Helen Caple is a Lecturer in Media, Journalism and Communications at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Monika Bednarek is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• 1. Introduction; 2. News Discourse in Context; 3. News Values; 4. Language in the News; 5. Images in the News; 6. Evaluation in the News; 7. Balancing Act: Image Composition; 8. The Big Picture: A Case Study of Stand-Alones in Print News; 9. Killing Osama - A Case Study of Online News; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

'This clearly written book is a must-have for anyone wanting to conduct linguistic or discursive analysis of news texts. Covering a wide range of approaches, the authors combine a succinct overview of key studies and recent developments in the field with their own analyses of written and spoken texts, images and video footage. The breadth of coverage ensures that the book will be of benefit to students and researchers at all levels of experience.' Dr Paul Baker, Lancaster University, UK