Political discourse in the media : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Anita Fetzer and Gerda Eva Lauerbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fetzer, Anita, 1958-

Lauerbach, Gerda.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 160.

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 160

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media and language.

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

vii, 379 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book departs from the premise that political discourse is intrinsically connected with media discourse, as shaped by its cultural and transcultural characteristics. It presents a collection of papers which examine political discourse in the media from a cross-culturally comparative perspective in Arab, Dutch, British, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Israeli, Swedish, US-American and international contexts. By using different theoretical frameworks, such as conversation analysis, discourse analysis, pragmatics and systemic functional linguistics, the papers reflect current moves in political discourse analysis to cross-disciplinary and methodological boundaries by integrating semiotics, particularly multimodality, cognition, context, genre and recipient design.

Contents:

Political Discourse in the Media

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

I. Introduction

Political discourse in the media: Cross-cultural perspectives

II. From linguistic device to discourse practice

Presupposition and 'taking-for-granted' in mass communicated political argument: An illustration from British, Flemish and Swedish political colloquy

Metaphors in election night television coverage in Britain, the United States and Germany

III. Discursive practice in political interviews

"Are you saying ...? "A cross-cultural analysis of interviewing practices in TV election night coverages

Represented discourse in answers: A cross-cultural perspective on French and British political interviews

Challenges in political interviews: An intercultural analysis

Variation in interviewing styles: Challenge and support in Al-Jazeera and on Israeli television

IV. Media events: From public address to election nights

Christmas Messages by heads of state: Multimodality and media adaptations

Information meets entertainment: A visual analysis of election night TV programs across cultures

Presenting television election nights in Britain, the United States and Germany: Cross-cultural analyses

Index

The series Pragmatics &amp

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152924

9781282152922

1282152920

9789027292278

9027292272

OCLC:

191935711