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Introducing the language of the news.
Introducing the Language of the News is a comprehensive introduction to the language of news reporting. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book provides an accessible analysis of the processes that produce news language, and discusses how different linguistic choices promote different i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Language and texts; Linguistic competence; Variation in language; Distinguishing between formal and informal English; A note on varieties of English around the world; Students' activities; Further reading; 1 Making news; 1.1 News as texts; 1.2 Who controls the news?; 1.3 Economic factors; 1.4 News as the work of many; 1.5 Time deadlines and space-on-the-page constraints; 1.6 Effects of information technology; 1.7 The impact of 'convergence' on the world of news.
- Students' activitiesFurther reading; 2 Defining news; 2.1 Defi ning journalism and news; 2.2 What is newsworthy?; 2.3 Objectivity in news reporting: a factor of language, audience and technology; 2.4 Hard news and soft news; Students' activities; Further reading; 3 Sourcing news; 3.1 News stories need sources; 3.2 Sourcing the news; 3.3 Interviews; 3.4 Reporting news sources; Students' activities; Further reading; 4 Conveying meaning through design; 4.1 Design as the key to a successful publication; 4.2 Integrating content, editing and design; 4.3 Designing a publication for an audience.
- 4.4 Redesigning a paper4.5 Meaning through a multimodal layout; 4.6 Designing multimodal news for the web; Students' activities; Further reading; 5 Structuring the story; 5.1 Basic story structures; 5.2 The Inverted Pyramid; 5.3 The Hourglass; 5.4 Narrative story-telling; 5.5 Impersonal writing; 5.6 Strategies for connecting paragraphs; Students' activities; Further reading; 6 Headline, lead and story proper; 6.1 The components of a news story; 6.2 The headline; 6.3 The lead; 6.4 The paragraphs after the lead; Students' activities; Further reading; 7 The tools of the trade.
- 7.1 The 'kiss and tell' principle7.2 Well-packaged information; 7.3 Use of concise, plain language; 7.4 The passive voice; 7.5 Use of syntax; 7.6 An example: describing victims through verb choice and verbal constructions; Students' activities; Further reading; 8 Reporting information and evaluating likelihood; 8.1 Encoding attitude and point of view; 8.2 Use of reported speech; 8.3 Modality; Students' activities; Further reading; 9 The power of words; 9.1 Words as a tool for establishing an ideological stance; 9.2 The expressive power of the English language.
- 9.3 Use of words in news reporting9.4 Use of words to convey point of view; 9.5 Irony in the news; 9.6 Representing groups in the news: a way to reinforce stereotypes and promote attitudes; 9.7 Naming as a way to convey ideology; Students' activities; Further reading; Epilogue; Notes; Reference; Index.