Pragmatic deconstruction; The circulation of discourse; Metaphorical politics; Part II; Responsibility management; Balance and binaries; Complexity reduction; Part III; Positive' discourse analysis; Concluding thoughts; References; Index; The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Journalism is often thought of as the 'fourth estate' of democracy. This book suggests that journalism plays a more radical role in politics, and explores new ways of thinking about news media discourse. It develops an approach to investigating both hegemonic discourse and discursive fissures, inconsistencies and tensions. By analysing international news coverage of post-Soviet Russia, including the Beslan hostage-taking, Gazprom, Litvinenko and human rights issues, it demonstrates the (re)production of the 'common-sense' social order in which one particular area of the world is more developed |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 248 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9027206317 9027287309 9789027206312 9789027287304 |