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Representations of natural catastrophes in newspaper discourse /
The monograph is a research on the representation of natural catastrophes in newspapers published in Western English-speaking countries. It aims to reveal who the newspaper discourse puts the blame on for the damage and destruction (whether the catastrophe is portrayed as a joint outcome of the natu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Brno :
Masarykova univerzita,
2014.
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| Edición: | Vydání 1. |
| Colección: | Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta ;
číslo 426. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The monograph is a research on the representation of natural catastrophes in newspapers published in Western English-speaking countries. It aims to reveal who the newspaper discourse puts the blame on for the damage and destruction (whether the catastrophe is portrayed as a joint outcome of the natural phenomenon and social factors), how the discourse deals with the tension between natural disasters and the Enlightenment ideology of superiority of humankind over nature, and what are common discursive strategies dramatizing the events. The methodology of the research is critical discourse analy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9788021082366 8021082364 8021074140 9788021074149 |
| ISSN: | 1211-3034 ; |