Discourse and Communication: New Approaches to the Analysis of Mass Media Discourse and Communication (Research in Text Theory) [Hardcover]

Teun Adrianus Van Dijk (Author)

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Hardcover: 367 pages
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc (November 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3110103192
ISBN-13: 978-3110103199
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,906,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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For outsiders it is surprising to conclude from the vast amount of mass communication research since World War II that comparatively little attention has been paid to the systematic analysis of what mass communication seems to be primarily about, viz. texts (messages, discourse, etc.). Read the first page

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The Times, New York, Northern Ireland, Kegan Paul, White House, Red Brigades, Glasgow University Media Group, Beverly Hills, Academic Press, Prime Minister, The Economist, Glasgow Media Group, Lord Scarman, United States, Bangkok Post, Latin American Rhapsody, Local Radio Workshop, National Front, Oxford University Press, Channel Four, Home Office, Journal of Communication, President Nixon, Prevention of Terrorism Act, Sage Publications

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This book cites 100 books:

Language, Image, Media by Howard Davis on page 58, page 59, and page 210
Language As Social Semiotic by M. A. K. Halliday on page 42, page 231, and page 258
Political Violence (Collected seminar papers) on page 324, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Mass Communication (SAGE Benchmarks in Communication) (v. 1-4) by Denis McQuail on page 9, page 42, and page 181
The media machine by John Downing on page 291, page 322, and Back Matter

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The Language of News Media (Language in Society) by Allan Bell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Tele-ology: Studies in Television by John Hartley on page 75, and Back Matter
Dictionary of Media Literacy by Art Silverblatt on page 42, and Back Matter
The Discourse Reader by Adam Jaworski on page 251

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