Analysing Newspapers

JOHN E. RICHARDSON is Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies at Loughborough University, UK. He is co-author of Key Concepts in Journalism Studies and co-editor of Muslims and the News Media.

• Introduction: Newspaper DiscourseAnalysing Newspapers: Context, Text and ConsequenceAnalysing Texts: Some Concepts and Tools of Linguistic AnalysisDiscursive Practices: Producing Print JournalismSocial Practices: Journalism and the Material WorldApplying Discourse Analysis: Argumentation and Letters to the EditorCritical Discourse Analysis: War ReportingConclusionGlossaryReferences.

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