Arab news and conflict : a multidisciplinary discourse study / Samia Bazzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bazzi, Samia.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 34.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, ISSN 1569-9463 ; v. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Mass media and the conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Mass media--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Mass media.

Critical discourse analysis--Arab countries.

Critical discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Arab-Israeli struggle is not only a struggle over land, but a struggle over language representations. Arab reporters as well as politicians believe that their political discourses about the Middle East conflict are objective, accurate, and credible. Arab News and Conflict critically examines the role of language in the representations of events and ideologies found in news media. Drawing on socio-political-linguistic approaches combined with real-case studies, the author offers a unique discourse analysis model for analysing politically sensitive language in the media. The focus in this study is on the Arab media discourse in times of conflict with Israel and the US, spanning the years 2001 to 2009. Using rich examples from outspoken Arab media outlets, the study explores ideological and language facts about the Arab-Israeli conflict.This book is compelling reading for students and researchers of media and cultural studies, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, and translation. It is of equal interest to political analysts, political speakers, journalists, and news editors who need to understand more about the ideological function of the language they use or the political-journalistic-linguistic nexus of power.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of tables and figures

1. Introduction

Part I: Approaches to media discourse

2. A semiotic approach 3. An ideological approach 4. A critical discourse analysis approach

Part II: A model of analysis: Analysing Arab media discourse

5. Analysing the contextual factors 6. Analysing text strategy

Part III: Translation and media

7. Media translation and conflict

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612395444

9781282395442

1282395440

9789027288806

9027288801

OCLC:

649901389