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Author Macgilchrist, Felicitas.

Title Journalism and the political : discursive tensions in news coverage of Russia / Felicitas Macgilchrist
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages)
Series Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, 1569-9463 ; 40
Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; 40.
Contents Journalism and the Political; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; part I; Developing a story; Pragmatic deconstruction; The circulation of discourse; Metaphorical politics; Part II; Responsibility management; Balance and binaries; Complexity reduction; Part III; Positive' discourse analysis; Concluding thoughts; References; Index; The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
Summary Journalism is often thought of as the 'fourth estate' of democracy. This book suggests that journalism plays a more radical role in politics, and explores new ways of thinking about news media discourse. It develops an approach to investigating both hegemonic discourse and discursive fissures, inconsistencies and tensions. By analysing international news coverage of post-Soviet Russia, including the Beslan hostage-taking, Gazprom, Litvinenko and human rights issues, it demonstrates the (re)production of the 'common-sense' social order in which one particular area of the world is more developed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Foreign news -- Political aspects -- United States
Foreign news -- Political aspects -- Europe
Mass media and language -- United States
Mass media and language -- Europe
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- United States
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Europe
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
Foreign news -- Political aspects
Mass media and language
Press coverage
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Press coverage -- United States
Russia (Federation) -- Press coverage -- Europe
Subject Europe
Russia (Federation)
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027287304
9027287309