Discourse, identity and legitimacy
Subtitle: self and other in representations of Iran's nuclear programme
By: by Majid KhosraviNik
Series: Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture -- volume 62
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789027206534
Subjects: Rhetoric; Government and the press; Political  aspects; Journalism; Nuclear weapons; British newspapers; Iranian newspapers; Case studies; Mass media and language; Discourse analysis; Political aspects; Nationalism; History
Description: This book is a critical study of the ways that discourses of the (national) Self and Other are invoked and reflected in the reporting of a major international political conflict. Taking Iran’s nuclear programme as a case study, this book offers extensive textual analysis, comparative investigation and socio-political contextualisation of national identity in newspaper reporting. In addition to providing comprehensive accounts of theory and methodology in Critical Discourse Analysis, the book provides a valuable extensive discussion of journalistic practice in Iranian and British contexts, as well as offering insights into historical development of ‘discourses in place’ in Iran. Across four separate chapters, major national and influential newspapers from both countries are critically analysed in terms of their micro-linguistic and macro-discoursal content and strategies. The book is a vital source for interdisciplinary scholarship and will appeal to students and researchers across the critical social sciences, particularly those in linguistics, media and communication studies, journalism and international politics [from back cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.