Andrew Arno’s (1965-2016) degrees included a JD from The University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University. Currently, he was a Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. His research and publications focussed on communication about conflict. His publications include The World of Talk on a Fijian Island: An Ethnography of Law and Communicative Causation (Ablex, 1993) and The News Media in National and International Conflict, edited with Wimal Dissanayake (Westview, 1984).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. News and the Anthropology of Conflict CommunicationChapter 2. The Dark Side of the News: News as Control CommunicationChapter 3. Two Theories of News: The Civic Model and the Conflict Discourse Systems ModelChapter 4. The News Act: News Analysis and Semiotic TheoryChapter 5. News and Law as Conflict Communication SystemsChapter 6. News in Extra-Textual TerrainChapter 7. Policy Talk: In Law, the Street, and on TelevisionChapter 8. Order, Disorder, and the News Media in Western Society: Whose Side are they On?Works CitedFigures 1, 2, and 3Index

“...Extensively referenced, this is a book for communication theorists and anthropologists.”  ·  Choice“…an intriguing read which can broaden the perception of the news media and stir class debates as well as suggest further academic research…[It] is a complex academic work…[offering] suitable and inspiring reading for postgraduate students and scholars.”  ·  Media, Culture & Society

Andrew Arno’s (1965-2016) degrees included a JD from The University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University. Currently, he was a Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. His research and publications focussed on communication about conflict. His publications include The World of Talk on a Fijian Island: An Ethnography of Law and Communicative Causation (Ablex, 1993) and The News Media in National and International Conflict, edited with Wimal Dissanayake (Westview, 1984).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. News and the Anthropology of Conflict CommunicationChapter 2. The Dark Side of the News: News as Control CommunicationChapter 3. Two Theories of News: The Civic Model and the Conflict Discourse Systems ModelChapter 4. The News Act: News Analysis and Semiotic TheoryChapter 5. News and Law as Conflict Communication SystemsChapter 6. News in Extra-Textual TerrainChapter 7. Policy Talk: In Law, the Street, and on TelevisionChapter 8. Order, Disorder, and the News Media in Western Society: Whose Side are they On?Works CitedFigures 1, 2, and 3Index

“...Extensively referenced, this is a book for communication theorists and anthropologists.”  ·  Choice“…an intriguing read which can broaden the perception of the news media and stir class debates as well as suggest further academic research…[It] is a complex academic work…[offering] suitable and inspiring reading for postgraduate students and scholars.”  ·  Media, Culture & Society

Andrew Arno’s (1965-2016) degrees included a JD from The University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University. Currently, he was a Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. His research and publications focussed on communication about conflict. His publications include The World of Talk on a Fijian Island: An Ethnography of Law and Communicative Causation (Ablex, 1993) and The News Media in National and International Conflict, edited with Wimal Dissanayake (Westview, 1984).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. News and the Anthropology of Conflict CommunicationChapter 2. The Dark Side of the News: News as Control CommunicationChapter 3. Two Theories of News: The Civic Model and the Conflict Discourse Systems ModelChapter 4. The News Act: News Analysis and Semiotic TheoryChapter 5. News and Law as Conflict Communication SystemsChapter 6. News in Extra-Textual TerrainChapter 7. Policy Talk: In Law, the Street, and on TelevisionChapter 8. Order, Disorder, and the News Media in Western Society: Whose Side are they On?Works CitedFigures 1, 2, and 3Index

“...Extensively referenced, this is a book for communication theorists and anthropologists.”  ·  Choice“…an intriguing read which can broaden the perception of the news media and stir class debates as well as suggest further academic research…[It] is a complex academic work…[offering] suitable and inspiring reading for postgraduate students and scholars.”  ·  Media, Culture & Society