News from the BBC, CNN, and Al-Jazeera
Subtitle: how the three broadcasters cover the Middle East
By: Leon Barkho
Series: Hampton Press communication series, Political communication
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cresskill, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781572739741; 9781572739758
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The social and linguistic reality of news; title: The social and linguistic power of news; title: The dialogic and symbolic power of news discourse; title: Limitations of critical discourse analysis; title: Data and method; title: The social construction of the Al-Jazeera; title: BBC, CNN and AJA's linguistic and social links at levels higher than lexis; title: Al-Jazeera Arabic versus the BBC and CNN : how do they construct their social and linguistic realities?; title: The social and linguistic reality of Al-Jazeera English versus the BBC and CNN English services; title: The social and linguistic role of internal guidelines in shaping the news; title: Conclusion.