Evaluation and Stance in War News
A Linguistic Analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the 2003 Iraqi war
- 226 pages
- English
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Evaluation and Stance in War News
A Linguistic Analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the 2003 Iraqi war
About this book
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 theoretical and empirical instruments for revealing, identifying, sifting, weighing and connecting patterns of language use that construct messages. These messages carry with them world views and value systems that can either create an ever wider divide or serve to build bridges between peoples and countries.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction Louann Haarman and Linda Lombardo
- 1. Mark-up and the narrative structure of television news Anna Marchi and Marco Venuti
- 2. The news presenter as socio-cultural construct Linda Lombardo
- 3. The news presenter and the television audience: a comparative perspective of the use of we and you Laura Ferrarotti
- 4. Wide angles and narrow views: the Iraq confl ict in embed and other war zone reports Caroline Clark
- 5. Decoding codas: evaluation in reporter and correspondent news talk Louann Haarman
- 6. ‘If it wasn’t rolling, it never happened’: the role of visual elements in television news Maxine Lipson
- 7. News is reporting what was said: techniques and patterns of attribution Roberta Piazza
- Bibliography
- Index